Free, walk-in vaccination sites in the Salem area will have updated boosters available this week.
Tag: COVID VACCINATION
New Marshallese nonprofit aims to bolster community health through Covid vaccine clinics
Mark Babson, second from left, and Lowell Alit, right, co-founders of the Marshallese American Network for Interacting Together, pose with Oregon Health Authority’s vaccination team at a Nov. 13 clinic in La Grande (Courtesy/MANIT) The President of the Marshall Islands is making a guest appearance in Salem Saturday. David Kabua[Read More…]
What to know about Covid vaccines for kids in Salem
Syringes of the Pfizer vaccine during a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Oregon State Fairgrounds on Thursday, Jan. 28. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this free to the community as a public service to keep residents informed. Please share and please subscribe to support this reporting. Oregon officials on Wednesday[Read More…]
Salem area Covid vaccinations drop as some approach work-related mandate deadlines
Nurses Judy Webb, front, and Judy Barela work at a mobile vaccine clinic run by Salem Health at Chemeketa Community College on Sept. 27, 2021 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) When nurse Judy Barela started giving Covid vaccines in Salem early in the year, people often waited in line for hours to[Read More…]
Salem nurses protest Covid vaccination mandate
People protesting Oregon’s Covid vaccination mandates march toward Salem Hospital on Sept. 2, 2021 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this free to the community as a public service to keep residents informed. Please share and please subscribe to support this reporting. Amanda Bartow said she was always hesitant about getting[Read More…]
Uncategorized UPDATED: Gov. Brown mandates Covid vaccines for Oregon educators, health care workers as Salem ICU beds nearly full
Gov. Kate Brown speaks with Woodburn School District acting superintendent Juan Larios in the library on the first day back to in-person learning at Lincoln Elementary School in Woodburn, Ore. on Thursday, April 1, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Oregon teachers, school employees and volunteers must get vaccinated against Covid, Gov.[Read More…]
Uncategorized To boost Covid vaccination rates, Salem Health plans mobile clinics for local schools
Ingrid Ceballos, left, Four Corners Elementary School principal, and school counselor Kim Siegrist, look over Covid vaccine consent forms at a vaccination clinic held at the school on Friday, May 21, 2021 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Kim Siegrist knows transportation is a challenge for the families she works with at Four[Read More…]
Uncategorized Covid vaccines are now widespread in Oregon, but not everyone wants one
Moderna vaccine doses at a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Centennial Park in Woodburn, Ore. on Thursday, April 1, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Gloria Rohl understands Covid is a serious disease for people with certain health problems. But the 76-year-old Salem real estate broker said she has no desire to[Read More…]
Uncategorized Despite J&J pause, Covid vaccine clinics targeting farm workers, rural areas will go on as scheduled in Salem area
Moderna vaccine doses at a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Centennial Park in Woodburn, Ore. on Thursday, April 1, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A pause on using the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine will temporarily mean fewer shots available in Salem, but Marion and Polk county providers said Tuesday they’re[Read More…]
Where and how to get a Covid vaccine in Salem
Sam Bereny, an EMT with Metro West Ambulance, holds a second dose of the Moderna vaccine at a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Centennial Park in Woodburn, Ore. on Thursday, April 1, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The number of Oregonians eligible for a Covid vaccine has dramatically expanded in the[Read More…]
