COVID-19

Last week, Multnomah County health officials recommended people start wearing masks inside again. This week, six Oregon counties have reached medium risk levels, triggering the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s indoor masking recommendation. Case counts are on the rise, though hospitalization rates are still fairly low. Multnomah County Health Department’s Jennifer Vines joins us for an update.

COVID rates continued to rise this week even as hospitalizations stayed lower than in previous surges. Public health officials urge caution.

COVID-19 cases are increasing in the United States – and could get even worse over the coming months, federal health officials warned in urging areas hardest hit to consider reissuing calls for indoor masking.

It is roughly equal to how many Americans died in the Civil War and World War II combined. It’s as if Boston and Pittsburgh were wiped out.

Households in the U.S. will receive eight test kids via the U.S. Postal Service. The release comes as cases have risen over 60% in the U.S. over the past two weeks.

While those at high risk or who just don’t want to get sick should consider taking additional measures right now, including masking, to stay well, public health officials in Oregon want people to keep “doing the things that are important to them”

Whether it's a wedding, graduation or meeting, indoor events can spread the virus. Here's a complete guide: what to ponder before going, how to cut risks while there, what to do if cases crop up.

With allergy season in full swing, health experts describe the difference between COVID and allergies and when you should get tested.

Andy Slavitt, former senior adviser to President Biden on COVID-19, shares what he thinks the endemic phase of COVID-19 will look like in the U.S. and how we can prepare for that stage now.

A divorced Pennsylvania couple could not agree on whether to vaccinate their children — and ended up in court. Since the vaccine was approved for kids, cases like these have skyrocketed in the state.