Coronavirus News
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| Whatcom County just wrapped up its worst month of the COVID-19 pandemic so far | In terms of reported cases and hospitalizations, Whatcom County just completed its worst month of the 19-month-long COVID-19 pandemic, so far. With 73 more confirmed COVID cases reported by the Washington State Department of Health’s COVID-19 Data Dashboard Thursday, Sept. 30, Whatcom County had… |
2021-10-01 | |
| UW students start petition against in-person classes this fall | A group of University of Washington (UW) students is demanding that the university offer remote classes to all students this fall. In-person fall classes started Wednesday as mask-wearing students rushed across the large campus to make it to class on time. Some students on their… |
2021-09-30 | |
| ‘I have no beds’: Hospitalizations spike in rural Washington amid fifth COVID-19 wave | romptly at 4 p.m., eight hospital workers garbed in gowns, masks and face shields file into a room of the third floor of the intensive care unit. They gather around a COVID-19 patient, comatose and intubated — three on each side with one near the head to keep an eye on the ventilator.… |
2021-09-30 | |
| COVID infection rates drop in these five of seven Whatcom regions | The Lynden and Meridian areas showed increases in COVID-19 infection rates last week, but all other areas continued to show decreases. And, COVID-19 cases miscategorized during data entry, primarily in the last several weeks, led to a big jump in numbers assigned to the Meridian sub-county area… |
2021-09-30 | |
| Fighting wave of misinfo, YouTube bans false vaccine claims | YouTube announced a sweeping crackdown of vaccine misinformation Wednesday that booted popular anti-vaccine influencers from its site and deleted false claims that have been made about a range of immunizations. The video-sharing platform said it will no longer allow users to baselessly… |
2021-09-29 | |
| AP-NORC poll: Virus fears linger for vaccinated older adults | Bronwyn Russell wears a mask anytime she leaves her Illinois home, though she wouldn’t dream of going out to eat or to hear a band play, much less setting foot on a plane. In Virginia, Oliver Midgette rarely dons a mask, never lets COVID-19 rouse any worry and happily finds himself in… |
2021-09-29 | |
| Vaccination rates take big jump in U.S. Latino communities | The share of Hispanic adults in the U.S. who say they have received at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine reached 73% in September, an increase of 12 percentage points from July, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation survey. The increase was the fastest of any demographic group in… |
2021-09-29 | |
| Lynden Christian Schools to go to remote learning amid surge in COVID-19 cases | Lynden Christian Schools will be going to remote learning for its students for two weeks as the private school deals with an outbreak in COVID-19 cases. An email was sent to parents on Tuesday, Sept. 28, informing them that classes would be canceled on Wednesday, Sept. 29, and that remote… |
2021-09-29 | |
| CDC continues to see high COVID-19 transmission level in Whatcom County, state | Whatcom County saw 78 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 16 additional probable cases reported on the Washington State Department of Health’s COVID Data Dashboard Tuesday, Sept. 28. Total deaths during the pandemic remained at 134. There have now been 13,466 confirmed cases in Whatcom and 1,017… |
2021-09-29 | |
| For People Who Got The J&J Vaccine, Some Doctors Are Advising Boosters ASAP | Last week, a panel of scientists and doctors met to discuss the Pfizer booster vaccine. Specifically, the goal was to advise the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about who needs a third shot. The agency ultimately … |
2021-09-28 |