Coronavirus News
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| Lummi Nation announces two positive cases of coronavirus in Whatcom County | The Lummi Nation confirmed two positive cases of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, in Whatcom County residents, according to a press release Tuesday evening, March 17. It is unclear how the two cases impact Whatcom County’s number of residents diagnosed with the respiratory illness, which… |
2020-03-18 | |
| A Lummi Nation doctor is self-quarantined. But the tribe has been preparing for weeks for a coronavirus outbreak. | When Dakotah Lane decided to change careers and become a doctor, to come home and serve his people, he never thought he’d be in the middle of trying to protect his tribe from a pandemic. Now Lummi Nation’s first physician… |
2020-03-18 | |
| Kansas is the first state to close schools for the rest of the academic year amid the coronavirus crisis | It was less than a week ago that Ohio became the first state to close schools for several weeks amid the global coronavirus… |
2020-03-18 | |
| Whatcom Health reports 129 negative test results for COVID-19 on Monday, March 16 | The number of people in Whatcom County who tested negative for COVID-19 has grown to 129 as of Monday morning, March 16, according to the Whatcom County Health Department. … |
2020-03-17 | |
| What you need to know about the government’s break for student loan borrowers amid the coronavirus | Amid the bad news piling up from COVID-19, one positive development emerged on Friday: Interest on federal student loans would be waived until further notice.… |
2020-03-17 | |
| Trump’s Student Loan Interest Waiver Isn’t What You May Think | At the end of a week full of talk about bailouts and stimulus, President Trump said Friday afternoon that he was waiving interest on all student loans held by federal government agencies. Right away, the most obvious question was this: How much would monthly payments fall for the tens of… |
2020-03-17 | |
| Trump’s economic aid could approach $1T, senators say | President Donald Trump is asking Congress to unleash a torrent of emergency economic aid — including direct checks to Americans — an effort unseen since the Great Recession to shore up households and the economy amid the coronavirus crisis. Trump wants checks out to the public within two… |
2020-03-17 | |
| A Generational War Is Brewing Over Coronavirus | Scientists and government officials fighting the coronavirus epidemic say they have a problem: Carefree youths. As authorities moved to restrict social gatherings last week, bars and restaurants from New York to Berlin filled up with revelers, illegal “lockdown parties” popped up in… |
2020-03-17 | |
| ‘As Human as Possible’ | What weeks ago seemed unthinkable is now a reality for many professors: take all your courses online, suddenly and indefinitely, due to COVID-19. And while technical and other practical challenges abound for instructors in all fields, those in the humanities face some particular ones: creating… |
2020-03-16 | |
| What to do if you’re sick with coronavirus? Call your doctor and stay home | Experts with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are advising people who are mildly sick with what might be COVID-19 to call a doctor about the symptoms but stay home.… |
2020-03-16 |