News & Stories for Oregonians
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) advisory committee will discuss recommendations for the next updated formula (2024-2025) of the COVID-19 vaccine June 5. At this point we are still seeing low COVID-19 and low-moderate flu transmission in Oregon. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season ended March 30, when transmission levels in Oregon met the criteria […]
At this point we are still seeing active COVID-19 and flu transmission in Oregon, while transmission of RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) has slowed significantly and Oregon met criteria for the end of RSV season March 30. (Note: Flu and RSV activity typically follows a seasonal pattern—increasing in the fall and winter and dissipating over the […]
If you test positive for COVID-19, symptom-based isolation guidelines in Oregon are as follows: The symptom-based isolation recommendations have been in place since May 2023, when the federal COVID-19 public health emergency ended, and there is no plan to change them at this time. “Because COVID-19 is exceptionally transmissible and a large proportion of cases […]
This week we reported a 10.4% test positivity rate for COVID-19, which indicates ongoing high community transmission in Oregon, based on data reported to health officials during the week ending Jan. 6. “The continued high amount of spread of COVID-19 in Oregon is made clear to us in the fact that many of us have […]
Durante los últimos cuatro años, hemos escuchado que limpiar y desinfectar sirve para reducir el riesgo de propagación de virus como el COVID-19 y la gripe. Pero si no se usan adecuadamente, los químicos que se encuentran en los productos de limpieza y desinfección pueden dañar nuestra salud. Los niños son particularmente vulnerables porque son […]
Over the past four years, we’ve heard how cleaning and disinfecting is a good precaution to lower the risk of spreading viruses like COVID-19 and the flu. But if not used properly, chemicals found in cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting products can harm our health. Children are particularly vulnerable because they’re more sensitive to harmful chemicals. […]
Actualizado el 5 de marzo de 2024: El 28 de febrero de 2024, los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades recomendaron que las personas de 65 años o más reciban una dosis adicional de la vacuna COVID-19 2023-2024 al menos cuatro meses después de recibir su primera dosis de la vacuna COVID-19 […]
Available in Spanish Updated March 5, 2024 – On February 28, 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended people ages 65+ receive an additional dose of the 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine at least four months after receiving their first dose of the 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine. The next round of COVID-19 vaccines is here, and […]
Hace unas semanas le informamos que la subvariante XBB.1.16 de Omicron se había convertido en la variante de COVID-19 predominante en Oregon y Estados Unidos, representando el 14,8 % de todos los casos a nivel nacional hasta ese momento. Pero desde la semana pasada, otra subvariante, Omicron EG.5, se convirtió en la cepa predominante del […]
Available in Spanish A few weeks ago we reported that Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16 had become the predominant COVID-19 variant across Oregon and the United States, making up 14.8% of all cases nationally at that time. As of last week, another subvariant—Omicron EG.5—has taken over as the country’s predominant strain, accounting for 17.3% of COVID-19 cases […]
