While following the #StayHomeSaveLives order continues to be the most important action Oregonians can take to slow the spread of COVID-19, we know many of you are looking for other ways to…
Category: COVID-19
OHA revises testing guidelines to prioritize underserved populations and all frontline workers, allows testing for people without symptoms
OIOpublisher Oregon Health Authority (OHA) on Monday night, April 20th, revised guidelines for COVID-19 testing to prioritize impacted populations and all frontline workers. The guidelines continue to allow healthcare providers to make…
CALL TO ACTION: North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection Ask for Statewide Halt to Aerial Pesticide Spraying, Prescribed Burning during COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Please write, email, or call Governor Kate Brown and ask for an immediate statewide halt to aerial pesticide spraying, and also ask her to initiate a statewide ban on prescribed burning. Concurrently…
Adventist Health, The Ford Family Foundation and CARE, Inc. join forces to help local families impacted by the COVID-19 crisis
CARE, Inc. is pleased to announce that $20,000 in funding has been made available to assist Tillamook County individuals and families economically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks to a community wellness…
OHA adds weekly testing summary to COVID-19 website
OHA has now added a COVID-19 weekly test summary to its website that provides updates on test results and supplies. OHA continues to provide COVID-19 testing through the Oregon State Public Health…
Oregon reports 2 new COVID-19 deaths, 59 new COVID-19 cases; Tillamook County remains at 6 cases
COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll from 70 to 72, the Oregon Health Authority reported Saturday April 18th. Oregon Health Authority also reported 59 new…
Housing Challenges in Tillamook County during COVID-19: The Invisible Ones
By Laura Swanson The Facebook post on a new group Tillamook County Homelessness Update page from Amber Hall, started like this: “I sent this email to the Tillamook County commissioners office on…
Taking a moment…
As we head into another weekend, we recognize that the physical distancing measures are greatly impacting Oregonians and requiring significant sacrifices. We also want to take a moment to acknowledge those who…
HUMOR: Social Responsibility in the Age of COVID-19 – The Rules
This is from the Pioneer’s Facebook page – and it was shared over 100 times as well as received lots of rave reviews/comments. We know that many of our readers “don’t do…
Oregon State’s Veterinary Diagnostic Lab teams up with local lab to test for COVID-19
By Molly Rosbach, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. — As health centers nationwide continue to struggle with limited testing for the virus that causes COVID-19, the Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (OVDL) at…