COVID-19 News

COVID funding from the federal government is helping many Oregon schools take care of long-neglected needs, including capital projects.

Oregon has joined the list of states suing a pair of Illinois businesses that allegedly provided inaccurate covid-19 tests while funneling money to the owners.

Vaccine bills, including one to pull state funding from law agencies that oppose public health orders, are facing headwinds.

Most of the $1.1 billion Oregon received in federal pandemic funds went to school districts. What are they doing with the money?

Shasta County's top public health officer has avoided a possible dismissal by county supervisors.

In what some advocates say is a groundbreaking ruling, a federal judge has certified a class-action lawsuit in Oregon over state leaders’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic inside its prisons.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wants to expedite the vote to get the money approved by Congress before the Easter break.

Experts say it is unlikely to fuel a large spike in new cases like the original omicron wave.

Gov. Kate Brown has commuted the sentences of 963 who were serving sentences during the COVID-19 pandemic. A preliminary report by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission that looked at the first 266 people released early found they were not more likely to reoffend.

Covid questions answered with Jackson County Medical Director Dr. Leona O'Keefe.

People who are 50 and older and certain immunocompromised individuals may get a second Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster four months after they received the first.

While the omicron subvariant BA.2 is more transmissible than previous coronavirus variants, the Oregon Health Authority said experts have not yet found evidence it causes more severe COVID-19 infection.