Families Face Deadline To Decide: Stay Home Or Go Back To Class
Some school districts have already started sending students back into the classroom, while others have laid out reopening plans and are surveying families.
COVID-19
Can Pfizer and Moderna End the Pandemic by Sharing Their Vaccine Designs? It’s Not that Simple
Social media posts say that Pfizer and Moderna are inadvertently hurting the public by not sharing their technology with other pharmaceutical companies to help speed up the manufacturing process and distribution.
Virus Thwarts Vaccine In Four 'Breakthrough' Cases As Oregon Ramps Up Vaccine Drive
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In these cases, a person tests positive for COVID-19 at least two weeks after they received the second of the required two doses.
Lack of Covid Data on People with Intellectual Disabilities ‘Comes With a Body Count’
Early studies have shown that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities have a higher likelihood of dying from the virus than those without disabilities, likely because of a higher prevalence of preexisting conditions.
Salem Health Forging Ahead But Vaccine Clinics Canceled In Portland
Salem Health said it will try to keep its planned schedule but two sites in Portland will be canceled on Friday due to expected snow and ice.
Oregon Teachers Find Vaccine In Short Supply
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Despite Oregon’s rush to vaccinate teachers before seniors, educators now must wait for doses.
Select Oregon Pharmacies Will Schedule COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments This week
The Oregon Health Authority said 133 pharmacies across the state will receive a combined 12,000 doses,with an average of 90 doses going to each participating pharmacy.
As Pandemic Surged, Contact Tracing Struggled; Biden Looks to Boost It
As with everything covid right now — testing, vaccinations and hospital capacity — ramping up contact tracing has become a race against time as new, more contagious variants of the virus threaten to accelerate transmission of the disease
Pandemic-Fueled Alcohol Abuse Creates Wave of Hospitalizations for Liver Disease
Alcoholism-related liver disease was a growing problem before the pandemic, with 15 million people diagnosed nationwide, but it's continued to get worse with some hospital admissions up dramatically.
COVID-19 Risk Level Improves For 12 Oregon Counties, Including Portland Area
Public health officials warn that Oregonians need to keep their guard up because the situation can change, especially with the treat of variants that appear to be more easily transmissible.
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