Oregon hits 5 years since state's first reported COVID-19 case
The emergency is over, but the long-term effects of the pandemic are still highly visible across multiple sectors including education, business and real estate.
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The COVID pandemic’s lingering physical and mental toll, five years later
Five years ago this week, the World Health Organization called the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. In the United States, ...
Wastewater testing helped track COVID-19’s spread. Bird flu might prove harder to monitor
Enter wastewater surveillance — a tool public health officials used during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to monitor the ...
Majorities say pandemic is over, fear future health crisis: Gallup
Most Americans believe the pandemic is over, but most also worry about another deadly health crisis, according to a new ...
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Flu deaths may have surpassed COVID deaths nationwide for first time since start of pandemic, early CDC data suggests
For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic ... The gap between flu and COVID-19 deaths is biggest in California, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon and Wyoming, where the percentage of ...
Incomes are rising across the Portland area, but much more slowly in one county
Annual median household income topped $100,000 in 2023 for the first time in Clackamas and Washington counties, according to ...
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During pandemic, playful people were remarkably resilient, OSU research shows
research by Oregon State University shows. CORVALLIS, Ore. – Adults with high levels of playfulness showed strong resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to less playful individuals ...
How the pandemic reshaped Portland’s restaurant scene
Exactly five years ago, the onset of COVID in Maine, and its aftermath, caused a period of intense turnover in the restaurant ...