Today, August 3, 2021, Oregon Health Authority is reporting 1,575 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 223,364. This is the highest daily case count since May….
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NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: A Collection of Interesting News
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Hello Friends, An editorial in yesterday’s Oregonian reflects much of my own thinking on recent COVID developments. Here are some excerpts: Rising COVID-19 case counts, increasing hospitalizations and the return…
Adventist Health Tillamook Restarts Lifestyle Medicine Program
Adventist Health Tillamook announces the restart of their Lifestyle Medicine Program starting the week of July 26, 2021, after it was put on pause during the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally launched in January…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS: COVID-19 Response & Update – July 30, 2021
30 new cases occurred in the past two weeks (7/11/21 – 07/24/21) and a test positivity rate of 5.2%. Based on case investigation, it is estimated that in Tillamook County, there have…
Governor Directs State Agencies to Align K-12 Mask Guidance with CDC Recommendations to Prevent Disruptions to Return to In-Person Instruction
(Salem, OR) — Governor Kate Brown today directed the Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Department of Education to create a rule to require masks indoors for K-12 schools statewide for the…
OHA Coronavirus Update – Vaccine Voices: Union, Oregon man honors oldest friend who died of COVID-19; Extreme Heat Warnings through weekend
“If you meet folks that ask, ‘Well, do you know anyone who’s actually died from this made up government hoax?’ Just send them my way so I can tell them about my friend KP.” 70-year-old…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – Weather, Pending Retirement, COVID-19 – 7/28/21
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 11:30am Weather It looks like we are headed towards another hot one starting tomorrow that will persist thru Saturday. This event does not look…
OHA recommends universal mask use for all public indoor settings; Get vaccinated
In responses to a large jump in cases and hospitalizations and new national guidance calling for masking measures to prevent the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant, the Oregon Health Authority…
Oregon reports 1,032 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths; Tillamook County adds 3 more cases July 27, 2021
EDITOR’S NOTE: We ceased daily COVID-19 reports the end of May as vaccination rates were meeting goals and cases decreasing, but now we are experiencing a surge of new cases, primarily in…
IN GOOD HEALTH: Do You Have A Histamine Intolerance?
By Linda Tate, Communications Director, Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation This week we are going to talk about Histamine Intolerance. It sounds like it should be an allergy, but it is not. It can…
