Salem Health began a Covid vaccine clinic at the state fairgrounds on Jan. 7 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Update: This article was corrected on Jan. 22 at 5:50 p.m. after the Oregon Health Authority said a slide showen during its Friday news conference had incorrect dates for some vaccines phases. Most[Read More…]

Teacher Kara Buchheit talks with Kristen Gough and son James, an incoming kindergartner at Kalapuya Elementary School on Thursday, September 17. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Teachers, school bus drivers, child care providers and preschool workers in Marion County can now get a Covid vaccine at the state fairgrounds through Salem Health’s[Read More…]

Gov. Kate Brown announces new state restrictions in a news conference in Portland on Thursday, March 12. (Jonathan House/Pamplin Media) Teachers in Oregon will be able to get a Covid vaccine starting Jan. 25, but seniors will have to wait at least three weeks after expected additional vaccine doses from[Read More…]

Salem Health began a Covid vaccine clinic at the state fairgrounds on Jan. 7 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Update: This article was updated to reflect the new vaccination timeline Gov. Kate Brown announced Jan. 15. Kerry Burtis was skeptical when a friend told him anyone could go get a Covid vaccine[Read More…]

Salem Health began a Covid vaccine clinic at the state fairgrounds on Jan. 7 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Seniors, teachers and other school and child care employees can receive a Covid vaccine in Oregon starting Jan. 23, Gov. Kate Brown said Tuesday, weeks earlier than state plans initially called for. The[Read More…]

Grant Thorsett in 2011 (Courtesy/Steve Thorsett) Grant Thorsett should have been near the front of the line to receive a Covid vaccine in Oregon.  Instead, he and some other residents of the Dallas Retirement Village’s Health Center were told they were ineligible because they’d recently been exposed to Covid – and had to wait[Read More…]

Salem Health began a Covid vaccine clinic at the state fairgrounds on Jan. 7 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) After vaccinating more than 8,000 people in four days, Salem Health is canceling its Monday Covid vaccine clinic at the Oregon State Fairgrounds due to low vaccine supply. The health provider expects to[Read More…]

Salem Health began a Covid vaccine clinic at the state fairgrounds on Jan. 7 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem Health can now vaccinate up to 2,000 Marion County health care workers daily at the state fairgrounds, dramatically expanding the inoculation’s availability after a sluggish initial rollout. The health care provider is[Read More…]

Salem Hospital (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) Salem Health will begin vaccinating Marion County health care workers and others now eligible for the Covid vaccine Thursday at the Oregon State Fairgrounds. The announcement comes after the Oregon Health Authority on Tuesday said they would make the vaccine more widely available[Read More…]

Viviana Gourley, medical assistant at Salud Medical Center, waits between patients at the center’s COVID-19 testing area on Wednesday, April 29. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) People who have spent months treating Covid patients and cleaning their hospital rooms will begin receiving a Covid vaccine this week in Salem as Oregon starts[Read More…]