YAMHILL COUNTY, Ore. — “Thursday morning he called and said mom, I feel like I’m dying,” said Michael Laheyne, Matthew Irvin’s step dad. Matthew Irvin left behind two sons and a baby. The 26-year-old Yamhill County man is the youngest ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — “Although relatively small… we wanted to make sure it was contained,” said Dr. Megan Frost, Asante employee contact tracing director. A coronavirus outbreak at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center has sprung staff, health officials, and the county ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — Jackson County Public Health says its worrisome that around a quarter of coronavirus cases in the county are un-traceable. Dr. Jim Shames says around 250 to 300 people are being traced in the county. He says the ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — The Medford School District is warning summer school students that a group of students and staff at McLoughlin Middle School may have been exposed to COVID-19 this month. Mcloughlin summer school families received the notification Thursday about ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — Health officials are continuing to urge the public to wear masks to protect against Covid-19. But myths about facial coverings can interfere with that message. Jackson County Health Officer Dr. Jim Shames says there’s been some discussion ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — Public health officials around southern Oregon are seeing an uptick in the number of COVID-19 cases in the area. With the overall number of cases spiking in Oregon, a lot of the work falls to contact tracers ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Jackson County Public Health is reporting 5 new cases of coronavirus Saturday with a total of 81 cases in the area. Jackson County Public Health says there is no new death from coronavirus. The entire state ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — As Southern Oregon begins to move into phase two, some of the risks are just being realized for diverse communities in the state. “Those inequities exist in health care it may not be as obvious it ...
MEDFORD, Ore.– As Jackson County seeks approval from the governor to reopen, testing availability is one of the essential criteria. Dr. Jim Shames of Jackson County Public Health says at this point Jackson County meets that criteria. There are enough ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — Jackson County Public Health says we need to be cautious as we begin reopening the state this month. Health Officer Dr. Jim Shames says we will all still need to be doing social and physical distancing, wearing ...