Coronavirus News
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| Gridlock could delay COVID funds until fall -- or longer | The U.S. is headed for “a lot of unnecessary loss of life,” the Biden administration says, if Congress fails to provide billions more dollars to brace for the pandemic’s next wave. Yet … |
2022-06-01 | |
| ‘COVID slide’: Academia adjusts to student-achievement decline | In educational circles, it’s called “COVID slide,” and it refers students whose academics took a turn for the worse during the pandemic. Students’ grades or test scores… |
2022-06-01 | |
| Prevention techniques, treatment helping keep COVID hospitalizations down in WA | COVID-19 continues to spread across Washington, and quickly. But with prevention techniques like masking, treatment like Paxlovid, and vaccines and boosters, health officials are not concerned yet of hospitals becoming overwhelmed. COVID-19 hospitalizations have not reached a… |
2022-05-31 | |
| We’re stuck with COVID on ‘chronic’ basis, says Fauci | COVID is here to stay, the country’s top infectious disease expert said Sunday. The persistence of the virus means yearly vaccine booster shots could be in store for everyone, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House chief medical adviser, told PIX 11 in an interview. “We’re going to… |
2022-05-31 | |
| One Whatcom region would be in CDC’s ‘high’ COVID community level, while 3 others ‘medium’ | One Whatcom County region would find itself with a “high” COVID-19 community level for the first time if the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention boiled risk levels down the school district level, while three others would be in the “medium” range after last week. The area… |
2022-05-31 | |
| Why we need better COVID vaccines this fall | New research by a team of San Francisco scientists is raising questions about the usefulness of a new omicron-specific COVID vaccine for next fall, as the virus quickly evolves and the risk of illness is likely to soar. The study, … |
2022-05-27 | |
| WA Gov. Inslee, Lt. Gov. Heck test positive for coronavirus, with mild symptoms | Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Lt. Gov. Denny Heck have tested positive for the coronavirus and are working from home while experiencing mild symptoms, their offices announced Wednesday. Inslee, who is fully vaccinated and has had two booster shots, took a rapid antigen test that came… |
2022-05-26 | |
| Dominant coronavirus mutant contains ghost of pandemic past | The coronavirus mutant that is now dominant in the United States is a member of the omicron family but scientists say it spreads faster than its omicron predecessors, is adept at escaping immunity and might possibly cause more serious disease. Why? Because it combines properties of both… |
2022-05-26 | |
| Another, faster-spreading omicron subvariant dominates new COVID cases in U.S. | Another form of the omicron subvariant BA. 2 has become the dominant version among new U.S. coronavirus cases, according to federal estimates released Tuesday, a development that experts had forecast over the past few weeks. There was no indication yet that the new subvariant, known as… |
2022-05-25 | |
| WA health leaders renew push for indoor masking as COVID cases rise, but stop short of mandates | The state’s public health leaders are again “strongly recommending” all Washingtonians wear face masks indoors as some COVID trends continue to steadily rise, but are not issuing any mandates. Cases and hospitalizations have been increasing for the past two months as widespread indoor-… |
2022-05-25 |