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| How COVID-19 is affecting younger people in Washington state, and which social activities are most risky | COVID-19 has shown to be devastating to the elderly and people with health conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. The coronavirus also spreads easily in congregate settings such as assisted living facilities. The first known outbreak in the United States was at a nursing home in Kirkland… |
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| University of Washington forecasts 300,000 U.S. COVID-19 deaths | Nearly 300,000 Americans could be dead from COVID-19 by Dec. 1, University of Washington health experts forecast on Thursday, although they said 70,000 lives could be saved if people were scrupulous about wearing masks. |
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| Whatcom County Health Dept. Whatcom Unified Command, and ²ÝÁñÉçÇø team up for new COVID-19 prevention survey | |||
| 1.2 million seek jobless aid after $600 federal check ends | Nearly 1.2 million laid-off Americans applied for state unemployment benefits last week, evidence that the coronavirus keeps forcing companies to slash jobs just as a critical $600 weekly federal jobless payment has expired. The government’s report Thursday did offer a smidgen of hopeful… |
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| Virus testing in the US is dropping, even as deaths mount | U.S. testing for the coronavirus is dropping even as infections remain high and the death toll rises by more than 1,000 a day, a worrisome trend that officials attribute largely to Americans getting discouraged over having to wait hours to get a test and days or weeks to learn the results.… |
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| It’s unsafe for most of Washington students to return to school buildings this fall, state says | It’s unsafe for a vast majority of Washington’s 1.1 million students to return to classrooms for in-person learning this fall, including for those in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties, according to recommendations Gov. Jay Inslee and the state’s top health and education officials announced… |
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| Whatcom County health officer makes recommendation for how the school year should begin | Bellingham, Ferndale, Mount Baker and Meridian schools will follow the Whatcom County Health Officer’s recommendation to public school superintendents and private school administrators that they plan for remote learning for the start of the school year due to the new… |
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| Coronavirus vaccine will not change world right away | Public health experts are discussing among themselves a new worry: that hopes for a vaccine may be soaring too high. The confident depiction by politicians and companies that a vaccine is imminent and inevitable may give people unrealistic beliefs about how soon the world can return to normal… |
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| Gyms will need to triple distance for exercising indoors | Washington Gov. Jay Inslee released updated guidance Monday for gyms and fitness facilities that nearly triples the minimum distance required for patrons exercising indoors, except for those practicing certain team sports. Starting Aug. 10, instead of the current requirement of six feet… |
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| Here’s how some Whatcom businesses maintain safe environments for workers, customers | Several local businesses shared how they are connecting with their younger employees about COVID-19 to keep their communities safe during a Whatcom business forum on Thursday, July 30. The forum, organized by the county-wide … |