Coronavirus News
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| COVID testing restrictions were lifted for the border. Here’s what Whatcom saw for crossings | In the first weekend of no COVID-19 testing requirements, Whatcom County’s border crossings were very busy, resembling almost pre-pandemic levels of traffic. The daily number of vehicles crossing four of the five Whatcom border crossings northbound and southbound topped 15,000 vehicles… |
2022-04-05 | |
| Is it possible to overdo it with COVID-19 vaccine boosters? What is and isn’t known | First, it was one or two COVID-19 vaccine shots. Then it was get a booster shot after eight months, until they changed it to six, then five months. Now, federal health authorities have approved yet another shot four months from your last one if you’re at least 50 or in poor health. But… |
2022-04-05 | |
| CDC, under fire for COVID response, plans to revamp itself | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky announced plans Monday to revamp the agency that has come under blistering criticism for its performance leading the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying, “it is time to step back and strategically position CDC to… |
2022-04-05 | |
| COVID infection rates climb in all 7 Whatcom regions, but all still in CDC’s ‘low’ range | The weekly COVID-19 infection rates in all seven Whatcom County school district regions increased last week, according to the most recent data, but all seven would remain in the “low” community level used by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. One week after seeing all seven regions… |
2022-04-04 | |
| Cuts in Britain could cause a COVID-19 data drought | The British government on Friday shut down or scaled back a number of its COVID-19 surveillance programs, curtailing the collection of data that the United States and many other countries had come to rely on to understand the threat posed by emerging variants and the effectiveness of vaccines.… |
2022-04-04 | |
| How long COVID is accelerating a revolution in medical research | When Liza Fisher’s body became racked by tremors shortly after she was hospitalized with COVID-19 in 2020, she began an 18-month medical odyssey, consulting immunologists, cardiologists, neurologists and countless other -ologists in the hope they would know how to treat the crippling convulsions… |
2022-04-04 | |
| With students in turmoil, US teachers train in mental health | Since the pandemic started, experts have warned of a mental health crisis facing American children. That is now playing out at schools in the form of increased childhood depression, anxiety, panic attacks, eating disorders, fights and thoughts of suicide at alarming levels, according to… |
2022-04-04 | |
| Though BA.2 likely in the region, Whatcom health department awaiting variant test results | Though it is still awaiting confirmation as test samples are sequenced, the Whatcom County Health Department said it is possible that more than half of all new cases in the multi-state region are the BA.2 variant. That follows the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention trends… |
2022-04-01 | |
| Pregnant people at much higher risk of breakthrough COVID, study shows | Pregnant people who are vaccinated against the coronavirus are nearly twice as likely to get COVID-19 as those who are not pregnant, according to a new study that offers the broadest evidence to date of the odds of infections among vaccinated patients with different medical circumstances. … |
2022-04-01 | |
| With Canada testing ending, what will it mean for Whatcom cross-border traffic? | With another round of restrictions going away on Friday, April 1, local officials and businesses are expecting a robust increase to cross border travel into Whatcom County. Earlier this month Canada announced that it is dropping the testing requirement for vaccinated travelers beginning… |
2022-03-31 |