Vaccines

A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas.

A strain of influenza appears to have disappeared from the planet since COVID. As a result, U.S. flu vaccines have been redesigned.

Vaccines can protect the youngest and oldest Oregonians from RSV, Covid-19, and the flu this fall.

Oregon is experiencing the worst measles outbreak in the state since the early 1990s. We talk with Paul Cieslak, medical director for the Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention Section at the Oregon Health Authority.

Updated COVID-19 vaccines are on their way. The Food and Drug Administration approved new shots from Pfizer and Moderna on Thursday, and the companies are set to begin shipping millions of doses.

They say the new approach could lead to the development of a “one and done” shot to cover all flu variants in five years.

Pertussis cases in Oregon topped 178 in the latest count. Antibiotics are effective against the respiratory illness, but there’s a catch: They only work when they’re given early in the course of the illness.

Children without up-to-date vaccination records will be sent home.

The most current state data from October shows that at long-term care facilities, only 6% of staff and 11% of residents have gotten this year's COVID-19 booster.

So far, more than 4,000 infants in Oregon have received Nirsevimab and will have some protection against severe RSV this winter, but many more are eligible and demand has outstripped supply.