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| Two new COVID-19 deaths reported in Whatcom County. Cases 鈥榯rending in the wrong direction鈥 | Two more Whatcom County residents have died after testing positive for COVID-19 and 23 more cases were reported in the county by the |
Only two of Whatcom County鈥檚 seven school district regions saw their infection rates decrease last week, according to data released by the Whatcom County Health Department. The health department releases data on the location of COVID-19 positive tests by school district and, 鈥 |
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| 鈥楿nfathomable:鈥 U.S. death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000 | The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 200,000 Tuesday, by far the highest in the world, hitting the once-unimaginable threshold six weeks before an election that is certain to be a referendum in part on President Donald Trump鈥檚 handling of the crisis. 鈥淚t is completely鈥 |
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| Coronavirus in Washington: Positivity rates, cases, deaths all trending downward | Things are looking better to those of us who track the rise and fall of COVID-19 cases in earnest. Daily confirmed case counts, hospitalizations and deaths have all dropped since spiking over the summer. The percentage of positive test results, averaged over a week, stood at about鈥 |
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| Amid 鈥楥OVID fatigue,鈥 Western launches student-to-student safety campaign | Western Washington University and a student government organization there will soon launch a social media campaign to help young adults take steps to slow the spread of COVID-19. Called 鈥淐OVID-19 in Real Life,鈥 it now has 13 messages meant to reach college students ages 18 to 26 years鈥 |
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| Inslee talks about mental health resources for Washingtonians during disasters | Gov. Jay Inslee and mental health experts talked Thursday about the importance of Washingtonians seeking help when they need it and looking out for one another during disasters. 鈥淭he ongoing pandemic, the historic protests for change, the wildfires, the bad air quality, the loss of our鈥 |
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| COVID-19 contact tracing efforts are falling short in Washington state, new report says | When Gov. Jay Inslee announced in April that the state was training more than 1,000 people to do case- and contact-tracing investigations, it was hailed as a key component to slowing the spread of the new coronavirus. Now, nearly five months since that plan was revealed, a report鈥 |
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| Pfizer Covid Vaccine Trial Reports No Major Safety Issues | Researchers monitoring Pfizer Inc.鈥檚 giant trial of an experimental Covid-19 vaccine have reported no safety problems even after more than 12,000 people received their second of two doses. 鈥淪o far there has been no safety signal reported,鈥 said Mikael Dolsten, Pfizer鈥檚 chief scientific鈥 |
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| Lummi Nation to participate in Phase 3 trial of AstraZeneca鈥檚 COVID-19 vaccine | The Lummi Tribal Health Center will participate in a Phase 3 clinical trial to help determine the efficiency of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca. The Lummi Indian Business Council announced that it had unanimously approved participation in the trial for AZD1222 in a 鈥 |
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| U.S.-Canadian border closure reportedly could extend through at least Thanksgiving | The U.S.-Canadian border closure to non-essential traffic, which is currently set to expire next week, could be extended through Thanksgiving due to the coronavirus pandemic, 鈥 |