Andrea Davila, a nurse at the Kaiser Permanente North Lancaster clinic administers a test for COVID-19 at the clinic’s drive-thru testing site on Wednesday, April 29. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) From new mask rules in school to climbing hospitalizations, Covid is again shaping life in Salem. We help you get up[Read More…]

Viviana Gourley, medical assistant at Salud Medical Center, waits between patients at the center’s Covid testing area on Wednesday, April 29. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Less than a month after Oregon rolled back nearly all of its pandemic restrictions, more Salem residents are catching Covid and ending up in the hospital.[Read More…]

A tent used for Sunday services at Peoples Church on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Oregon Health Authority took nearly a month to verify and disclose what is so far the largest workplace outbreak of Covid reported in 2021 at Peoples Church in Salem. During that time,[Read More…]

Kapiolani Micky stands outside of her Salem home with daughter Jaci, 21, on Monday, April 26, 2021. Micky’s search to access resources for Jaci is what lead her to pursue work as a community health worker. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) With one sleeve rolled up on her lime green T-shirt, Kapiolani[Read More…]

Pastor Scott Erickson stands in front of a tent used for Sunday services at Peoples Church on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A Salem church is the site of one of Oregon’s largest newly reported Covid outbreaks, which has sickened 74 people, including the lead pastor and his[Read More…]

Austin Griffith, a medic with Woodburn Ambulance Service, administers a Covid test during a free drive-through testing clinic on Tuesday, Aug. 25. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Health officials in Marion and Polk counties know that Covid cases are rising but often don’t know where people are getting sick. With “Covid fatigue”[Read More…]

Vaccine recipients wait in Columbia Hall for 15 minutes following their vaccination during a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Oregon State Fairgrounds on Thursday, Jan. 28. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) As vaccine supplies expand, more Salem area residents are becoming eligible to get their shots. We asked readers to share their[Read More…]

Signs in the window of Brown’s Towne Restaurant and Lounge on Wednesday, September 30. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The number of people diagnosed with Covid in the Salem area is falling, giving local leaders hope restrictions designed to stop the virus’ spread could be further eased in the coming weeks. Marion[Read More…]

Andrea Davila, a nurse at the Kaiser Permanente North Lancaster clinic administers a test for COVID-19 at the clinic’s drive-thru testing site on Wednesday, April 29. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) There’s a bit of bright news in Oregon’s Covid pandemic: fewer Oregonians are testing positive for the virus, and fewer people[Read More…]

Lane Hawkes, emergency room nurse, receives a Covid vaccine at Salem Hospital on Dec. 17 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) The much-anticipated Covid vaccine will soon be available to Salem’s dentists, therapists, primary care doctors and other health care workers employed outside of hospitals. State health officials said Tuesday they were making[Read More…]