News & Stories for Oregonians
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved the updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine. The shots could be available in Oregon in the coming weeks. Oregon, like the United States, is experiencing a late summer wave of COVID-19 activity, which follows a similar pattern from previous summers since the pandemic began. And don’t forget – […]
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 […]
Es posible que lo haya visto en las noticias, en redes sociales, en algún grupo de chat, o en la escuela de sus hijos: esta ha sido una temporada de altos casos de enfermedades por virus respiratorios. Con el COVID-19, el virus VRS e influenza, muchas personas han terminado enfermas o en hospitales. La oleada […]
Available in Spanish You may have seen it in the news, on your social media feed, in your family group chat or in announcements from your kid’s school: this is a bad season for respiratory viruses. With COVID-19, RSV and influenza circulating, many people have found themselves under the weather. The surge of respiratory viruses, […]
Una ventaja inesperada de las precauciones tomadas contra el COVID-19, como el uso del cubrebocas en interiores y evitar las multitudes, fue que los expertos en salud pública prácticamente no vieron brotes importantes de gripe en los Estados Unidos durante los últimos dos años. Pero eso probablemente cambiará este año. Con la mayoría de las […]
Available in Spanish An unexpected upside of COVID-19 precautions such as masking indoors and avoiding crowds is that public health experts saw virtually no major flu outbreaks in the United States during the last two years. That will likely change this year. With most mandatory COVID-19 measures lifted and many people returning to pre-pandemic activities, […]
(Esta publicación se actualizó el 5 de abril del 2022, para dar el horario correcto de atención los domingos). Aunque la temporada de gripe por lo general termina en abril, los casos de gripe están aumentando ahora en Oregón. Los expertos en salud pública animan a todas las personas mayores de seis meses que no […]
(This post was updated on 4/5/2022 to reflect the correct operating hours on Sundays.) Although flu season usually ends in April, flu cases are rising now in Oregon. Public health experts encourage anyone six months and older who has not had a flu shot this season to get one. Three of Oregon Health Authority’s (OHA) […]