File photo: Chas Hundley The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gave their stamp of approval to opening COVID-19 booster shot eligibility to every adult in the U.S. Frida, and shots could soon be available in Oregon. A CDC advisory panel recommended the vaccine booster program be expanded to[Read More…]
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Upcoming school and public vaccination events
File photo: Chas Hundley Washington County’s mobile vaccine clinic will hold three school-based vaccination clinics which will include vaccines for students in the newly eligible age bracket of five to 11 years old in western Washington County this week. After waiting for child-sized needles, Washington County began offering the new[Read More…]
Upcoming vaccination clinics: Forest Grove
File photo: Chas Hundley Washington County’s Mobile Vaccine Team continues to schedule Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccination clinics in western Washington County as the county works to combat the Delta variant. The furthest west portions of Washington County not in the Portland Metro region have the lowest[Read More…]
Upcoming vaccination clinics, COVID-19 numbers, and cases in local schools
File photo: Chas Hundley Washington County’s Mobile Vaccine Team has scheduled several Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccination clinics in western Washington County in the coming weeks as the county works to combat the surging Delta variant. The furthest west portions of Washington County not in the Portland[Read More…]
Rabid bat found in Washington County
A map showing rabid animals in Oregon for the year through August. Multnomah County confirmed Wednesday that a rabid bat had been found in northeast Portland Sept. 11, and they’re not the only county grappling with a rabid chiropteran. In fact, they’re not even the first. “Washington County also had[Read More…]
Upcoming vaccination clinics: Banks, Timber, Forest Grove
File photo: Chas Hundley Washington County’s Mobile Vaccine Team has scheduled several Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccination clinics in western Washington County in the coming weeks as the county works to combat the surging Delta variant. The furthest west portions of Washington County not in the Portland[Read More…]
Washington County taps Marie Boman-Davis to lead public health division
Marie Boman-Davis. Photo courtesy Washington County Public Health
Brown issues outdoor mask order for some situations beginning Friday
Face masks. Photo: Chas Hundley Adding to an earlier order to mandate masking in indoor public settings, Oregon Governor Kate Brown issued an order on Tuesday that will mandate outdoor mask wearing in settings where social distancing cannot be maintained starting Friday, August 27. “The Delta variant is spreading fast and[Read More…]
FDA issues full approval for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
File photo: Chas Hundley The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which now will be marketed as Comirnaty, for the prevention of the coronavirus in individuals 16 years old or older. The clinical results of the trial showed the vaccine is[Read More…]
Mandatory indoor masking in public spaces will begin Friday
File photo: Chas Hundley During a press conference held Wednesday, Oregon Governor Kate Brown said that masks in all indoor public settings would be required, effective Friday, July 13. “Because of the Delta variant, yesterday we had over 2,300 COVID-19 cases reported––the highest number since the virus first landed in[Read More…]
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