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Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford is facing multiple lawsuits by former employees claiming that the hospital discriminated against them for not taking the COVID vaccine.
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Very few nursing home residents in Oregon have gotten this year’s COVID-19 booster, according to the Oregon Health Authority.
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Tweaked boosters rolled out for Americans 12 and older last month, modified to target today's most common and contagious variant. The latest move may expand protection before an expected winter wave.
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Here we go again. The virus is starting to surge in many European countries and there are early signs a wave may be starting in the U.S. too.
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Early problems getting vaccinations to the state’s Latino population were largely overcome when the Oregon Health Authority began working with community organizations to improve access
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Newly reformulated COVID-19 booster shots have arrived in Oregon this week. The bivalent vaccines target new strains of omicron along with the parent strain of the virus. Here's what to know and where to find them.
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Starting this month, the Oregon Health Authority will stop publishing a daily online update on COVID-19 case numbers and deaths. It signals a shift in focus to other priorities, including monkeypox, prepping for flu season and addressing racial inequities in health.
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Falling childhood vaccination rates during the pandemic meant that thousands of students were unable to start the school year on a campus because they did not have the immunizations required by the state.
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Federal health authorities have approved new "bivalent" COVID-19 boosters for people 12 and older. In Oregon, the boosters still have to be approved by the Western States Workgroup and Governor Kate Brown, which could happen any day.
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The Food and Drug Administration is planning to authorize a new generation of COVID-19 boosters this week that for the first time will target the omicron variant.
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California is declaring a state emergency in response to the ongoing monkeypox outbreak, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday evening. It is the second state in the country to do so, with Illinois making a similar announcement just hours before.
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California is not yet declaring a state of emergency over monkeypox despite growing concern over the virus and its spread, state health officials said Friday.
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The Biden administration may scrap plans to expand eligibility for second boosters to younger adults. Instead, it's trying to speed up the next generation of boosters targeting the omicron variant.
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While COVID-19 hospitalizations in Oregon are less than half what they were at their peak last fall, hospitals in the state are struggling to operate normally.