Coronavirus News
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| Whatcom sees 290th COVID-related death, but infection, hospitalization rates remain steady | Another Whatcom County resident’s death has been linked to COVID-19, but infection and hospital rates continued to remain steady. Whatcom has now had 290 COVID-related deaths during the pandemic, the Washington State Department of Health COVID-19 Data Dashboard reported on Wednesday,… |
2022-03-31 | |
| Bargainers: Bipartisan deal near on $10B new COVID package | Lawmakers seemed on the brink of clinching a bipartisan compromise Thursday to provide a fresh $10 billion to combat COVID-19, a deal that could set up final congressional approval next week. The price tag was a reduction from an earlier $15.6 billion compromise that fell apart weeks ago… |
2022-03-31 | |
| Everyone is not OK, but back at work anyway | For the past two years, people have struggled to do their work — whether in hospitals or restaurants, in shops or schools — while knotted up with the fear and uncertainty of the COVID-19 crisis. For the subset of Americans who had the luxury of working from home, their professional lives… |
2022-03-31 | |
| COVID pandemic’s end may bring turbulence for US health care | When the end of the COVID-19 pandemic comes, it could create major disruptions for a cumbersome U.S. health care system made more generous, flexible and up-to-date technologically through a raft of temporary emergency measures. … |
2022-03-31 | |
| Pandemic took a toll on teen mental health, US study says | More than 4 in 10 U.S. high school students said they felt persistently sad or hopeless during the pandemic, according to government findings released Thursday. Several medical groups have warned that pandemic isolation from school closures and lack of social gatherings has taken a toll… |
2022-03-31 | |
| Researchers say they’ve found a better way to test for COVID | Imagine being able to swab the inside of your mouth, place it in a device and quickly know whether you’re infected with COVID-19. Johns Hopkins University researchers say they have developed a simple sensor that could quickly and accurately detect the virus that causes COVID-19 in saliva… |
2022-03-30 | |
| COVID-19 infections again rising in King County. No cause for alarm yet, say health officials | COVID-19 infections are again on the rise in King County as omicron’s infectious subvariant, BA. 2, continues to spread throughout Washington state — but there’s no cause for alarm yet, according to the county’s top health officer. The county’s COVID trends have stayed fairly consistent… |
2022-03-30 | |
| WHO: COVID deaths jump by 40%, but cases falling globally | The number of people killed by the coronavirus surged by more than 40% last week, likely due to changes in how COVID-19 deaths were reported across the Americas and by newly adjusted figures from India, according to a World Health Organization report released Wednesday. In its latest… |
2022-03-30 | |
| Whatcom’s COVID-related hospitalization rate drops to lowest mark in more than 8 months | Whatcom County’s weekly COVID-related hospitalization rate dropped to its lowest mark since mid July, while its infection rate remained steady over the weekend. The county has now seen 37,150 total COVID-19 cases (confirmed and probable combined) during the pandemic, including an… |
2022-03-29 | |
| Coronavirus deaths in U.S. fall to lowest point since summer | Fewer than 800 coronavirus deaths are being reported each day in the United States, the lowest daily average since before the omicron variant took hold late last fall. The last time the rate was this low was in mid-August, according to a New York Times database. Trends in deaths lag… |
2022-03-29 |