Pediatrician says potential COVID-19 vaccine authorization for children 12-15 is welcome news
A federal official said the FDA is expected to authorize Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine for people 12 and older by next week. Author: Christelle Koumoué (KGW) Updated: 5:23 PM PDT May 6, 2021 It s an opportunity for us to begin to protect that population, Olson said.
The Pfizer vaccine is currently the only vaccine approved for people 16 and older. So far, 40% of adults in the U.S. have been partially vaccinated.
Dr. Olson says vaccinating children of all ages is critical to stopping the pandemic. We re a way from herd immunity and the only way to get there is by having vaccines that are available to the entire population.
Student nurses stepped up during pandemic
They adjusted to hybrid learning and then became part of the nationâs historic vaccination effort Thursday, April 29, 2021 10:11 AM Katherine Lund, a junior at the University of Portland School of Nursing, tends her station at the Oregon Convention Center vaccination clinic in March. âSome patients have cried,â said Lund. âSome because it hurt, some so happy that the worry is ending, others so happy to see their grandkids again.â (Courtesy Katherine Lund) Gonzaga University senior nursing student Tayler Chin speaks with a patient before giving a COVID-19 vaccination on March 2. (Chiana McInelly/Gonzaga University)
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Laura (Laurie) LaMoyne (Sifford) Berry 1959 - 2021
Laura (Laurie) LaMoyne (Sifford) Berry was born March 18, 1959, in Cheyanne, Wyoming, to Dorsie and Floyd Sifford. They moved to Portland, Oregon, when she was three years old, and to their farm in Dayton when she was eight. There, Laurie learned to love and care for animals, with a special fondness for pigs and horses. She graduated from Dayton High School in 1977. She was a lifelong caregiver, taking care of her husband Tony L. Berry, who was diagnosed with MS shortly after their marriage on June 2, 1977, and later as an adult foster home provider. Laurie had a large presence; a loving, caring and giving heart that was immeasurably and exponentially larger than herself! She made the lives of those who knew her better because she was in it. She had sparkling blue eyes and an ever-present smile. She was truly an angel here on earth. Laurie gained her Heavenly wings on February 2, 2021, in WVMC, with loved ones by her side. She sadl
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Groups on Facebook have amassed thousands of members where posters talk about their journey with lingering symptoms and permanent damage due to their COVID-19 infections.
When Michele Finicle, 45, contracted COVID-19 in March, she assumed she had a sinus infection. She’s an Oregon teacher and had been regularly showing up for work at the school her 10-year-old daughter also attends. Her daughter was the first to fall ill. Two weeks later Finicle got sick as well.
“My daughter and I both made it through the acute infection. We were never hospitalized for the acute infection. So we thought we had made it,” Finicle told Inside Edition Digital.