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| Feds seize coronavirus test kit materials bound for Bellingham hospital and Northwest | A delivery of test kit materials that would have allowed Bellingham鈥檚 St. Joseph hospital and other PeaceHealth medical facilities in the Northwest to run COVID-19 tests quicker were seized and diverted by the federal government to the East Coast, PeaceHealth reports. |
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| University of Washington cancels in-person commencement ceremonies | University of Washington graduates won't be crossing the stage this year, as the school canceled its in-person commencement as the area continues to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus. The in-person events for the Seattle, Tacoma and Bothell campuses will be replaced with one鈥 |
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| Coronavirus hospitalizations in Washington state sharply higher than earlier surveys, but officials say curve still flattening | Nearly 1,000 patients in Washington hospitals have confirmed or suspected diagnoses of COVID-19, according to a new tally that suggests earlier state surveys significantly undercounted these admissions. Washington State Hospital Association statistics, current as of April 7,鈥 |
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| Summer Heat May Not Diminish Coronavirus Strength | The homebound and virus-wary across the Northern Hemisphere, from President Trump to cooped-up schoolchildren, have clung to the possibility that the coronavirus pandemic will fade in hot weather, as some viral diseases do. But the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine鈥 |
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| Whatcom sees 20th coronavirus-related death and three more positive tests Wednesday | A 20th Whatcom County resident who tested positive for COVID-19, the new coronavirus, has died, according to information released Wednesday, April 8, by the Whatcom County Health Department. No other information on the most recent death was available. The health department also鈥 |
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| Whatcom asks FEMA for $1.34 million for Motel 6 coronavirus quarantine site | Whatcom County officials are seeking federal reimbursement for $1.34 million for an isolation/quarantine site at the Bellingham Motel 6 for people infected with the new coronavirus, according to a county document obtained by The Bellingham Herald. 鈥淭here are key populations requiring non鈥 |
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| Are you wearing your face mask properly? Many people aren鈥檛, coronavirus experts say | You鈥檝e probably seen them at the supermarket or on the streets: People wearing surgical face masks pulled down under their noses, touching their face masks or dropping used face masks in public trash cans. There鈥檚 a right way and plenty of wrong ways to use face masks to help fight the鈥 |
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| Coronavirus has closed Washington鈥檚 schools, at least through summer. When will it be safe to return? | A little more than three weeks ago, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee temporarily closed schools to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. On Monday, he extended the closure through the 鈥 |
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| Donors, including Bezos, Ballmer and Allen families, give $20 million for coronavirus testing, research at UW | A who鈥檚-who of wealthy people and foundations with ties to the Pacific Northwest 鈥 along with more than 3,000 individual donors 鈥 have given more than $20 million to boost UW Medicine鈥檚 coronavirus testing and research. |
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| New UW analysis lowers coronavirus death projections and suggests hospitalizations may have already peaked in Washington | After a 鈥渕assive infusion of new data,鈥 modelers at the University of Washington are painting a much more optimistic picture of the novel coronavirus epidemic in the state, revising sharply downward their estimate of how many people are likely to die and suggesting Washington may have already鈥 |