Coronavirus News
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| Should you still wear a mask after mandates lift? How to tackle that choice | As masking mandates lift and new coronavirus infections fall across the United States, there’s lots of confusion about if, and when, to wear a mask. “This is the hardest thing of all, because it’s not just the risks and benefits to you,” said Dr. Robert Wachter, a professor and the chair… |
2022-03-01 | |
| How many Americans have had coronavirus? More than double what case counts showed, CDC estimates | More than 140 million Americans have had the coronavirus, according to estimates from blood tests that reveal antibodies from infection — about double the rate regularly cited by national case counts. The estimates, compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, show that… |
2022-03-01 | |
| Whatcom adds 5 more COVID-related deaths, but new cases and hospitalizations remain low | Though COVID-19 case numbers remained relatively low and the hospitalization count dropped, Whatcom County had five new COVID-related deaths added to its pandemic total on Friday. Whatcom now has had 267 residents’ deaths linked to COVID-19 during the pandemic, according to the Washington State… |
2022-02-28 | |
| Pfizer’s COVID shot far less effective in ages 5-11 than in older kids | The coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech is much less effective in preventing infection in children ages 5-11 than in older adolescents or adults, according to a large new set of data collected by health officials in New York state — a finding that has deep ramifications for these… |
2022-02-28 | |
| Gov. Inslee will lift Washington’s COVID-19 mask requirements on March 12 after change to federal guidelines | Gov. Jay Inslee has pushed up the timeline for lifting Washington’s COVID-19 mask requirements for schools and businesses to Saturday, March 12, after federal officials last week loosened public-health guidelines on face coverings. The governor announced earlier this month that the… |
2022-02-28 | |
| California, Oregon, Washington to end school mask mandates | Schoolchildren in California, Oregon and Washington will no longer be required to wear masks as part of new indoor mask policies the Democratic governors of all three states announced jointly on Monday. “With declining case rates and hospitalizations across the West, California, Oregon… |
2022-02-28 | |
| Pandemic fears are fading along with omicron: AP-NORC poll | Omicron is fading away, and so are Americans’ worries about COVID-19. As coronavirus pandemic case numbers, hospitalizations and deaths continue to plummet, fewer people now than in January say they are concerned that they will be… |
2022-02-28 | |
| As COVID-19 cases ease, Bellingham and Whatcom agencies look toward in-person meetings | Bellingham officials are urging a return to City Council meetings with an audience in attendance, and Whatcom County is testing a hybrid approach of in-person and online meetings as pandemic restrictions ease nationwide. New coronavirus infection rates are falling rapidly as the COVID-19… |
2022-02-25 | |
| Whatcom County sees its first COVID-related death of a resident younger than 20 years old | All seven school district regions within Whatcom County saw substantial drops in their weekly COVID-19 infection rates, but that news was tempered as the county had its first COVID-related death of somebody under the age of 20 reported. Of the five most recent deaths where age was… |
2022-02-25 | |
| Inslee to keep state COVID mask requirements as federal officials loosen guidance | Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is committed to his March 21 date for lifting COVID-19 mask restrictions, according to his office, as federal officials Friday loosened their own masking guidelines. In a news conference earlier this month, the governor announced … |
2022-02-25 |