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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Oregon State Capitol in Salem.
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RENAUDE HATSEDAKIS
The move was reminiscent of Republican walkouts of the previous legislative session, which denied the majority Democrats enough people to be able to vote on bills.
With a population topping 4 million, the state would need to have just under 3 million people immune to the coronavirus to stop the virus from spreading.
Feb 24, 2021
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It is not easy to signup for a vaccine online./Amelia Templeton/OPB
Some Oregonians said a Legacy Health website for scheduling vaccine appointments would not let them complete a reservation Monday morning.
Feb 23, 2021
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Audrey Kuehl, a study coordinator at the Clinical Research Institute of Southern Oregon, inoculates Trish Malone with Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.
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JIM CRAVEN FOR KAISER HEALTH NEWS
Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle found that race and ethnicity data were often absent in trial results.
Feb 20, 2021
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Amayah and Yara Perez-Da Silva will finish the year in distance learning out of concern for their grandfather and Yara, who has asthma. /Courtesy of Karen Perez Da Silva
Some school districts have already started sending students back into the classroom, while others have laid out reopening plans and are surveying families.
The measure requires the Oregon Health Authority to establish a 24/7 telephone addiction recovery center and an Oversight and Accountability Council to deal with all the people expected to take a health screening rather than paying civil fines for drug possession.
Feb 1, 2021
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The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
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COURTESY OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY
The group recommended that adults 65 and under with underlying health conditions, frontline essential workers, people 16 years and older in custody and those living in low income and senior housing.