Coronavirus News
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| FDA unlikely to rule on Merck’s COVID pill before December | The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it will ask its outside experts to meet in late November to scrutinize Merck’s pill to treat COVID-19. The Nov. 30 meeting means U.S. regulators almost certainly won’t issue a decision on the drug until December, signaling that the agency… |
2021-10-14 | |
| Seattle schools may seek statewide vaccine mandate for all Washington students | The largest school district in the state is considering asking the state Department of Health to require all Washington students to receive the coronavirus vaccine. The Seattle School Board on Wednesday postponed a vote on a resolution to the DOH to take more time to engage with and… |
2021-10-14 | |
| Washington’s coronavirus cases are down across all age groups, state says | Coronavirus cases in Washington are down across all age groups, including school-age children, the state Department of Health said Wednesday. The encouraging trend comes several weeks after the state passed a peak of infection driven by the delta variant, which health and hospital… |
2021-10-14 | |
| With two more COVID-related deaths reported Wednesday, Whatcom reaches dubious milestone | Whatcom County reached a milestone nobody wanted to see, as two more COVID-related deaths were reported Wednesday, Oct. 13, bringing the county’s pandemic total to 150, according to the Washington State Department of Health’s COVID-19 Data Dashboard. The county’s 150th death was reported 121… |
2021-10-14 | |
| U.S. borders to open in November to vaccinated travelers from Canada, Mexico | Laurie Trautman, director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University, said last month there will always be a sense of uncertainty… |
2021-10-13 | |
| How College and University Leaders Are Getting Their Campuses Vaccinated | For the first time since the pandemic struck, many colleges and universities are starting the fall term at full capacity, with dorms full of students, classes held in-person, and school events back on the calendar. While each college or university’s strategy for preventing the spread of COVID-19… |
2021-10-13 | |
| FDA review of Johnson & Johnson booster finds potential benefit in second dose, with limited data | Food and Drug Administration scientists found potential benefit to a second dose of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine in a data review that was released Wednesday and that depended heavily on the company’s analysis, suggesting a booster of that shot was perhaps more warranted than… |
2021-10-13 | |
| Data shows most recent COVID surge hit Bellingham and rest of Whatcom County differently | COVID-19 infection rates dropped in all seven Whatcom County school district regions — in fact, there were triple-digit decreases in all but one region — as the county continues to emerge from the latest surge in cases. The region covered by the Nooksack Valley School District was the only… |
2021-10-13 | |
| As news of U.S. loosening border restrictions breaks, Whatcom sees 46 new COVID cases | On the day that news broke that vaccinated visitors from Canada and Mexico would be able to cross the land borders into the U.S. beginning in November, 46 more Whatcom County residents tested positive for COVID-19. The county has now seen 14,238 confirmed COVID cases during the pandemic,… |
2021-10-13 | |
| Next on FDA’s agenda: Booster shots of Moderna, J&J vaccines | With many Americans who got Pfizer vaccinations already rolling up their sleeves for a booster shot, millions of others who received the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine wait anxiously to learn when it’s their turn. Federal regulators begin tackling that question this week.… |
2021-10-12 |