Coronavirus News
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| Whatcom improves, but still sees another triple-digit COVID case count over the weekend | Whatcom County saw its smallest weekend increase of reported new confirmed COVID-19 cases in seven weeks Monday, Oct. 11, but the total still reached triple digits for a 10th-straight week. Whatcom’s confirmed case count increased by 154 over the weekend, according to the Washington State… |
2021-10-12 | |
| FDA review finds Moderna’s booster dose of its coronavirus vaccine strengthens disease-fighting response | A Food and Drug Administration review released Tuesday found that a booster shot of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine enhanced virus-fighting antibodies in people who had received the standard two-dose regimen at least six months earlier. The document, like a previous review of evidence… |
2021-10-12 | |
| Latest data shows COVID-19 continuing to hit Whatcom’s unvaccinated residents hardest | Unvaccinated or partially vaccinated Whatcom County residents were 3½ times more likely to contract COVID-19 during the final week of September than those who were fully vaccinated, according to analysis of data released by the Whatcom County Health Department. During the week of Sept. 26… |
2021-10-11 | |
| 88% of Washington’s hospital workers are fully vaccinated against COVID, new survey shows | The vast majority of Washington’s hospital workers have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, with a week left before the state’s immunization deadline, according to the most recent statewide survey of hospitals and health systems. As of Monday morning, 88% of hospital workers… |
2021-10-11 | |
| Hospitals brace for an onslaught this winter, from flu as well as COVID | With a second pandemic winter approaching, there are promising signs that the worst of the delta surge has run its course, but in America's hospitals — already short-staffed and backlogged from the summer torrent of COVID-19 — the relief may only be short-lived. Many are staring down a… |
2021-10-08 | |
| With 2 more COVID-related deaths reported Thursday, Whatcom has seen 10 in last week | Two more Whatcom County residents’ deaths have been linked to COVID-19, the Washington State Department of Health’s COVID-19 Data Dashboard reported Thursday, Oct. 7, meaning 10 COVID-related deaths have been reported in the past week. The two deaths bring the county’s pandemic total to 144… |
2021-10-08 | |
| Pfizer’s request to OK shots for kids a relief for parents | Parents tired of worrying about classroom outbreaks and sick of telling their elementary school-age children no to sleepovers and family gatherings felt a wave of relief Thursday when Pfizer asked the U.S. government to authorize its COVID-19 vaccine for youngsters ages 5 to 11. If… |
2021-10-07 | |
| Whatcom County hits 15,000 total COVID-19 cases during pandemic and sees two more deaths | Whatcom County hit 15,000 total COVID-19 cases during the pandemic and saw two more COVID-related deaths reported Wednesday, Oct. 6. The two deaths are the seventh and eighth reported in the past six days on the Washington State Department of Health’s COVID-19 Data Dashboard and bring the county… |
2021-10-07 | |
| While US summer surge is waning, more mandates in the works | COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are coming down again, hospitalizations are dropping, and new cases per day are about to dip below 100,000 for the first time in two months — all signs that the summer surge is waning. Not wanting to lose momentum, government leaders and employers are looking… |
2021-10-06 | |
| COVID-19 infection rates grew by triple digits in two Whatcom County regions last week | Two Whatcom County school district regions saw triple-digit increases in their COVID-19 infection rates last week, but one region saw an even larger decrease. The regions covered by the Mount Baker and Nooksack Valley school districts each saw their number of new COVID cases per 100,000… |
2021-10-06 |