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SALEM — More than half of all Oregonians are now at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19. But demand has slowed in recent weeks, and that’s apparently playing a role in the growing number of wasted doses reported by state health officials. On Tuesday, May 25, the Oregon Health Authority reported 9,090 vaccine doses have now been wasted, spoiled or expired since December. That’s more than double the total disclosed last week, which stood at 4,418, and it’s more than quadruple the 1,922 reported three weeks ago. For context, Oregon through May 4 had reported administe...

Updated 5:40 AM Hollywood tests actors three times a week for COVID-19. The NBA tests players daily. Congress required testing anyone attending President Joe Biden’s April 28 State of the Union address who had not been vaccinated. These are examples of what are called “screening tests”—a way to ensure Biden, Tom Cruise and Damian Lillard can do their jobs through the pandemic without major outbreaks. Some Portland parents and teachers want to see a version of this regimen in Portland Public Schools. And they fault the Oregon Health Authority for choosing a smaller, slower testing...

COVID-19 vaccination not required for fall classes, Oregon Dept. of Education says KATU Staff © Provided by KATU Portland The Oregon Department of Education won't require students -- even if they are eligible for the shot -- to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend classes in the fall, the department said on Tuesday.  KATU News reached out the Oregon Health Authority to ask whether the requirement could be a possibility now or in the future. According Tim Heider with OHA, the agency is still discussing different options. Their statement read, in part: We do anticipate th...

/ This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, is the virus that causes COVID-19. Scientist have discovered just one case of the unusual COVID-19 variant of concern in Oregon, and don't yet know the implications of it. But it’s part of a global story of viral evolution — and our response to it — that could determine if we eradicate COVID-19 for good, or will it be something, like the flu, we live with, and die from, every year. Brian O’Roak is in a race agains...

The Oregonian/OregonLive pressed for answers after the state announced Feb. 12 that four Oregonians had tested positive for COVID-19 even though at least two weeks had passed since they were fully vaccinated.