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Photo: WINA CHARLOTTESVILLE (WINA) – UVa Hospital today (Tuesday) has loosened up some visitation policies tightened last year because of COVID-19. Bush Bell with UVa Health’s patient experience team says in-patients can now have two visitors at bedside — and they must be 18 or older. One designated Care Partner may stay in the room overnight. Patients may have two visitors in procedural areas and in the emergency department. In outpatient clinics, patients can have one visitor. In the Transitional Care hospital, patients may have two bedside visitors from 9am-to-7pm… and one desig...

Bridgemoor Transitional Care, a 105-bed skilled nursing facility in San Antonio, helped residents celebrate the Mexican holiday this year by hosting an outdoor performance by Mariachi Azul de San Antonio. A Texas skilled nursing facility decided that Cinco de Mayo was the perfect opportunity to do something special for patients after more than a year of being inside and experiencing limited interaction. So, it broke the COVID blues by bringing in a mariachi band.  Bridgemoor Transitional Care, a 105-bed skilled nursing facility in San Antonio, helped patients...

View Comments We'll update this story throughout the day with the latest news about coronavirus and its effects in Oregon on Thursday, May 13.  Cases, hospitalizations fall while workplace outbreaks increase COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations declined last week, for the second week in a row, the Oregon Health Authority’s weekly COVID-19 report shows. OHA reported 4,896 new cases of COVID-19 between May 3 and May 9. That’s a 12% decrease from the previous week. New COVID-19 related hospitalizations also fell, from 272 to 245. COVID-19 related deaths, however, nearly doubled, from 16 to 3...

View Comments  We'll update this story throughout the day with the latest news about coronavirus and its effects in Oregon on Thursday, May 6. Oregon reports 611 COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases The Oregon Health Authority has identified 611 COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases through May 3, including eight deaths. Vaccine breakthrough cases are defined as instances in which an individual receives a positive COVID-19 test result at least 14 days after completing a COVID-19 vaccine series. No vaccine is 100% effective, and vaccine breakthrough cases will occur, OHA said in a news rel Of th...

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