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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
A federal program compensates people experiencing vaccine injuries, but not injuries from COVID vaccines — not yet, anyway.
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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.
While some companies have delayed the return to in-person work, in other offices, immunosuppressed people are left to cobble together their own strategies to minimize their risks.
The Union County woman is one of only four Oregonians younger than 20 to die with COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
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About 70% of Oregon’s 41,000 state workers are already vaccinated, and unions said their members should have a say in the policy.
Before the start of fall classes on Sept. 27, students must show proof of COVID-19 vaccination.