WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJLA/CNN) – It is being called the largest COVID-19-related fraud scheme uncovered to date. Tuesday, the Justice Department announced charges against 47 people who they say stole from a pandemic program meant to provide meals to needy children. ...
Author: Brittany Falkers (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Revamped COVID boosters have arrived in Oregon and southwest Washington. The new recipe targets both the original strain of the virus and the two omicron subvariants causing the most infections right now. ...
Author: Mike Benner, KGW Staff PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Booster shots that protect against the newest omicron strain of COVID-19 are arriving in Oregon. The state is expecting upwards of 150,000 boosters initially, and leaders believe the supply will be ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – One hurdle is now cleared for new COVID-19 vaccines. On Wednesday, the US Food and Drug Administration gave a green light to updated boosters aimed at the most dominant variants. But, a top us health official ...
Author: KGW Staff PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Oregon’s COVID infection and hospitalizations have both been trending steadily downward for weeks, and the latest forecast from Oregon Health and Science University predicts that trajectory will continue for at least another month ...
Author: Tim Gordon (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Oregon Health & Science University’s research monkeys are once again being employed to help solve medical mysteries. This time, the non-human primates will be part of research about why some people who ...
SOUTHERN OREGON, Ore. – As parents and kids get ready to head back to school in the coming weeks, COVID-19 protocols are expected to stay largely the same from last spring. The Oregon Health Authority said schools no longer need ...
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Oregon Health Authority and Oregon Department of Education held a joint meeting today as kids get ready to head back-to-school. They said there will be no new COVID-19 changes to health and safety protocols. In the ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – President Biden is spending Friday morning isolated inside the White House. The president, who is fully vaccinated and doubled boosted, earlier shared a video just hours after the White House revealed his diagnosis, saying his symptoms ...
Author: Anthony Macuk (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Oregon’s daily COVID case counts have begun to level off, but they’re not decreasing very quickly, and the current level of hospitalization is still high enough to strain the state’s hospital system. ...