New Vaccine Safety Study Could Answer Lingering Questions
A Kaiser Permanente researcher says her large-scale four-year study in the Portland and Seattle areas will help track a virus that’s still evolving.
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Everything You Need to Know About Paxlovid — Especially, Should You Take It?
Even as specialists in infectious diseases praise the treatment’s effectiveness, many doctors say they have questions about prescribing the drug and want better data.
COVID-19 Sickening Thousands Of Oregonians A Week, While Monkeypox Causes Several Dozen Cases
State health officials said COVID-19 is straining hospital capacity, especially in central and southern Oregon.
Do Kids Need A Mask For Summer School? It Depends
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Public health measures for summer activities in the Portland area will vary by school district.
Oregon Wastewater Data Shows Far More People Have COVID Than Shown Through Testing
A rise in home testing and decrease in disease severity have masked a large increase in COVID-19 infections in Oregon, but the state’s poop doesn’t lie.
Why Federal Approval Of A COVID Vaccine For Infants, Toddlers Took This Long
Federal health advisors last week authorized COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as six months old, the last age group to gain access to the vaccine.
Lessons From Oregon’s 7th Wave Of COVID-19
Is SARS-CoV-2 on a path to behaving more like other cold viruses?
Novavax Missed Its Global Moonshot But Is Angling To Win Over mRNA Defectors
The Novavax vaccine appears to cause fewer unpleasant reactions — fever, chills, and exhaustion — associated with mRNA vaccines produced by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech.
Sen. Jeff Merkley Contracts COVID-19
The latest member of Congress from Oregon to fall ill attributes his mild symptoms to being vaccinated and boosted.
It's Time To Mask Up Again Indoors, Multnomah Officials Say
With COVID-19 hospitalizations on the rise, Multnomah County health officials urge people to wear masks indoors, protect those at risk of severe illness.
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