Coronavirus News
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| Whatcom County sees sixth COVID-related deaths reported by state since Friday | Whatcom County had another COVID-related death reported on Tuesday, Oct. 5 — the county’s sixth death linked to the respiratory illness reported since Friday, Oct. 1. Whatcom now has seen 140 COVID-related deaths during the pandemic, according to the Washington State Department of Health’s COVID… |
2021-10-06 | |
| Lynden has spent more than a year testing poop for COVID-19. Was it a good investment? | The poop doesn’t lie — at least in Lynden, where it has helped guide the city’s pandemic response for over a year. The Whatcom city has become home to one of the most thorough COVID-19 wastewater testing programs in the U.S., said Kent Oostra, owner of Ferndale-based Exact Scientific Services.… |
2021-10-05 | |
| As childhood COVID infections hit pandemic highs, experts urge vaccination and testing | Kristina Bowman thought she and her family were doing all the right things to avoid COVID-19. She and her husband got vaccinated as soon as they were eligible. They only invited other vaccinated people to their home. They always wore masks in public. So when her two young kids came down… |
2021-10-04 | |
| Bellingham hospital reports weekend increase in number of COVID patients it’s treating | The number of COVID-related hospitalizations at St. Joseph hospital in Bellingham climbed over the weekend and now stands at 27, the hospital reported Monday morning, Oct. 4. While the 27 current COVID hospitalizations are still well below the record high of 40 set on Sept. 11, it was seven more… |
2021-10-04 | |
| It’s been a month since Whatcom schools opened — what impact is COVID having? | Nearly one in three COVID-19 cases within Whatcom County has been among the county’s school-aged population since schools began opening their doors to students in early September. The Bellingham Herald’s analysis of the most recent age-group data on the Washington State Department of Health’s… |
2021-10-04 | |
| Want to watch the Vikings this year? WWU sets new COVID policy for spectators at games | Western Washington University will require all spectators over the age of 12 to provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to attend indoor athletic events beginning Oct. 18. The school’s administration announced updated measures for visitors to campus, including a new attendance… |
2021-10-04 | |
| California will require all schoolchildren to get a COVID vaccine once fully approved | California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the nation's first coronavirus vaccination mandate for schoolchildren, requiring that all elementary through high school students get the shots once the vaccine gains final approval from the U.S. government for different age groups. The… |
2021-10-01 | |
| Merck says COVID-19 pill cuts risk of death, hospitalization | In a potential leap forward in the global fight against the pandemic, drugmaker Merck said Friday that its experimental pill for people sick with COVID-19 reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half. If cleared by regulators, it… |
2021-10-01 | |
| As rural Washington shoulders fifth COVID-19 wave, anger over masks, vaccines marks politics of the pandemic | Demonstrators shutting down a school board meeting by refusing to wear masks. Protesters picketing the hospital campus against the vaccine mandate for health care workers. Hospital patients suspicious about the new shots — or over the very fact that they have COVID-19. The scenes playing… |
2021-10-01 | |
| Whatcom County surpasses COVID-19 vaccination milestones, state reports Wednesday | Whatcom County surpassed three COVID-19 vaccination milestones, according to data reported on the Washington State Department of Health’s COVID-19 Data Dashboard Wednesday, Sept. 29. A total of 256,188 vaccine doses have been administered in the county, according to the dashboard, which was an… |
2021-10-01 |