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Can Vaccination and Infection Rates Add Up to Reach COVID Herd Immunity?

With three vaccines — Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson — now authorized for emergency use in the United States, there seems to be hope that the pandemic’s end may be in sight.

Mar 17, 2021

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Clinical Services Director Cherity Bloom-Miller oversees operations at a temporary COVID-19 vaccine site organized by the Siletz Community Health Clinic for tribal members and their families in Salem./Alex Milan Tracy for Underscore.news

‘Moccasin Telegraph’ Finds New Life As Source Of Vaccine Information

Once leery of federal health initiatives, Native Americans embrace COVID-19 vaccines as a way to protect communities and families.

Mar 16, 2021

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Exclusive: COVID Sickens Bigger Proportion Of Young People

This trend, which has largely passed under the radar in the United States, could indicate that the vaccine campaign is working.

Mar 15, 2021
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Brown Praises Biden’s Vaccine Timeline, But Won’t Commit To It

She says federal vaccine deliveries must increase to meet the president's goal of opening vaccination to all adults on May 1.

Mar 12, 2021
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Pfizer’s Newest Vaccine Plant Has Persistent Mold Issues, History of Recalls

Pfizer’s management knew last year there was “a mold issue” at the Kansas facility now slated to produce the drugmaker’s urgently needed COVID-19 vaccine.

Mar 10, 2021

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PFC Juan Carlos Rojas administers COVID-19 vaccine to licensed massage therapist with Serenity Hospice Jason Mayberry at the state fairgrounds in Salem. | ABIGAIL DOLLINS/SALEM STATESMAN JOURNAL

Oregon Lets Low-Income Health Centers Vaccinate Anyone

Seven federally qualified health centers can administer vaccines to patients even if they're not eligible to get vulnerable communities vaccinated sooner.

Mar 9, 2021
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Grocery Store Workers Have Endured Long Wait For The Vaccine

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls for vaccinating essential workers ahead of people 64 to 74 but Gov. Kate Brown is making grocery and other workers wait eight more weeks.

Mar 8, 2021

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Coronavirus Deranges the Immune System in Complex and Deadly Ways

Scientists say unprepared immune cells appear to be responding to the coronavirus with a devastating release of chemicals, inflicting damage that may endure long after the threat has been eliminated.

Mar 4, 2021

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Oregon Allocates Initial 34,000 Doses of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine 

The vaccine, which needs only one shot, will be used for providers visiting jails and adult foster homes with small numbers of residents who have not yet been vaccinated.

Mar 3, 2021

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Pictured is a CDC scientist preparing a patient sample for testing. | JAMES GATHANY/CDC

Have a Case of a COVID Variant? No One Is Going to Tell You

Federal rules around who can be told about the variant cases are so confusing that public health officials may merely know the county where a case has emerged.

Feb 25, 2021