Vaccines

Federal officials unveiled a rigorous regulatory approach to future COVID vaccines that could make it harder for many people under 65 to get immunized.

We get details from Stacy de Assis Matthews, the immunization coordinator at Oregon Health Authority, and Dr. Paul Cieslak, medical director for the Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention Section at OHA.

A strain of influenza appears to have disappeared from the planet since COVID. As a result, U.S. flu vaccines have been redesigned.

Vaccines can protect the youngest and oldest Oregonians from RSV, Covid-19, and the flu this fall.

Oregon is experiencing the worst measles outbreak in the state since the early 1990s. We talk with Paul Cieslak, medical director for the Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention Section at the Oregon Health Authority.

Updated COVID-19 vaccines are on their way. The Food and Drug Administration approved new shots from Pfizer and Moderna on Thursday, and the companies are set to begin shipping millions of doses.

They say the new approach could lead to the development of a “one and done” shot to cover all flu variants in five years.

Pertussis cases in Oregon topped 178 in the latest count. Antibiotics are effective against the respiratory illness, but there’s a catch: They only work when they’re given early in the course of the illness.

Children without up-to-date vaccination records will be sent home.

The most current state data from October shows that at long-term care facilities, only 6% of staff and 11% of residents have gotten this year's COVID-19 booster.