People in 24 Oregon counties including the county around Portland and 15 counties in Washington state should resume mask-wearing indoors in public and on public transportation.
The federal government is planning for a potential rise in COVID-19 cases this fall and is setting aside $3.2 billion for 105 million doses of Pfizer s vaccine.
The European Union is working on a common purchasing agreement for vaccines and antivirals against monkeypox, as cases of the viral disease usually endemic to Africa gather steam in Europe and beyond.