COVID-19

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Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center has provided mobile COVID-19 testing to reach the Latino community. | VIRGINIA GARCIA

Virginia Garcia Offers More Free COVID-19 Testing

The health center has offered more than 6,600 tests, with a positive rate of nearly 12%, more than double the state average.

Nov 9, 2020

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Health care workers at Providence Health wearing 3D printed face shields manufactured and donated by local makers. | COURTESY OF MAKERFORCE/PORTLAND 3D PRINTING LAB

Record Number Of COVID-19 Hospitalizations, New Cases In Oregon

Nov 6, 2020

Record Number Of COVID-19 Hospitalizations, New Cases In Oregon

Nov 6, 2020

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NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

VA Joins Pentagon in Recruiting Volunteers for COVID Vaccine Trials

The Department of Veterans Affairs is recruiting 8,000 volunteers for the Phase 3 clinical trials of at least four COVID-19 vaccine candidates at 20 federal medical facilities across the U.S.

Nov 6, 2020

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SHUTTERSTOCK

Oregon Reports 26 New Coronavirus Cases Linked to Schools

Four of the cases involve Washington County schools, and the rest are outside the Portland area.

Nov 5, 2020

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The Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland was created nearly 140 years ago for male physicians to share diagnoses.

Medical Society Serving Four Generations Will Close

The Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland, which started as a social association and grew to offer mental health counseling, has been hit by the pandemic.

Nov 5, 2020
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An Oregon Health Authority streamed announcement of the latest COVID-19 toll on Facebook drew widespread ridicule.

Oregon Health Authority Makes Change After Ridicule Over COVID-19 Clown Video

The video, streamed live on Facebook, showed a sad-faced clown announcing the days pandemic case count and death toll.

Nov 3, 2020
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Kaiser Health News

Seniors Form COVID Pods to Ward Off Isolation This Winter

Older adults in all kinds of circumstances are deliberating what to do as days and nights turn chilly and coronavirus cases rise across the country.

Nov 3, 2020

New Rules Allow Indoor Visits In Most Oregon Long-Term Care Facilities

Nov 1, 2020

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Gov. Kate Brown. | JAIME VALDEZ/PORTLAND TRIBUNE

State Relaxes Virus Standards For Schools

Classrooms for younger students could open in many districts, including in Clackamas County, through lower benchmarks that measure whether schools may conduct in-person classes.

Oct 30, 2020