Kristian Foden-Vencil
Kristian Foden-Vencil is a veteran journalist/producer working for Oregon Public Broadcasting. He started as a cub reporter for newspapers in London, England in 1988. Then in 1991 he moved to Oregon and started freelancing. His work has appeared in publications as varied as The Oregonian, the BBC, the Salem Statesman Journal, Willamette Week, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, NPR and the Voice of America. Kristian has won awards from the Associated Press, Society of Professional Journalists and the Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors. He was embedded with the Oregon National Guard in Iraq in 2004 and now specializes in business, law, health and politics.
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More than 10,000 new COVID-19 cases were reported Friday in Oregon. The latest modeling predicts cases from the omicron variant will peak in the state at the end of January with 30% more hospitalizations than during the spike from the delta variant. -
To deal with the looming omicron surge, Oregon takes several steps, including the addition of three new high-volume vaccination and booster sites to the six currently operating.
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Here’s a quick look at where things stand and what you should be doing as another COVID-19 surge looms.
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When thinking about drought, the Oregon Coast doesn’t exactly come to mind. It’s a temperate rainforest and there’s the ocean. But in several coastal cities, people have been asked not to wash cars or irrigate lawns over the last couple of summers. Now Newport is considering a permanent solution — a big new dam.
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As California reports the first omicron case in the US, Oregon authorities have a message of reassurance about the new variant.
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The American Red Cross has announced it will require employees get vaccinated by January 4, in alignment with President Joe Biden’s mandate.
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Nurses and other health care professionals who work for Kaiser Permanente in Oregon have voted to authorize a future strike over labor conditions. Union leaders said they will give Kaiser 10 days notice before a strike, in which thousands of workers could walk off the job in protest.
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Oregon’s largest nursing union announced plans Thursday for dealing with a chronic shortage of nursing staff tied to exhaustion.Leaders of the Oregon…
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Dr. Greg Gottlieb recently retired and moved to the Columbia River Gorge to build his dream home.As a busy anesthesiologist at Seattle Children’s…
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Oregon’s hospitalization peak for this latest surge passed on Sept. 1. But hospital cases are likely to see a gradual decline over the next two or three months rather than a fast drop.
