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people. 4. Stay home. 5. In public, stay 6 feet from others and wear a cloth face
covering or mask. 6. Cover a cough or sneeze with a tissue or cough into your
elbow. 7. Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.
Jefferson County cases: 1,550 (10 new cases)
Jefferson County deaths: 20 (2 new deaths*)
COVID-19 patients hospitalized at St. Charles Bend
on Tuesday: 34 (8 in ICU)
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(Dec. 4)
What is COVID-19? It’s an infection caused by a new coronavirus. Coronaviruses
are a group of viruses that can cause a range of symptoms. Some usually cause
mild illness. Some, like this one, can cause more severe symptoms and can be
fatal. Symptoms include fever, coughing and shortness of breath.
Oregon cases: 119,488 (1,059 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 1,550 (44 new deaths)
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129 new cases
Total COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday, Jan. 5:
Deschutes County cases: 4,276 (69 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 24 (2 new deaths*)
Crook County cases: 493 (22 new cases)
Crook County deaths: 7 (zero new deaths)
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SOURCES: OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY,
DESCHUTES COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES
New COVID-19 cases per day
10
(March 11)
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*Oregon’s 1,512nd COVID-19 death is an 83-year-old man in Deschutes County who tested positive Dec. 4 and died Dec.
23 at St. Charles Bend. He had underlying conditions. The 1,513rd death is an 87-year-old man in Deschutes County who
tested positive Dec. 21 and died Dec. 28. Location of death and presence of underlying conditions are being confirmed.
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The 1,521st death is a 76-year-old man in Jefferson County who tested positive Dec. 16 and died Dec. 22 at St. Charles
Bend. He had underlying conditions. The 1,522nd death is an 84-year-old man in Jefferson County who tested positive
Dec. 26 and died Jan. 1 at St. Charles Bend. He had underlying conditions.
Oregon presents plan to up vaccinations
Governor sets goal of 12,000
shots per day within 2 weeks
BY SARA CLINE
Associated Press/Report for America
PORTLAND — Oregon health of-
ficials had a goal of administering
100,000 coronavirus vaccines by the
end of 2020, but as of Tuesday had only
administered 51,283.
Now, Gov. Kate Brown has set a new
goal of 12,000 vaccinations per day
within the next two weeks. Health au-
thority officials said Tuesday if they
expand the number of administration
sites and adjust prioritization require-
ments, they are confident they will
reach that goal.
“In the first 19 days of COVID-19
vaccinations, we’ve learned some key
lessons we’ll use to speed our vaccina-
tion efforts,” Oregon Health Authority
Director Patrick Allen said.
The first phase of vaccination fo-
cused on health care workers and res-
idents and staff in nursing homes and
other long-term care facilities.
Effective this week, Oregon Health
Authority will expand vaccinations to
hospice programs, mobile crisis care,
outpatient settings serving specific
high-risk groups, in-home care ser-
vices, nonemergency medical transport,
health care providers in other outpa-
tient settings, and public health work-
ers.
“So far, Oregon has been good at
getting vaccinations into the arms of
people assigned to a specific location
— like a hospital worker or a resident
at a skilled nursing facility,” Allen said.
“Now we need to up our game for peo-
ple outside those locations.”
In addition, people eligible for the
vaccine will be able to receive it at retail
pharmacies, and the federal pharmacy
partnership to vaccinate more nursing
home staff and residents is being ex-
panded.
“Oregon, like most of the country, is
not moving fast enough,” Gov. Brown
said in a news release Monday. “All
states are grappling with the same logis-
tical challenges, and while we are mak-
ing steady progress, we must move even
more quickly when every vaccination
has the potential to save someone’s life.”
According to data from the U.S. Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Preven-
tion, Oregon currently ranks 36th in
the nation in vaccine distribution, with
1.2% of the state’s population having
been vaccinated.
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Police: Tualatin chase
ends with car inside
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BY JIM RYAN
The Oregonian
A driver was arrested Tuesday
after allegedly leading police on a
chase and driving into a Tualatin
convenience store — his car com-
ing to a stop among the shelves in-
side the business.
James Powell, 30, is accused of
eluding authorities, criminal mis-
chief, reckless driving and other
charges, according to Tualatin po-
lice. He’s being held in the Wash-
ington County Jail.
Police said they tried to pull over
Powell on Tuesday morning after
he was seen driving without head-
lights or license plates. He didn’t
comply, and a pursuit ensued.
