Coronavirus News
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| CDC: Many healthy Americans can take a break from masks | Most Americans live in places where healthy people, including students in schools, can safely take a break from wearing masks under new U.S. guidelines released Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … |
2022-02-25 | |
| Oregon’s COVID emergency declaration to be lifted in April | Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Thursday she will rescind her statewide COVID-19 emergency declaration on April 1. In addition, Oregon’s mask requirement for indoor public places and schools will be lifted on March 19, officials said. Both announcements come as COVID-19 hospitalizations and… |
2022-02-24 | |
| As ‘stealth omicron’ advances, scientists are learning more | The coronavirus mutant widely known as “stealth omicron” is now causing more than a third of new omicron cases around the world, but scientists still don’t know how it could affect the future of the pandemic. Researchers are slowly revealing clues about the strain, a descendant of… |
2022-02-24 | |
| Having trouble finding a COVID rapid test for the border? Here are some options in Whatcom | While it still won’t be as simple as before the pandemic, making plans to cross the border should be a little easier and less expensive starting Monday, Feb. 28. Earlier this month the Canadian government announced that it will allow a rapid antigen test to show that a traveler doesn’t… |
2022-02-24 | |
| CDC moves Whatcom’s COVID transmission level to ‘moderate’ as cases, hospitalizations slow | With Whatcom County’s COVID-19 cases and hospitalization rates continuing to improve, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Data Tracker moved the county’s transmission level down two levels to “moderate” for the first time since late last summer. But the county also… |
2022-02-24 | |
| As COVID rules lift, high-risk people feel ‘our life and our freedom are not as important’ | Since the start of the pandemic, Clare Dawson has paid close attention to the government’s announcements of new coronavirus restrictions, to see if it was safe enough for her to leave her parents’ home in Surrey, England. On Monday, she was discouraged. Prime Minister Boris Johnson of… |
2022-02-23 | |
| CDC: Some people should wait longer for 2nd COVID shot | Some people getting Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines should consider waiting up to eight weeks between the first and second doses, instead of the three or four weeks previously recommended, U.S. health officials said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday quietly… |
2022-02-23 | |
| Sanofi says its COVID vaccine results show 100% efficacy against severe disease | Two doses of a new COVID vaccine that is based on a conventional approach achieved 100% efficacy against severe disease and hospitalizations, and it could be an effective booster after other COVID shots, the vaccine’s manufacturers announced Wednesday. The vaccine, made by the Europe-… |
2022-02-23 | |
| Bellingham hospital reports treating its fewest COVID-related patients since delta’s onset | St. Joseph hospital in Bellingham reported Tuesday, Feb. 22, that it was treating its fewest number of COVID-related patients since the onset of the delta surge nearly 6½ months ago. The hospital reported that 20 patients were being treated for COVID-related symptoms on Tuesday, which… |
2022-02-22 | |
| Whatcom sees another decrease in its pandemic COVID-19 case total, but adds a death Friday | For the second straight report by the state, Whatcom County’s pandemic total of COVID-19 cases was reduced on Friday, but its COVID-related death total increased by one. The county now has had 36,176 total COVID cases (confirmed and probable combined) during the pandemic — a decrease of… |
2022-02-22 |