Author: KGW Staff PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Children as young as 6 months old could start getting vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as Monday, June 20, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s office announced Sunday. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave emergency ...
MIAMI, Fla. (WPLG/CNN) – Florida’s governor said the state will not help the White House distribute COVID-19 vaccines to young kids who live there. Wednesday, vaccine advisers for the FDA voted to recommend expanding the emergency use authorizations for COVID ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. —A Grants Pass mother says her one-year-old daughter was mistakenly given the wrong dosage of two vaccines recently, and it’s impacted her. Grants Pass resident, Hannah Ommert says she took her daughter to her one-year check-up appointment ...
NEW YORK CITY (NBC) – Pfizer says booster doses of its COVID-19 vaccine raise antibodies against Omicron in 5 through 11-year-olds. The additional shot, given six months after the two-dose primary series, led to a six-fold increase in antibodies, according ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Vaccines are the best protection against severe COVID-19. But right now, they’re not approved for children ages six months through four years. The FDA was supposed to meet Tuesday to discuss the matter. But Friday, the agency ...
SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Health Authority will file permanent rules requiring indoor masking in K-12 schools and vaccines for school employees. The OHA said the permanent rules replace the temporary rules which were set to expire Friday. “State health ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – The U.S. Supreme Court handed down two decisions Thursday concerning President Biden’s vaccine mandates. First, in a 6-3 vote, the high court blocked the Biden administration’s rule requiring businesses with more than 100 employees to ensure ...
Update (12-29-2021, 10:40 a.m.) – The Oregon Health Authority COVID-19 testing site operated by Curative is also being relocated to The Merrick on North Riverside Avenue in Medford. MEDFORD, Ore. – Jackson County’s Oregon Health Authority-operated COVID-19 vaccination site is ...
(NBC)- Pfizer and BioNTech are testing a third dose of their Covid-19 vaccine in an ongoing trial of children ages 6 months to under 5 years after the companies found that the two-dose regimen didn’t generate a strong enough immune ...
Author: Keely Chalmers (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. — Dec. 16 marked one year since the COVID-19 vaccine became available to Oregonians. Now, here we are 12 months later and the push is on for boosters as the omicron variant spreads. OHSU’s ...