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Julie Kleese, RN, cries after sharing her experiences as an ICU nurse at OHSU Hospital. | HANIN NAJJAR/OPB

COVID Hospitalizations Near 1,100 As Health Care Workers Pour Into Oregon

Forecasters predict that the surge caused by the delta variant will rapidly worsen and that hospitals in the state will run out of ICU and other beds.

Aug 25, 2021
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UO And OSU Mandate COVID-19 Vaccine For Events

The mandate starts on Monday. It will not affect the UO’s Prefontaine Classic currently taking place at Hayward Field.

Aug 25, 2021

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Gov. Kate Brown displaying a mask at a May 7, 2020 news conference. | SCREENGRAB VIA YOUTUBE/OREGONIAN/OREGONLIVE

Brown Mandates Outdoor Masks Starting Friday

Some exceptions apply, but Brown says the step is needed to stem rising COVID-19 caseloads in Oregon.

Aug 25, 2021

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Gov. Brown Mandates Vaccination for Health Care, K-12 Workers

Oregon acts in face of COVID-19 surge that is swamping hospitals, but it is unclear how school districts, health care providers will enforce the requirement.

Aug 19, 2021

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Latinos were among the patients at an OHSU vaccination clinic in Hillsboro in May. | JOSH ANDERSEN/OHSU

The White House Says Boosters for All. Here’s What You Need to Know.

The rollout would begin the week of Sept. 20 for U.S. residents 18 and older who received their second shot of the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines at least eight months previously.

Aug 18, 2021

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‘Tainted’ Blood: COVID Skeptics Request Blood Transfusions From Unvaccinated Donors

Experts said that most of the blood supply is from donors who've been fully inoculated and that their blood contains antibodies to COVID-19 but not the vaccine itself.

Aug 18, 2021

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Oregon Hospitals, Nurses Warn Of 'New Crisis,' Urge Changes

The Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems is still waiting for a response to a letter sent six days ago calling on some rules to be tightened and others to be waived.

Aug 18, 2021
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Science Shows Mask-Wearing Is Largely Safe For Children

Two studies on children used N95 masks, which are more sophisticated than the masks most schoolchildren will use, but even these found no significant effect on breathing.

Aug 18, 2021

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A health care worker unpacks the Pfizer vaccine at Oregon Health & Science University. | OHSU

Federal Vaccine Program Hasn’t Helped Those Whose Lives Were Altered By COVID Shot

A federal program compensates people experiencing vaccine injuries, but not injuries from COVID vaccines — not yet, anyway.

Aug 18, 2021

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Snapshot From Southern Oregon: ‘It's Hard To Deal With The Constant Denial’

A 14-year veteran of nursing says the worst part of the job is treating patients who deny they have COVID-19, even on their death bed.

Aug 17, 2021
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