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The first teachers and elderly people living in the Roanoke Valley to get the COVID-19 vaccines were scheduled to get their second doses as dicey winter weather made sweeps through the region. Dr. Cynthia Morrow, director of the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts, said Friday that the teacher clinic went off as scheduled, and people were advised that if they had an early appointment and needed to wait until temperatures warmed and melted ice, it was OK to come late. Update April 8: She expected the same would play out at the clinic Saturday, when the first rounds of people 65 and ol...

Oregon showed sharp declines last week in daily COVID-19 case counts, hospitalizations and deaths, the Oregon Health Authority noted on Wednesday — encouraging signs after months of bad news as the pandemic approaches its first anniversary in the state. In a weekly update, OHA reported there had been a total of 4,049 new cases of the disease from Feb. 1-6. That number was down 15% from the week before and was the lowest weekly total in three months. During the same span, new COVID-related hospitalizations dropped from 251 to 230, an 8% decline, while deaths attributed to the disease f...

Linn County will see fewer COVID-19 restrictions on businesses and activities beginning Friday as the state dropped its risk level rating because of a decline in new infections.

Another mass vaccination clinic at Reser Stadium hosted by Benton County and Samaritan Health Services is scheduled for 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday.

By the time the Virginia Department of Health on Tuesday told people they could register for vaccines with CVS, all of the appointments had been taken.