Coronavirus News
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| Hospital officials say workers are burned out from fighting relentless COVID | Two weeks after an alarming news conference where hospital officials essentially said the state was heading to a very bad place with COVID hospitalizations, the situation has not improved much. On Monday, hospital officials told reporters that while hospitalizations were perhaps plateauing, it’s… |
2021-09-14 | |
| Bellingham hospital reports record high, as Whatcom’s COVID-related hospitalizations grow | St. Joseph’s hospital in Bellingham reported it surpassed its previous pandemic record high by caring for 40 COVID-related patients on Saturday, Sept. 11, as Whatcom County saw its highest weekly total of reported hospitalizations last week. The 40 COVID patients Saturday surpassed the hospital’… |
2021-09-14 | |
| Idaho’s COVID crisis becomes Washington hospitals’ problem | Surgeries to remove brain tumors have been postponed. Patients are backed up in the emergency room. Nurses are working brutal shifts. But at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, the calls keep coming: Can Idaho send another patient across the border? Washington state is… |
2021-09-14 | |
| Washington’s COVID hospitalizations could be plateauing, but hospital leaders say it’s too early to say for sure | While the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Washington may be showing early signs of a plateau, infection numbers are still high and scenes inside health care facilities remain “really bad,” some state hospital leaders said Monday. Hospital officials counted 1,673 hospitalized COVID… |
2021-09-14 | |
| How Is The COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Going In Your State? | Vaccinating a high percentage of the population against COVID-19 is a crucial part of the U.S. strategy to curb the pandemic. Since COVID-19 vaccine distribution began in the United States on Dec. 14, more than 380 million doses have been administered, fully vaccinating over 178 million… |
2021-09-14 | |
| Where Are Hospitals Overwhelmed By COVID-19 Patients? Look Up Your State | With delta surging, many hospitals around the country are again under strain. The federal government regularly releases detailed hospital… |
2021-09-14 | |
| Thousands of Washington state workers seek exemptions from COVID-19 vaccine mandate | About 7% of Washington state government workers subject to Gov. Jay Inslee’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate have so far requested medical or religious exemptions, highlighting the breadth of resistance to the order. As of Tuesday morning, more than 4,300 exemptions have been filed by workers… |
2021-09-14 | |
| COVID-19 cases climbing, wiping out months of progress | COVID-19 deaths and cases in the U.S. have climbed back to levels not seen since last winter, erasing months of progress and potentially bolstering President Joe Biden’s argument for his sweeping new vaccination requirements. The cases — driven by the delta variant combined with… |
2021-09-14 | |
| State mask bans face federal civil rights inquiries | The Education Department on Monday opened civil rights investigations into five Republican-led states that have banned or limited mask requirements in schools, saying the policies could amount to discrimination against students with disabilities or health conditions. The department’s… |
2021-08-31 | |
| Washington state health care system faces ‘enormous stress’ as COVID hospitalizations continue to rise | The coronavirus pandemic continues to hammer Washington communities, filling hospitals at an “alarming” rate and straining health care workers particularly concerned about pregnant and unvaccinated patients, state hospital leaders said Monday. At the Washington State Hospital Association… |
2021-08-31 |