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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.

Aug 9, 2022

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Families shown waiting last November for their turn at a pediatric COVID-19 vaccine clinic for children ages 5 through11 years old at Clackamas Town Center./Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPB

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.

Jun 21, 2022

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A NOVAVAX RESEARCHER SHOWN IN 2020/MARYLAND GOVPICS/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

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.

May 26, 2022

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Why Won’t More Older Americans Get Their COVID Booster?

Most states lag Oregon as a third of older people nationwide haven't received their first COVID vaccine booster shot.

May 12, 2022

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Pfizer CEO Pushes Yearly Shots For COVID. Not So Fast, Experts Say.

When Albert Bourla said all Americans will need a second booster shot, some experts saw his claim as self-serving.

Mar 22, 2022

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Stan Thomas holds a photo of his wife, Monica Melkonian, that rests on the memorial he made to her. Melkonian is one of nine people in the U.S. confirmed to have died from vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia, a rare side effect associated with the Johnson & Johnson covid-19 vaccine./Tess Freeman for KHN

To Be One In A Million: ‘Who Thinks It’s Going To Be You?’

The husband of an Oregon woman who died of a rare J&J vaccine side effect questions whether authorities have done enough to educate the public.

Mar 3, 2022

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Johnson & Johnson's COVID vaccine. | SHUTTERSTOCK

J&J-Vaxxed, mRNA-Boosted, And Pondering A Third Shot

Nearly 17 million U.S. residents who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine now face a quandary: Should they get another shot?

Mar 1, 2022

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KIA SLADE WAS SEVEN MONTHS PREGNANT WHEN SHE WAS STRICKEN WITH A SEVERE CASE OF COVID PNEUMONIA LAST SPRING./ROSEM MORTON/KHN

Why Pregnant People Were Left Behind While Vaccines Moved At ‘Warp Speed’

A year ago, there was little to no vaccine safety data for pregnant people, leaving health experts divided about how to advise expectant parents.

Feb 24, 2022

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CDC Tells Pharmacies To Give 4th COVID Shots To Immunocompromised Patients

After eligible people were being turned away from pharmacies, the health agency reiterated its recommendation.

Jan 27, 2022

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Multnomah County health workers get vaccinated on Jan. 13, 2021. | MOTOYA NAKAMURA/MULTNOMAH COUNTY

Lots Of Questions As Oregon Prepares For Omicron Variant

With scientists still gathering information about omicron, authorities say the main way to prepare is to get vaccinated for COVID-19.

Dec 2, 2021