Month: May 2021

On their fourth English-language Zoom session earlier this month, Jatin Garg, a relative who lives in Texas, updated Katyal on each of his family members’ conditions. His brother, who woke up at dawn, looked on from another screen with oxygen tubes in his nose, a pulse oximeter clipped to his finger and a ceiling fan rotating overhead.

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Anastasia Vlasova (right) did the genetic analysis of a newly discovered coronavirus. Credit: Ken Chamberlain Discovery shows need to monitor animal viruses, researchers say. Researchers have identified and completed the genetic analysis of a newly discovered coronavirus – one that has evolved from a coronavirus that afflicts dogs to infect humans and may contribute to respiratory symptoms. The discovery of the first dog coronavirus found to have crossed over to infecting people underscores the treacherous nature of coronaviruses and the need to monitor animal viruses as a way of predicting possible threats to public health, researchers say. “At this point, we don’t see any reasons to expect another pandemic from this virus, but I can’t say that’s never going to be a concern i...

The Oregon Health Authority on Sunday reported 334 new presumed and confirmed coronavirus cases and four new deaths connected to COVID-19. To increase the number of inoculated residents, on Friday Gov. Kate Brown announced lottery prizes ranging from $10,000 to $1 million for Oregonians 18 and older who’ve received at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine by June 27. Vaccines: Oregon reported 29,464 newly administered doses, which includes 17,564 on Saturday and the remainder from previous days. The current rolling average is 31,010 doses every day. Where the new cases are by county: Benton (4), Clackamas (26), Columbia (2), Coos (3), Crook (5), Deschutes (43), Douglas (10), Jackson (7), Jefferson (7), Josephine (5), Klamath (7), Lane (28), Linn (21), Marion (51), Morrow (1)...

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