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Oregon still dealing with its worst flu season in at least 15 years – but it’s not too late to get vaccinated
The state’s 2024-2025 influenza season is the worst since Oregon Health Authority began tracking the virus 15 years ago, with ...
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Oregon Health Authority: No link between COVID-19 vaccines, cardiac deaths
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - An investigation by the Oregon Health Authority and released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the COVID-19 vaccine is not associated with death ...
Oregon health officials warn about exposing kids to ‘measles parties’
More than 250 measles cases have been reported by 12 states including Washington, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Oregon health Q&A: At age 77, how can I tell if I’m protected against measles?
Q: I am a fairly healthy 77-year-old woman who has always been dutiful about being fully vaccinated. In reading about the, ...
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Should you bring your child to a ‘measles party’? Oregon health officials say no
The Oregon Health Authority is warning families not to host “Measles Parties” to intentionally expose their children to the contagious disease, as it can be extremely dangerous, ...
Wastewater testing helped track COVID-19’s spread. Bird flu might prove harder to monitor
Enter wastewater surveillance — a tool public health officials used during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to monitor the ...
Oregon hits 5 years since state's first reported COVID-19 case
The emergency is over, but the long-term effects of the pandemic are still highly visible across multiple sectors including education, business and real estate.
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2 inmates test positive for COVID-19 at Oregon prison in Portland
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Two inmates at the Columbia River Correctional Institution have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Oregon Department of Corrections on Saturday. Two housing ...
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Oregon bill seeks OHA’s involvement in Missing and Murdered Indigenous People response
“It’s asking that we put a sort of intervention kind of situation in the Oregon Health Authority,” Sanchez said. “They’ve already got established prevention models that they’ve ...