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FDA approves 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine; plan now for respiratory virus vaccinations
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 – […]
COVID-19 transmission low; flu transmission decreasing in Oregon
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 […]
COVID-19 and flu transmission active in Oregon; RSV season has ended
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 […]
COVID-19 transmission in Oregon remains moderate; isolation guidelines reminder
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 […]
COVID-19 spread has increased in Oregon; hospitalizations hold steady
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 […]
Learn safe cleaning and disinfecting tips this winter, especially around children
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. […]
El misterio de los “súper esquivadores” del COVID-19
Es posible que conozca a alguien, o varias personas, que aún no hayan contraído COVID-19, incluso si estuvieron expuestos. Es posible que conozca a personas que dieron positivo y no tuvieron síntomas. ¡Incluso podrías ser una de esas personas! Estas personas se han hecho conocidas como “super-esquivadores”. Hay algunas razones para este fenómeno. “En lo […]
The mystery of COVID-19 “super-dodgers”
Available in Spanish You may know someone – or multiple people – who haven’t gotten COVID-19 yet, even if they were exposed. You might know people who have tested positive and didn’t have symptoms. You might even be one of those people! These people have become known as “super-dodgers.” There are a few reasons for […]