The chase spanned about seven
minutes and covered surface streets
and a stretch of Interstate 5, accord-
ing to police. An officer deployed
spike strips at one point, and Pow-
ell allegedly swerved toward the of-
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ficer — nearly hitting him.
The spike strips flattened one
of Powell’s tires, but he continued
on, entering the parking lot of a
Shell gas station and Jacksons Food
Stores location on SW Nyberg
Street near I-5, police said.
Powell drove through the lot and
directly into the convenience store,
nearly hitting a pair of workers who
were standing in the doorway, ac-
cording to police. His car came to a
stop completely inside the store. No
injuries were reported.
Police said law enforcement offi-
cers from the Tualatin and Tigard
police agencies, as well as the Or-
egon State Police and Washington
County Sheriff’s Office, contacted
Powell, who stood outside his car
but inside the store.
Officers negotiated with him for
about 24 minutes before he peace-
fully surrendered, according to po-
lice.
Tualatin Police Department via The Oregonian
REDMOND BUREAU
A driver was arrested Tuesday after allegedly leading police on a chase and
driving into a Tualatin convenience store — his car coming to a stop among the
shelves inside the business.
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Baker City native studies treatment for Parkinson’s
BY LISA BRITTON
For the Baker City Herald
Tanya Denne, a Baker City
native who has been studying
a plant that could help combat
Parkinson’s disease, will grad-
uate in 2021 from Bastyr Uni-
versity with a degree in naturo-
pathic medicine.
While working on her
doctorate, she’s continued to
analyze the use of Mucuna
pruriens and its potential in
treating Parkinson’s disease, a
disorder of the central nervous
system that affects movement.
According to Oregon Health
& Science University, for un-
known reasons Parkinson’s
causes brain cells that make a
chemical called dopamine to
die. This leaves the brain with-
out enough dopamine — a
“neurotransmitter,” or chem-
ical messenger — to signal
nerves to trigger movement.
Parkinson’s worsens over
time. There is no cure.
Drug treatments of
levodopa/cabidopa focus on
the dopamine system in the
brain. According to Denne,
research has determined
Mucuna seeds contain 3% to
7% levodopa.
Denne’s interest in Mucuna
stems from a personal story
— her grandmother died of
Alzheimer’s disease, and that
inspired her to study neuro-
science.
After graduating from the
University of Portland, she vol-
unteered at OHSU in Portland
to study Mucuna and Parkin-
son’s.
In early 2016, she traveled to
India for three months to study
Mucuna in its native environ-
ment, and collect seeds to study.
That same year she started
attending Bastyr University in
Seattle to pursue a doctorate in
naturopathic medicine.
Now, near the end of her ac-
ademic journey, Denne credits
fundraising events in Baker
City for supporting her project.
“It’s taken a whole commu-
nity and over a decade, and a
huge majority of the original
funding and support started in
Baker City,” she said.
Her research paired well
with Baker City’s Great Salt
Lick Contest and Auction, a
Submitted Photo
Tanya Denne has been studying the potential benefits of Mucuna, a
type of plant, in treating the effects of Parkinson’s disease.
fundraiser founded by Whit
Deschner to raise money for
Parkinson’s disease research.
“I’d like to express my grati-
tude to all the wonderful peo-
ple and organizations in Baker
City that helped facilitate the
ethnobotanical research trip to
India,” Denne said. “Through
Whit Deschner’s generous Salt
Lick Auction, the Lions Club
and many supportive individ-
uals we were able to launch a
successful research project that
is still continuing and expand-
ing to this day.”
Mucuna progress
During her studies at Ba-
styr, Denne has worked on the
Mucuna project by finding a
farmer in Hawaii who could
grow the seeds she brought
from India. She’s also experi-
mented with seed extracts and
worked with colleagues from
Bastyr and OHSU who have
used the extracts in animal
model studies.
“It’s this really cool, multifac-
eted project,” Denne said.
The research is fueling other
projects.
“Our research team is now
collaborating with a field re-
search project in Africa, where
it is estimated that only 9%
of the population has access
to conventional Parkinson’s
medication,” she said. “We’re
working with The Parkin-
son’s Institute in Italy, draft-
ing and implementing sites to
grow Mucuna as a source of
levodopa for Parkinson’s treat-
ment as a public health effort.”
After graduating with her
doctorate this year, Denne
plans to complete a residency
and wants to specialize in neu-
ro-focused care, such as Par-
kinson’s disease.
She’d like to eventually re-
turn to practice in Baker City.
“It really does take a village,
and I am grateful to be from
one that embodies core values
of generosity, positive change,
and compassion,” she said.