SOUTHERN OREGON, —A little more than a week into the new year, OHSU’s latest projection shows the number of Oregonians hospitalized with Covid will exceed the previous Delta peak, back in September. Oregon Health and Science University is forecasting a ...
SOUTHERN OREGON, —The governor is calling on the National Guard’s help again, as Omicron cases skyrocket, pushing hospitals to the brink. Governor Kate Brown announced Friday she will be deploying up to 500 Oregon National Guard members. The hope, to ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. —Despite all the talk of late centered around the Omicron variant, Jackson County Public Health says hospitals are still dealing with the impact of the Delta variant. It brings stronger symptoms. With Delta hospitals were beyond capacity, ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. —With Covid cases nearly doubling overnight, Jackson County Public Health says we’re now seeing the impact of the highly contagious Omicron variant. Jackson County continues to see a big jump in the number of Covid-19 cases recorded. ...
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – With the holiday season over and a new year has arrived COVID-19 cases are increasing. Local public health officials say there’s still so much they are learning about the new Omicron Variant as it begins to ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore.— The current Covid-19 surge is straining resources and putting health care employees on high alert. Asante and Valley Immediate Care say they’re being inundated with patients. “Since the beginning of December we’ve seen our numbers of Covid ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. —Jackson County Public Health says it has reason to believe Omicron is in our community now. Public health says this doesn’t come as a surprise considering how contagious Omicron is. In the coming weeks, it expects Omicron ...
MEDFORD, Ore. —As of Friday morning, airlines have canceled more than 3,000 flights. Around 530 of those have been scheduled in or out of the US. Several major airlines say the flight cancellations aren’t because of bad weather. Instead, the ...
Author: Galen Ettlin (KGW) OREGON, USA (KGW) — Hospitals spanning the state say they are already at capacity, urging Oregonians to take action in preventing the spread of the Omicron variant during the holidays. On Tuesday, many of the major ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – President Biden will speak to the country Tuesday about the Omicron surge. He’s expected to unveil new steps to help communities tackle the highly-contagious variant that has spread across the country alarmingly quickly, just as millions ...