Author: Pat Dooris, KGW Staff SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — It’s been nearly three years since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Oregon, back when health authority press releases still called it a case of the “novel coronavirus.” The Oregon ...
(KGW) Hospitalizations for COVID-19 have flattened out, according to the CDC, though case rates rise and fall. Now, nearly three years after the pandemic reached the U.S., Oregon is one of 14 states with some mask requirements in place for ...
SALEM, Ore. – Oregon health officials say they’re seeing a “significant decrease” in respiratory virus hospitalization. The decline in community spread of influenza and RSV viruses is expected to continue into spring, according to Dean Sidelinger, the health officer and ...
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – A family in Klamath Falls called 911 in December 2020, asking for an ambulance. But when it arrived, they said paramedics wouldn’t take their family member to the hospital, because she had covid-19. “I want your ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. —A new Covid-19 strain is making its way across the nation. Local health experts are weighing in on what this means for southern Oregon. Right now Jackson County Public Health says the BQ Omicron subvariants are the ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. – Jackson County Public Health says we’re finally starting to see a decline in respiratory virus cases. Hospitals have been seeing an increase of patients coming in for flu, COVID-19 and RSV cases. But Jackson County Public Health ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – The U. S. will soon require negative COVID tests for individuals traveling from China to the U.S. as health officials are concerned about the rise in COVID-19 cases in China as well as the lack of ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Families across the country are facing a mounting problem as cases of COVID, flu, and RSV rise and there is not enough medicine to go around for both children and adults. Frustrations are high as pharmacy shelves, ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. – Hospitals in our area are overwhelmed by people with respiratory viruses. Now, Jackson and Josephine county public health are looking at ways to keep people out of the emergency room. On Tuesday, it was announced that ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Hospital systems in the Rogue Valley are reportedly strained due to high levels of respiratory infections. Public health officials said Asante, Providence, Jackson County Public Health, and Josephine County Public Health are collaborating on the surge of ...