Coronavirus News
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| What parents should know about Moderna’s COVID vaccine for youngest kids | Moderna said on Wednesday that it would seek emergency authorization of its coronavirus vaccine for children younger than 6, after interim results from its clinical trial showed that volunteers in that age group had a similar immune response to young adults when given a dose one-fourth as strong… |
2022-03-24 | |
| In 1st full year of pandemic, biggest metros lost residents | After returning to metro San Francisco following a college football career, Anthony Giusti felt like his hometown was passing him by. The high cost of living, driven by a constantly transforming tech industry, ensured that even with two jobs he would never save enough money to buy a house.… |
2022-03-24 | |
| Canada to Ease Visitor COVID-19 Testing Ahead of Tourist Season | Canada will remove mandatory COVID-19 testing for those entering the country as of April 1, a move being met with optimism and varied expectations in both Canada and United States. Advance COVID-19 screening will no longer be required for visitors wishing to enter Canada via land, sea or… |
2022-03-24 | |
| Whatcom ready to close this COVID isolation and quarantine facility | Two years after Whatcom County opened a COVID-19 isolation and quarantine facility amid the coronavirus pandemic, Health Department officials are planning to close that site, which will become a Motel 6 once again. Only two people are staying at the Byron Avenue facility, and its last… |
2022-03-23 | |
| For immunocompromised people in WA, return to ‘normal’ threatens mental and physical health | Maia Williams spends much of her day combing through medical records of the dead. As a government death investigator, her files offer the broad strokes of lives cut short by COVID-19. When the coughing — or other symptoms — began. Which predisposing conditions the person was diagnosed… |
2022-03-23 | |
| Omicron subvariant found in 25% of cases tested at UW lab | Health officials say the subvariant of omicron known as BA.2 accounts for about one-fourth of COVID-19 cases sequenced in Washington. The Seattle Times reports… |
2022-03-23 | |
| Moderna says its low-dose COVID shots work for kids under 6 | Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine works in babies, toddlers and preschoolers, the company announced Wednesday -- and if regulators agree it could mean a chance to finally start vaccinating the littlest kids by summer. Moderna said in the coming weeks it would ask regulators in the U.S. and… |
2022-03-23 | |
| Whatcom’s COVID infection and hospitalization rates continue decline to mid-July levels | Whatcom County’s weekly COVID-19 infection and hospitalization rates dropped to their lowest marks since mid July, and even the county’s COVID-related death total dropped on Monday. The Washington State Department of Health COVID-19 Data Dashboard reported reduced Whatcom pandemic total… |
2022-03-22 | |
| Seattle students walk out of school, demand mask mandates be reinstated | More than 100 Seattle Public Schools students walked out of class Monday morning to protest the district’s decision to end the requirement that students and staff wear masks. Many of those students rallied at district headquarters, the John Stanford Center, to ask Superintendent Brent… |
2022-03-22 | |
| COVID budget impasse halts aid to test and treat uninsured | With an urgent funding request stuck in Congress, a federal agency says it can no longer cover COVID tests and treatments bills for uninsured people and will stop taking claims at midnight Tuesday. “The lack of funding for COVID-19 needs is having real consequences,” Martin Kramer, a… |
2022-03-22 |