COVID still spreading, although local data has become limited
COVID-19 cases continue to spread, although it is difficult to monitor since the federal government ended its emergency declaration and stopped tracking cases last May. The CDC has also terminated ...
New COVID vaccines to be released this fall
New vaccines for COVID-19 are expected to be rolled out this fall, as a new surge spreads across the country. But because the federal government has ended its emergency declaration, they will no ...
So, you need a COVID test?
So, you need a COVID test. But since the end of the federal emergency declaration in May, they’re not as easy to find. For the first few years of the COVID-19 pandemic, testing was prioritized. ...
COVID-19 seeing late summer surge with Oregon cases doubling in a week
COVID-19 is surging nationwide, and has doubled in Oregon in the last week, according to a tracker operated by pharmacy giant Walgreens. The tracker shows test positivity at 41.6%, nationwide, ...
Oregon lifts mask requirement in health facilities
Patients, visitors and workers in health care settings were able to discard their masks as of Monday, April 3, according to the Oregon Health Authority. The OHA is giving health facilities the ...
McCracken: The high price of vaccine freedom
I like numbers.
At a time when it seems as if nearly every question is answered with a subjectivity of dubious veracity, I find the reliability of numbers comforting.
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Commissioners pay CCO for grant work
County Commissioners last week agreed to pay the County Care Organization for work it has done to create a grant program to distribute some $2.2 million of American Rescue Plan Act funds, for increasing ...
County has reported 24 COVID deaths over the last two months
Since the beginning of the year, Yamhill County has reported 24 deaths from COVID-19 among county residents. Death reports come to the county from the state, often lagging by some days or weeks. Health ...
List of local businesses being compiled to aid in outreach efforts
The city of McMinnville is spending $750,000 in state American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding on four new initiatives designed to help local businesses recover from the COVID pandemic. Funding ...
Report assesses health concerns in county
Leading causes of death in Yamhill County include influenza, pneumonia, COVID-19, overdoses, traffic crashes, injuries from falling, guns, and tobacco use, a new county health assessment reports. Heart ...
COVID-19 cases increasing, but Oregon considering dropping medical mask mandate
COVID-19 cases have increased for the past three weeks in Yamhill County, and in Oregon, and the county reported that positive test rates were at 14.7% as of the first week in February. State Epidemiologist ...
Editorial: Oregon's public defense system need a top-to-bottom overhaul
Oregon has been caught in the ever-tightening grip of a public defender crisis for decades, but has failed to address the issue in any meaningful way. Now, thanks in large measure to the havoc wrought ...
New COVID-19 variant spreading concern
Health officials recommend flu shots, coronavirus booster vaccine updates
Staff responds to reported COVID outbreak at jail
Wife of incarcerated man says jail was lax in care, precautions
Uretsky: China's COVID policies have left the country vulnerable
By ELANAH URETSKYOf Brandeis University After nearly three years of aiming to eliminate COVID-19 through mass lockdowns, robust contact tracing programs and international travel bans, the Chinese government ...
