Coronavirus News
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| One Whatcom region would be at CDC’s high COVID community level, where masking recommended | If the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took its COVID-19 community level rankings down to school district regions, one Whatcom County region would find itself in the “high” range where masking in public locations is recommended. Based on the most recently location data… |
2022-04-29 | |
| FDA sets June meetings on COVID vaccines for youngest kids | The Food and Drug Administration on Friday set tentative dates in June to publicly review COVID-19 vaccines for the youngest American children, typically the final step before authorizing the shots. The meeting announcement follows months of frustration from families impatient for a… |
2022-04-29 | |
| Racial split on COVID-19 endures as restrictions ease in US | Black and Hispanic Americans remain far more cautious in their approach to COVID-19 than white Americans, recent polls show, reflecting diverging preferences on how to deal with the pandemic as federal, state and local restrictions fall… |
2022-04-29 | |
| Moderna asks FDA to authorize first COVID-19 vaccine for very young children | Moderna announced Thursday that the company has asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize a low-dose version of its COVID-19 vaccine as the first vaccine for children younger than age 5. In a study involving about 6,700 children, the company said two-doses of the vaccine… |
2022-04-28 | |
| Most Americans have been infected with coronavirus at least once, CDC says | The common perception that nearly everyone in the U.S. seemed to have been infected with the omicron variant in the winter might not have been far from the truth. By February, nearly 60% of the population had been exposed to the coronavirus, almost double the proportion seen in December 2021,… |
2022-04-27 | |
| Here's why Dr. Fauci says the U.S. is 'out of the pandemic phase' | The United States is no longer in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the coronavirus' continuing global threat, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden. But Fauci also warns that people should still be mindful of the disease. "We are certainly… |
2022-04-27 | |
| Mexico says coronavirus now endemic, not pandemic | The Mexican government said Tuesday that COVID-19 has passed from a pandemic to an endemic stage in Mexico, meaning authorities will treat it as a seasonally recurring disease. Mexico never enforced face mask requirements, and the few partial shutdowns of businesses and activities were… |
2022-04-27 | |
| COVID-19 case rates increasing in Whatcom County schools, state reports 5 more deaths | COVID-19 case rates in Whatcom County schools more than tripled the week after Spring Break compared to rates before the break, and they have continued to climb. Though the Mount Baker School District has not yet updated its COVID-19 dashboard with data from the week of April 10-16, the… |
2022-04-26 | |
| Administration expands availability of COVID antiviral pill | President Joe Biden’s administration is taking steps to expand availability of the life-saving COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid, as it seeks to reassure doctors that … |
2022-04-26 | |
| King County now has ‘medium’ community level of COVID, per CDC guidance | King County has moved from a “low” community COVID-19 level to “medium,” per federal guidance, as infection rates increase, the county’s top health officer said Monday. Despite the movement upward within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention community levels, there are no plans… |
2022-04-26 |