Vaccine

There isn't currently a Lyme disease vaccine on the U.S. market. Researchers are hoping to change that.

‘Monkeypox,’ which does not come from monkeys and is usually an uncomfortable though fairly mild disease, is beginning to spread in Oregon.

Although a federal appeals court has blocked the Biden Administration’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large companies, Oregon is continuing to create its own rule.

The American Red Cross has announced it will require employees get vaccinated by January 4th, in alignment with President Joe Biden’s mandate.

Pfizer is asking U.S. regulators to allow boosters of its COVID-19 vaccine for anyone 18 or older.

The CDC is recommending a booster dose for everyone 18 and up who got the Johnson & Johnson shot at least two months ago. People can choose which shot they prefer as a booster. Oregon's governor chose Moderna for her second dose.

An attorney says former Washington State University football coach Nick Rolovich’s termination for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccination was unlawful and an attack on his Catholic faith. Pope Francis has said Catholics have a duty, responsibility or obligation to be vaccinated.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday to prohibit any entity, including private business, from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers and called on state lawmakers to pass a similar ban into law.

Members of Washington state's largest labor union have approved a tentative agreement with the state over Gov. Jay Inslee’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Oregon Tech and Eastern Oregon University were the last two universities to announce the requirement.