Coronavirus News
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| COVID-19 vaccine booster drive is faltering in the US | The COVID-19 booster drive in the U.S. is losing steam, worrying health experts who have pleaded with Americans to get an extra shot to shore up their protection against the highly contagious omicron variant. Just 40% of fully vaccinated Americans have received a booster dose, according… |
2022-01-26 | |
| Another Whatcom school returns to remote learning, as county surpasses 30,000 COVID cases | As another Whatcom County school reported it was temporarily returning to remote learning Monday, Jan. 24, the county surpassed 30,000 total COVID-19 cases for the pandemic over the weekend and saw another COVID-related death. The Mount Baker School District’s Acme Elementary is… |
2022-01-25 | |
| Western students return to in-person classes | Western Washington University returned to in-person learning Monday after going online for the first three weeks of Winter Quarter as COVID-19 cases skyrocketed. “Our Western community has consistently stepped up to meet the pandemic challenges, and this latest wave will require us… |
2022-01-25 | |
| Crisis standards activated for southern Idaho health systems | Idaho public health officials activated crisis standards of care for much of southern Idaho on Monday, citing major staffing and blood supply shortages. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare activated the crisis standards for the southwest, central and south central health districts… |
2022-01-25 | |
| Pfizer begins testing omicron-matched COVID shots in adults | Pfizer is enrolling healthy adults to test a reformulated COVID-19 vaccine that matches the hugely contagious omicron variant, to see how it compares with the original… |
2022-01-25 | |
| COVID infection rates drop among Whatcom’s fully vaccinated, but climbs among unvaccinated | While COVID-19 case rates continued to climb among Whatcom County’s unvaccinated and partially vaccinated residents during the second week of January, the fully vaccinated population saw a drop in case rates, according to data released by the Whatcom County Health Department. … |
2022-01-24 | |
| Omicron cases appear to peak in U.S., but deaths keep rising | New coronavirus cases have started to fall nationally, signaling that the omicron-fueled spike that has infected tens of millions of Americans, packed hospitals and shattered records has finally begun to relent. More and more states have passed a peak in new cases in recent days, as… |
2022-01-24 | |
| Hope seen once the omicron wave increases global immunity | World health officials are offering hope that the ebbing of the omicron wave could give way to a new, more manageable phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, even as they warn of difficult weeks ahead and the possibility of another, more dangerous variant arising. In the U.S., cases have crested… |
2022-01-24 | |
| Graduation rates dip across US as pandemic stalls progress | High school graduation rates dipped in at least 20 states after the first full school year disrupted by the pandemic, suggesting the coronavirus may have ended nearly two decades of nationwide progress toward getting more students diplomas, an analysis shows. The drops came despite at… |
2022-01-24 | |
| Four more deaths linked to Whatcom’s COVID-19 omicron surge, while 474 new cases reported | Four more Whatcom County residents’ deaths have been linked to the county’s omicron surge in COVID-19 cases, according to the state, while 474 total new cases were reported Thursday. The four deaths reported Thursday on the Washington State Department of Health COVID-19 Data Dashboard… |
2022-01-21 |