Kate Brown announced she is lifting COVID-19 restrictions statewide on June 30. Dr. Jennifer Vines can’t imagine another full lockdown happening in Oregon. But she also knows COVID isn’t ...

On Saturday, Multnomah County health officer Dr. Jennifer Vines was at her office working on plans to get booster shots into arms the best and most efficient way possible. She said the county is ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Jennifer Vines, lead health officer of the Portland metropolitan area, about lessons learned from the deadly 2021 Portland heat wave as a sweltering summer awaits.

PORTLAND, Ore. — We've made it through the omicron peak, according to Dr. Jennifer Vines, the health officer for Multnomah County. "It's a tall peak, so we're still gonna see plenty of disease ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Portland's lead health official, Jennifer Vines, about the extreme heat's impact on the Pacific Northwest. In the Pacific Northwest, the heat has finally relented.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Multnomah County Health Officer Dr. Jennifer Vines has been one of the trusted voices throughout the pandemic. KGW turned to her for some perspective before Oregon's indoor mask ...

I think that's on the list of questions that we need an answer to,” Dr. Jennifer Vines,Multnomah County public health officer, said. If symptoms were milder, some have wondered if that would ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Multnomah County Health Officer Dr. Jennifer Vines said social gatherings, particularly among young adults, continue to drive the rapid spread of COVID-19 in the county.

Dr. Jennifer Vines, the lead health officer for the Tri-County Portland metro region, is cautiously optimistic. People, though, need to be aware these variants are more contagious. They spread ...

Dr. Jennifer Vines said people should embrace voluntary measures for social distancing. Public health leaders in the Portland region are not recommending a shelter-in-place order, but rather ...

Last year, almost 70 people in the Portland metro area died in a June heat wave. JENNIFER VINES: These were people who were found alone, with no fan, no air conditioning, many of them older ...