SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Health Authority is developing a voluntary digital vaccine verification tool. The tool would provide Oregonians with an electronic way to share their vaccination status with businesses requiring verification. An OHA Public Information Officer tells NBC5 ...
SOUTHERN OREGON, —State health officials are working to strengthen the healthcare workforce, which has been strained during this pandemic. Oregon has extended the contracts of around 1,000 crisis response and other medical personnel. This applies to understaffed hospitals statewide. Employment ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — “About 81 of our ONA members will not be at the bedside any more after October 18th,” said Oregon Nurses Association Representative Susan Bruce. She says this number is just at Asante Rogue Regional medical center. “That’s about ...
SALEM, Ore. —The latest modeling from Oregon Health and Science University, predicts a slight decline in COVID cases statewide. State officials say that shows Oregonians are taking steps to prevent COVID spread. The good news came from health and education ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – The Oregon Health Authority is releasing new data on health care workers and the COVID-19 vaccine. It shows the more education a health care worker has the more likely they are to get the vaccine. The OHA ...
SALEM, Ore.- Health care personnel will be required to get weekly COVID-19 testing if they are unvaccinated starting at the end of next month. Governor Kate Brown announced Wednesday that people working in health care settings will be required ...
SALEM, Ore.- Today, Governor Kate Brown directed the Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Department of Education to create a rule to require masks indoors for K-12 schools statewide for the 2021-22 school year. “The science and data are clear: ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — There are no more COVID-19 capacity limits at swimming pools, movie theaters and shopping malls because of the excessive heat this weekend. The Oregon Health Authority said the limits are suspended to help Oregonians stay cool during ...
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Health Authority released its Interim Long-Term Care Facility Covid-19 Vaccination report today. The report reveals how many long-term care workers and residents are fully vaccinated. The OHA’s long-term care facility report states eastern and southern ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Oregon businesses have two options with the new OHA mask guidance. Companies can either continue enforcing masks or verify people’s vaccination upon entering the business, according to OSHA. But the honor system or just asking if a ...