Coronavirus News
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| As Covid Cases Fall, Colleges Are Relaxing Restrictions. But Experts Urge Caution. | Colleges, like much of the rest of the country, are loosening their public health protocols as Covid-19 cases fall after a surge from the Omicron variant. Institutions large and small are slowly moving toward a pre-pandemic normal as case numbers continue to drop. Experts… |
2022-02-14 | |
| New weekly COVID cases took a 70% drop in 2 Whatcom regions, as all 7 areas saw big drops | Six of the seven school district regions in Whatcom County saw at least a 50% decrease in new COVID-19 cases last week, and two regions saw more than 70% decreases, as the entire county put January’s omicron surge further behind. The only region to miss seeing a 50% decrease in new cases… |
2022-02-14 | |
| Study: COVID booster effectiveness wanes but remains strong | An early look at the performance of COVID-19 booster shots during the recent omicron wave in the U.S. hinted at a decline in effectiveness, though the shots still offered strong protection against severe illness. The report, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on… |
2022-02-11 | |
| As Lynden students protest, Whatcom schools await guidance on universal masking mandates | On the day Gov. Jay Inslee announced outdoor mask mandates would be lifted and indoor requirements would be looked at, approximately 300 students in the Lynden School District staged a protest over being required to wear masks in classes. Lynden school administrators became aware of… |
2022-02-11 | |
| US buys 600K doses of new COVID antibody awaiting clearance | Addressing diminished treatment options in the omicron wave, the Biden administration has purchased enough of a yet-to-be approved antibody drug to treat 600,000 COVID-19 patients, officials said Thursday. The new monoclonal antibody from pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly will be shipped… |
2022-02-11 | |
| Whatcom sees smallest increase of COVID cases in a month, but 4 new deaths also reported | Whatcom County had its smallest increase of new COVID-19 cases reported in more than a month on Wednesday, but also saw 33 new COVID-related hospitalizations and four more deaths added to its pandemic totals. The four deaths reported Wednesday, Feb. 9, on the Washington State Department… |
2022-02-10 | |
| Under pressure to ease up, Biden weighs new virus response | acing growing pressure to ease up on pandemic restrictions, the White House insisted Wednesday it is making plans for a less-disruptive phase of the national virus response. But impatient states, including … |
2022-02-10 | |
| As state mask rules end, school leaders are in the middle | As some of the last statewide mask mandates in the U.S. near an end, decisions about whether students and teachers should continue to wear masks in school are shifting to local leaders, who are caught in the middle of one of the most combustible issues of the pandemic. “Unfortunately,… |
2022-02-10 | |
| WA to end outdoor mask mandate next week; more mask changes likely ahead | Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Wednesday that he expects next week to announce some details for when the state will end COVID-19 emergency mask requirements that cover schools and businesses. In a Wednesday news conference, Inslee also announced that an outdoor mask requirement for… |
2022-02-10 | |
| Hospitals begin to limp out of the latest COVID-19 surge | Across the U.S., the number of people in the hospital with COVID-19 has tumbled more than 28% over the past three weeks to about 105,000 on average, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the ebbing of the omicron surge has left in its wake postponed surgeries,… |
2022-02-09 |