Coronavirus

The Oregon Department of Education laid out new recommendations on how schools can handle COVID-19.

Oregon Governor Kate Brown and the Oregon Health Authority have once again updated their masking guidance as COVID-19 cases, rates and hospitalizations continue to decline.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Thursday she will rescind her statewide COVID-19 emergency declaration on April 1.

State health officials are lifting Oregon’s indoor mask mandate for public places and schools on March 19, 12 days before the initial end date.

Hundreds of local workers are working around the clock to make some products that are in high demand right now: toilet paper and paper towels.

Two people who were diagnosed with COVID-19 have died in Clark County, officials announced Tuesday morning.

A new travel ban will begin Friday at midnight that will restrict travel from 26 European countries to the United States.

Gov. Kate Brown has announced new rules to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Oregon.

Authorities say the surge of the omicron variant appears to have peaked in Oregon.

The CDC announced that hospitalization rates among children for COVID-19 across the nation are at its highest point than at any other time in the pandemic. Dr. Carl Eriksson, of OHSU, said that the same is true for Oregon.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has confirmed Oregon’s first case of COVID-19 coronavirus.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Wednesday that starting late next week, elective surgeries can resume in the state and a mask mandate for large outdoor events will be lifted, but said the indoor mask mandate will remain in place for now.

Oregon announced it would end its mask requirement for schools on March 31. Now, some students at Ridgefield High School are hoping Washington will follow suit.

Oregon will lift its indoor mask mandate for public places no later than March 31, state health officials announced today.

Nurses at Legacy Health say they’re overworked and understaffed, and now they’ve launched an online petition to draw attention to their frustrations.

New and used car prices keep climbing, frustrating many car buyers.

OHSU held the first pilot drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Oregon Saturday at the Convention Center and Hillsboro Stadium.

Yamhill County commissioners are sparring with their director of Health and Human Services over what type of language and information should be posted on the county’s COVID-19 webpage.

Intel is pausing its vaccine mandate for employees following the U.S. Supreme Court decision to block President Biden’s mandate for large companies.

Idaho public health officials activated crisis standards of care for much of southern Idaho on Monday, citing major staffing and blood supply shortages.

Among the businesses who have been hit hardest during the pandemic are local dentists.

Health officials in Oregon are predicting the state will hit the peak in hospitalizations this weekend or early next week.

The Oregon Health Authority held a public hearing Thursday about making the indoor mask mandate permanent, but that doesn't mean people will have to wear masks forever.

Emergency rooms are feeling the impact of the Omicron surge and many are overwhelmed with patients.

Now in mid-January, whether the end of the wave might be near is the highly-anticipated question.

The COVID-19 testing company, Center for Covid Control, is under investigation for unlawful trade practices by the Oregon Department of Justice.

Researchers at Oregon State University have identified hemp compounds that show the ability to prevent the virus that causes COVID-19 from entering human cells.

The University of Oregon and Oregon State University have returned to in-person learning after the holiday break, but some students at the University of Oregon are pushing for a return to remote learning because of the Omicron surge.

With Omicron spreading so fast right now, a lot of us are needing to take time off work, and that raises questions about sick leave, so FOX 12 got answers.

Oregon hospitals have new interim guidelines to help them determine which patients should get lifesaving care if the current COVID-19 surge forces them to choose between people because of a lack of beds, staff or critical medical equipment.