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FILE - In this March 12, 2021, file photo, a health worker holds a bottle of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine with name Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha written on it, at Bamrasnaradura Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. In recent days, countries including Denmark, Ireland and Thailand have temporarily suspended their use of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine after reports that some people who got a dose developed blood clots, even though there's no evidence that the shot was responsible. The European Medicines Agency and the World Health Organization say the data available do not suggest the vaccine caused the clots.

Why countries are halting the AstraZeneca shot

March 15, 2021, 9:41am Health Free

Nearly a dozen countries including Germany, France and Italy have all temporarily suspended their use of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine after reports last week that some people in Denmark and Norway who got a dose developed blood clots, even though there's no evidence that the shot was responsible. Read story

On anniversary of Oregon’s first COVID-19 death, state reports no new deaths

March 15, 2021, 8:21am Northwest Free

The Oregon Health Authority reported 234 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases as well as no new deaths on Sunday, the anniversary of the state’s first death from the illness caused by the novel coronavirus. Read story

Graciela Leahy, 13, an eighth grader at Ohio's Columbus Gifted Academy, works on her computer in her bedroom, in Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 23, 2021, to begin a stretch of nearly six straight hours at her desk. A year later in the pandemic, the unplanned experiment with distance learning continues for thousands of students like Leahy who have yet to set foot back in classrooms.

‘It’s exhausting’ – A year of distance learning wears thin

March 14, 2021, 1:53pm Nation & World

At first, many schools announced it would last only a couple weeks. A year later, the unplanned experiment with distance learning continues for thousands of students who have yet to set foot back in classrooms. Read story

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2021, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens as President Joe Biden speaks during an event to commemorate the 50 millionth COVID-19 shot in Washington. Fauci said Sunday, March 14, he wishes former President Donald Trump would use his popularity among Republicans to persuade his followers to get the COVID-19 vaccine. In a round of interviews on the morning news shows, Fauci lamented polling showing that Trump supporters are more likely to refuse to get vaccinated, saying politics needs to be separated from "commonsense, no-brainer" public health measures.

Fauci: Trump should urge his followers to get vaccinated

March 14, 2021, 1:48pm Health Wire

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday he wishes former President Donald Trump would use his popularity among Republicans to persuade more of his followers to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Read story

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2021 file photo, a Suder Montessori Magnet Elementary School teacher speaks to students during a virtual class outside of the school in solidarity with pre-K educators forced back into the building in Chicago. When the coronavirus pandemic shut down schools, leaders had to figure out how to get kids online. In a patchwork approach borne of desperation, they scrounged wireless hot spots, struck deals with cable companies and even created networks of their own.

‘Big burden’ for schools trying to give kids internet access

March 14, 2021, 1:44pm Nation & World

When the coronavirus pandemic shut down schools, educators had to figure out how to get kids online. Fast. Read story

Medically vulnerable in U.S. put near end of vaccine line

Maura Wozniak poses for a picture on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, in Huntersville, N.C. Wozniak, a 42-year-old mother of 2 has cystic fibrosis and also has undergone lung transplants and has been moved into group 4, just ahead of the general public receive the COVID-19 vaccination.

March 14, 2021, 1:43pm Nation & World

When Ann Camden learned last month that her 17-year-old daughter got exposed to the coronavirus at school and was being sent home, she packed her belongings, jumped in the car and made the two-hour drive to the coast to stay with her recently vaccinated parents. Read story

Camas High School classes to resume on Thursday

The Camas School District plans to resume in-person instruction at Camas High School beginning Thursday following an off-site COVID-19 outbreak that led the district to voluntarily pause in-person instruction at the school earlier this week. Read story

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COVID-19

Why countries are halting the AstraZeneca shot

On anniversary of Oregon’s first COVID-19 death, state reports no new deaths

‘It’s exhausting’ – A year of distance learning wears thin

Fauci: Trump should urge his followers to get vaccinated

‘Big burden’ for schools trying to give kids internet access

Medically vulnerable in U.S. put near end of vaccine line

Morning Press: Camas High COVID; Navigation Center; Woody’s Tacos; Clark College baseball; Tower Mall vaccines

Camas High School classes to resume on Thursday

Clark County reports lowest COVID-19 weekly death toll since late October

$145 million in stimulus funds heading to Southwest Washington

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