Coronavirus News
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| The omicron variant is cause for concern — but not panic, Biden says | President Biden said Monday that while travel restrictions imposed on travelers from several southern African nations would slow the entry of the omicron variant of the… |
2021-11-29 | |
| WHO warns that new virus variant poses ‘very high’ risk | The World Health Organization warned Monday that the global risk from the omicron variant is “very high” based on the early evidence, saying the mutated coronavirus could lead to surges with “severe consequences.” The assessment from the U.N. health agency, contained in a technical paper… |
2021-11-29 | |
| WA hospital officials brace for new COVID-19 variant | As COVID-19 hospitalization rates continue to decline in Washington state, officials fear all the hard work in surviving the Delta wave could soon be lost to the next variant, Omicron. Statewide, the daily average of confirmed COVID hospitalizations as of Monday was at 694, down from 806 a week… |
2021-11-29 | |
| Two Whatcom County regions see large drops in their COVID-19 infection rates last week | Two of Whatcom County’s hardest hit regions in last week’s flooding saw their two-week COVID-19 infection rates decrease last week, while two other regions saw their rates climb slightly. The regions covered by the Nooksack Valley and Mount Baker school districts each saw triple-digit decreases… |
2021-11-24 | |
| COVID cases in children spiking sharply, pediatricians say | Coronavirus cases in children in the United States have risen 32% from about two weeks ago, a spike that comes as the country rushes to inoculate children before the winter holiday season, pediatricians said. More than 140,000 children tested positive for the coronavirus from Nov. 11-18… |
2021-11-23 | |
| Bellingham hospital reports it’s treating its fewest COVID-related patients in a month | St. Joseph hospital in Bellingham is treating its fewest number of patients for symptoms related to COVID-19 in more than a month. The hospital reported Tuesday, Nov. 23, that it was treating 28 COVID-related patients, which is down six from Monday’s report. The last time the hospital treated 28… |
2021-11-23 | |
| Fauci says he hopes single COVID vaccine booster will do the job | COVID vaccine booster shots hopefully will be strong enough that supplemental shots aren’t needed every six to 12 months, the country’s top infectious disease expert said on Sunday. Booster shots were authorized by the Food and Drug Administration on Friday for every American 18 and… |
2021-11-22 | |
| As Thanksgiving nears, rise in COVID cases ‘throwing 210 mph curveballs at us’ | A month ago, new coronavirus cases in the United States were ticking steadily downward and the worst of a miserable summer surge fueled by the delta variant appeared to be over. But as Americans travel this week to meet far-flung relatives for Thanksgiving dinner, new virus cases are rising once… |
2021-11-22 | |
| How COVID shots for kids help prevent dangerous new variants | Scientists agree. Each infection — whether in an adult in Yemen or a kid in Kentucky — gives the virus another opportunity to mutate. Protecting a new, large chunk of the population anywhere in the world limits those opportunities. That effort got a lift with 28 million U.S. kids 5 to 11… |
2021-11-22 | |
| Disease control chief: “All of Germany is one big outbreak” | Germany has entered a “nationwide state of emergency” because of surging coronavirus infections, the head of the country’s disease control agency said Friday. Lothar Wieler, the head of the Robert Koch Institute, said regular medical care cannot be guaranteed anymore in some parts of the… |
2021-11-19 |