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.
Incomes are rising across the Portland area, but much more slowly in one county
Annual median household income topped $100,000 in 2023 for the first time in Clackamas and Washington counties, according to ...
Where Oregon women stand in updated March Madness bracket predictions after Indiana loss
The Oregon women's basketball team will likely have to sweat out Selection Sunday March 16 after a loss to Indiana in the Big ...
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Idaho governments can’t require masks for infectious diseases, after governor signs bill
Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed into law a bill that bans government and school mask mandates to combat infectious diseases.
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COVID-19 Updates & Health Guidance
Questions about the medication – Montelukast (aka Singulair) – first arose four years agp during the COVID-19 pandemic but didn ... of Deschutes County, Oregon – the first such case ...
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During pandemic, playful people were remarkably resilient, OSU research shows
research by Oregon State University shows. CORVALLIS, Ore. – Adults with high levels of playfulness showed strong resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to less playful individuals ...
Flu deaths may have surpassed COVID deaths nationwide for first time since start of pandemic, early CDC data suggests
Partial CDC data suggest that influenza deaths may have already reached as high as 2% of deaths for the week ending on Feb. 1, also surpassing COVID-19 mortality nationwide which was holding at around ...