Due to the declining Covid hospitalizations along the west coast, the state health officials are lifting mask requirements in indoor public spaces and schools on March 12, shifting masking decisions to the local level, Gov. Kate Brown announced Monday. Oregon hospitalization rates during the Omicron surge are a third lower[Read More…]
Health & Wellness
Column: Thoughts on rumination, frustration during pandemic
Editor’s note: In partnership with the Center for Community Counseling, The Chronicle publishes columns addressing mental-health issues in our community. Reach out for help at 541-344-0620 and.ccceugene.org. With the current reality of quarantine and social distancing, people are understandably becoming agitated with the uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus. It’s not uncommon[Read More…]
Mandates close to ending; Cottage Grove clinic a ‘success’
ERIN TIERNEY/CHRONICLE PHOTO – Lane County Public Health and Cottage Grove officials partnered for greater security around a clinic this weekend. Mask guidelines for indoor spaces will be lifted no later than the end of March, state health officials announced this week. That’ll include mask requirements in schools, too. By[Read More…]
Column: What is all this talk about mindfulness?
Vogel Editor’s note: In partnership with the Center for Community Counseling, The Chronicle publishes columns addressing mental-health issues in our community. Reach out for help at 541-344-0620 and ccceugene.org. Mindfulness, mindfulness, mindfulness. Everyone is talking about it! What does it mean and how can you be mindful? Well, you have come[Read More…]
Covid rules stay in place – Oregon, Lane haven’t hit Omicron peak yet
There is some good news, and some not-good news about the Omicron surge that the county is in the midst of grappling with. The good news: The drop in hospitalizations is likely to happen quicker than during the Delta surge in fall 2021. The bad news: We haven’t peaked yet.[Read More…]
Booster or bust: Third shot may have made all the difference
Erin Tierney, Executive Editor Six people walk into a room. Three are boosted. Three get sick. Guess which ones are which? Welcome to my month of January. After apartment hunting for years, Lance and I finally managed to snag a beautiful house mid-December. With only two weeks to make the[Read More…]
Hospitals face staffing crisis; FEMA pulls out of the Grove
ERIN TIERNEY/ THE CHRONICLE. Sen. Ron Wyden speaks at PeaceHealth RiverBend in Springfield last week. As the Omicron variant continues to surge, an unprecedented staffing crisis has smacked local hospitals, leaving the remaining staff stretched thin and exhausted as we enter the third year of the pandemic. Outside of the[Read More…]
Relief on way for beleaguered hospitals
As cases of the highly transmissible Omicron Covid variant continue to stack, the Oregon National Guard is again scheduled to arrive in Lane County on Friday, Jan. 21 to assist strained hospital staff. “The assistance is so appreciated at this critical time in the pandemic,” said Elva Sipin, who is[Read More…]
Omicron continues to spread
New confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases soared to 18,538 in Oregon with 18 new deaths, Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported Monday – raising the state’s death toll to 5,779. The 18 new deaths and 18,538 new cases include data recorded by counties between Jan. 7-9. Lane County hospital beds are[Read More…]
Tips for coping with trauma
SHABRAM Editor’s note: In partnership with the Center for Community Counseling, The Chronicle publishes monthly columns addressing mental-health issues in our community. Reach out for help at 541-344-0620 and.ccceugene.org. Dear reader: Congratulations, you’ve made it to today. Surviving these traumatic times is an accomplishment. Sexual Assault Support Services supports people[Read More…]