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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Last week the FDA gave emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to be used for those age five to 11. There are several steps left before the vaccine will be available to children in Oregon.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - In a memo sent to Klamath Falls City School District parents, Dr. Paul Hillyer provides an update on students returning to the classroom on Monday, April 19.
Read MoreThe federal Centers of Disease Control and Prevention recently awarded Sky Lakes Wellness Center’s Diabetes Prevention Program its highest level of recognition.
Read MorePORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Health Authority has been notified today that a person in Oregon, identified as a Multnomah County resident, has tested positive with the variant COVID-19 virus strain originally detected in the United Kingdom.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Students at both county and city schools will return to in-person and hybrid instruction models as planned next week following a last-minute emergency meeting Thursday asking district board members to weigh in on reopening plans.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Klamath County School District Board of Directors on Thursday passed a resolution urging Gov. Kate Brown to prioritize the return of all students to in-person instruction by establishing metrics that follow the most recent science (from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) or allowing local districts and public health officials to determine when students can safely return to school.
Read MoreCHILOQUIN, Ore. - Two members of the Klamath Tribe have now died due to COVID-19, a 60-year-old man, and a 52-year-old woman. “It is with great regret and heartbreak that the Klamath Tribes announce the first deaths due to COVID-19,” said the Klamath Tribes through a press release.
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) released a video statement encouraging that everyone follows the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) COVID-19 guidelines.
Read MorePORTLAND, Ore. - Governor Kate Brown issued the following statement today on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) new guidance regarding the use of cloth, homemade masks in public: “This is a rapidly-evolving situation, and each day we learn more about this virus,” said Governor Brown. “Early in this pandemic, health experts advised that masks were not an effective way to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Now, the…
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The 173rd Fighter Wing holds high value in their mission to train F-15 Pilots, Support Combat Operations and serve Oregon. Today, the 173rd confirmed a case of COVID-19 at Kingsley Field.
Read MorePORTLAND, Ore – The health and safety of our visitors and staff remains the number one priority of the Bureau of Land Management. In accordance with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the state of Oregon public health officials, the BLM will temporarily close many of its developed recreation facilities to help limit the spread of COVID-19.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Klamath County Public Health (KCPH) officials are working with their counterparts at Jackson County Public Health to inform the public that an individual who is a possible positive COVID-19 case arrived in Medford Wednesday, March 18, via Delta Flight No. 4124.
Read MoreCRATER LAKE, Ore. – Crater Lake National Park is announcing modifications to operations to implement the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), and local and state authorities to promote social distancing. As of March 18, 2020, the Steel Visitor Center at park headquarters is closed and fees will not be collected at the Annie Springs Entrance Station until further notice.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — Klamath Community College knows that the spread of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) throughout Oregon is of concern to our students, staff, and community. KCC will remain open and is proactively preparing the campus for a coordinated response to COVID-19, while adhering to new statewide guidelines for workplaces and schools to prevent virus transmission.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Children’s Clinic of Klamath is participating in the Rural Adolescent Vaccine Enterprise (RAVE) project. Over the next 18 months, Children’s Clinic of Klamath along with 44 other clinics in Oregon – including Klamath Health Partnership and Sanford Children’s Clinic (to begin RAVE in June 2020), will lead a community-wide intervention project designed to improve local adolescent immunization rates.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – With the number of influenza cases increasing county wide, Klamath County Public Health (KCPH) would like to help the community understand how to prevent getting and spreading the flu.
Read MoreIt can be an uncomfortable conversation, but overall health can only be assured when testing is done on specific elements of wellness. Klamath County Public Health (KCPH) encourages routine screenings such as mammograms and colonoscopies, but the sexually active should also get themselves tested.
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