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Next week’s Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine allocation cut by 40% in Oregon and Washington The governors of both states said they are looking for answers from the CDC about why their states aren't getting as many doses as expected. Author: Nate Hanson KGW, Kipp Robertson KING 5 Published: 2:53 PM PST December 17, 2020 Updated: 2:59 PM PST December 17, 2020 PORTLAND, Ore. — As the recently approved Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine continues to be rolled out across the country, Oregon and Washington won’t be getting as many doses as expected when shipments a...

Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Oregon Hospital Workers Receive First Doses of Pfizer Vaccine: “The Moment We Have All Been Waiting For” The vaccinations marked the start of a new stage in the coronavirus pandemic. Ansu Drammeh, R.N., B.S.N., OHSU cardiovascular intensive care nurse, receives the first COVID-19 vaccine at OHSU. (Fritz Liedtke) Updated December 16, 2020 The first handful of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines were administered to Oregon's fron...

Our KGW VERIFY team set out to answer some frequently asked questions about the COVID-19 vaccine. Author: Rebecca Coster, Hanna Merzbach Published: 6:01 PM CST December 3, 2020 Updated: 3:12 PM CST December 31, 2020 PORTLAND, Oregon — Ready and available vaccines for COVID-19 are here and have been administered to healthcare workers in Oregon and Washington. The biopharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Moderna both recently announced that their coronavirus vaccines have around 95% efficacy. The Pfizer vaccine is being distributed nationwide aft...

Coronavirus vaccinations set to begin in Oregon, SW Washington Wesleigh Ogle PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver will start vaccinating frontline healthcare workers at 9 a.m. Meanwhile, Legacy Emanuel Medical Center will begin vaccinating at 11 a.m. and then Oregon Health and Science University will follow with its first vaccinations in SW Portland. Oregon Governor Kate Brown will also hold a news conference right as some of the first vaccinations are administered. She'll be joined by representatives from the Oregon Health Authority, OHSU, Legacy Health and Saint...

Instead, she said those working on the marketing campaign should focus on the positives and social benefits. “Focusing on things around how safe they are, the process for developing vaccines, what we know about efficacy,” Frank said. But the COVID-19 vaccine, she said, may be particularly challenging because it’s become politicized. Frank said what’s needed now are credible people like scientists and doctors leading the charge on the campaign, not politicians. “I think we also need to be thoughtful about who the different people we want to talk to are,” said Frank. “We know that...