Dr. Daniel Kaminsky, public health director with the Department of Community Health, said that the county has signed up for the “Say Yes! COVID Test” program via the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other partners.
The College Place City Council voted unanimously this week to renew its emergency disaster declaration for the COVID-19 outbreak, which has been in effect since March 17, 2020.
With the holidays practically here, you might need to prove you are vaccinated in more than one way depending on where you go in the state.
Oregon Health Authority said Tuesday, Nov. 23, it is lifting the state's outdoor mask mandate for large public gatherings, starting now.
On the day Umatilla County reached its 170th death related to COVID-19, it also jumped the 15,000 cases line.
Walla Walla County has now lost at least 109 residents to COVID-19.
Umatilla reported three more deaths related to COVID-19 on Monday, Nov. 15, but two of the deaths happened in the summer, officials said.In Walla Walla County, health officials said case rates and hospitalizations for the illness are continuing to drop.
The first week of COVID-19 vaccine clinics in Walla Walla County for children ages 5-11 is in the books and 548 youth have received the Pfizer pediatric vaccine, Walla Walla Public Schools Health Services Director Amy Ruff said.
Cases of COVID-19 traced back to the Pendleton Round-Up changed the direction of cases rates in Umatilla County, the public health leader there said.
Whitman College reported few losses, and a Walla Walla University spokesperson stated no staff left as a result of the COVID-19 vaccination requirement.
The Umatilla County health department will sponsor two drive-thru vaccination clinics for flu and COVID-19 in Milton-Freewater next weekend, both 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
The Washington State Penitentiary has still not released estimates of how many employees have left or been fired as a result of the state vaccine mandate this week.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Is the mandate helping or hurting attitudes about vaccination in the Valley? What does the mandate mean for hospitals, police agencies and other institutions locally? Find out as we investigate these questions throughout the week.
Is the mandate helping or hurting attitudes about vaccination in the Valley? What does the mandate mean for hospitals, schools, police agencies and other institutions locally?
Cases of COVID-19 traced back to the Pendleton Round-Up changed the direction of cases rates in Umatilla County, the public health leader there said.
Local health officials are reporting a total of 97 Walla Walla County and eight Columbia County residents have died after testing positive for COVID-19.
The state of Oregon reported 33 new COVID-19 related deaths Wednesday, Oct. 13, raising the state’s death toll to 4,117, including the Umatilla County victim of the virus.
More than 140,000 children in the United States have lost a parent or grandparent to COVID-19. In Washington, researchers estimate 1,428 children have suffered such a loss.
With the pandemic in its 19th month, Idaho is seeing high numbers of COVID-19 patients in its intensive care units and low vaccination rates.
While COVID hospitalizations have declined in recent weeks, the death rate has not yet seen a similar trend in Washington. There are still 15 to 20 deaths due to COVID-19 reported daily in Washington.
Tri-Cities school districts continue to be hard hit by COVID-19, both with students and employees who are sick and hundreds who are having to quarantine the second week of the school year.
We turned to experts to weigh in on all the ways the delta variant is fueling uncertainty, how parents can talk with kids about this stage of the pandemic and what safety measures to expect when school doors open in a few weeks.
