Oregon Health Authority data show 52% of eligible health care workers were vaccinated in the 2025-26 flu season, with 145,473 eligible and 55,433 more needed to reach the 90% goal.
OHA offers a toolkit for employers to boost rates and notes nursing facility staff have the lowest uptake at 25%.
The Oregon Zoo says baby Asian elephant Tula-Tu has been diagnosed with elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus and is receiving plasma transfusions and other treatments after vets noted changes on Oct.
24 and lab confirmation on Oct. 25; she remains stable while staff monitor her closely (EEHV-1B).
Oregon scientists predict a more than 90% chance that a strong El Niño and an ongoing marine heat wave will disrupt ocean upwelling and shift salmon ranges along the coast.
The changes may affect local fisheries from fall into winter.
TriMet released part 5 of its MAX Close Calls dashcam series to show avoidable near misses with cars & pedestrians as well as scooters near train tracks.
The video reminds locals to follow traffic signals and listen for approaching trains.
Gov. Tina Kotek ordered flags be flown at half-staff today to honor firefighter Jesús Eduardo Olimpo Gutiérrez Toral (25) who died on Sept.
9 while battling the Austin Fire in Mount Hood National Forest, which is now 98% contained.
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield says Abbott Laboratories will pay nearly $1 million in a multi-state settlement over unsafe powdered formula production — the state will get $977,558 from the deal.
West Linn point guard Kaylor Buse, an ESPN four-star recruit who led her team to the state championship, committed to Texas Christian University on Monday, Sept.
14 (after narrowing her list to schools in Oregon, Washington, Utah, and South Carolina). She will join TCU after her final high school season.
Retired Major General Alexander Burgin, former Adjutant General of the National Guard, recounted his experience at the Pentagon on Sept.
11, 2001 - he urged Americans to honor the lives lost and the heroic first responders as the 25th anniversary approaches.
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