SOUTHERN OREGON, —Hospitals are once again starting to feel the strain, from the highly contagious Covid-19 BA4 and BA5 sub-variants. The OHA sharing in a press conference, that hospitals are stressed across the state due to patient volume. As of ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – The vaccine advisory committee for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend emergency use of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine for adults. The US Food and Drug Administration had already granted emergency ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. – Jackson County Library Services is hosting free COVID-19 vaccine clinics this month. They’re available for anyone ages six months and up. Medford’s library hosted one earlier this week. Jacksonville and Shady Cove’s libraries will each host ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – People under the age of 50 may soon be advised to roll up their sleeves for a second COVID-19 booster shot. Doctor Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infection Diseases, said ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – COVID-19 was the leading cause of death for people between the ages of 45 to 54 last year. That’s according to a new study published Monday in Jama Internal Medicine. Researchers looked at death certificates from ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. —Covid-19 continues to remain widespread throughout the community. Now, Jackson County Public Health says the concern is the increase in hospitalizations. In Jackson County, the number of reported cases dropped slightly for two weeks but is now ...
LAKEVIEW, Ore. July 6th marks one year since the beginning of a weeks-long battle against the massive bootleg fire in the Klamath Basin. The fire danger level is also increasing to ‘high’ in south-central Oregon this week. Early summer weather, ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – The Food and Drug Administration just made it easier for COVID patients to get treatment. The agency revised its emergency use authorization for Paxlovid to allow pharmacists to prescribe it. Since the drug must be taken ...
SOUTHERN OREGON,—The CDC is now recommending that for counties in the high-risk category for Covid-19, everyone should be masking in indoor public spaces. Jackson County Public Health says the majority of Oregon counties are now in the high-risk zone. Locally, ...
Author: Tim Gordon PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Despite predictions of a mid-month plateau, Oregon continued to see COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise through the end of June. On June 3, Oregon’s chief forecaster released his report that forecast the latest COVID ...