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| FDA OKs another Pfizer, Moderna COVID booster for 50 and up | U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized another COVID-19 booster for people age 50 and older, a step to offer extra protection for the most vulnerable in case the coronavirus rebounds. The Food and Drug Administration鈥檚 decision opens a fourth dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines to that鈥 |
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| Americans ease up on masks, virus safeguards: AP-NORC poll | Many Americans have taken significant steps back from once-routine precautions, with fewer than half now saying they regularly wear 鈥 |
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| Whatcom adds two new COVID-related deaths, but case and hospitalization rates hold steady | Whatcom County鈥檚 weekly COVID-19 infection and hospitalization rates remained steady last week, but the county continues to feel some lingering impact from its January omicron surge with two new COVID-related deaths reported Friday. As of Friday, March 25, the Washington State Department鈥 |
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| 4 Whatcom regions post single-digit COVID infection rates ... the other 3 were even lower | For the first time since the Whatcom County Health Department began reporting COVID-19 data by school district region 21 months ago, all seven regions within the county posted weekly infection rates below 10 at the same time. Three of the regions 鈥 the areas covered by the Lynden,鈥 |
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| Use of at-home coronavirus tests jumped during the omicron wave | The use of at-home coronavirus tests surged during the winter omicron wave in the United States, with white, high-income and highly educated people most likely to report using the tests, an online survey of U.S. adults suggests. Between Dec. 19 and March 12, 20.1% of survey respondents鈥 |
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| The FDA is expected to authorize 2nd boosters for people 50 and up | Anyone 50 years and older could soon be eligible for a second booster dose of the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize the additional booster shots without holding a meeting of its independent vaccine advisors. The plan鈥 |
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| Covid vaccinations 鈥 including boosters 鈥 fall to lowest levels since 2020 | With another pandemic surge possibly on the way, vaccination for the coronavirus in the United States has all but ground to a halt, with initial doses and boosters plummeting to the lowest levels since the program began in late December 2020. On Wednesday, the seven-day average of鈥 |
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| Experts worry about how US will see next COVID surge coming | As coronavirus infections rise in some parts of the world, experts are watching for a potential new COVID-19 surge in the U.S. 鈥 and wondering how long it will take to detect. Despite disease monitoring improvements over the last two years, they say, some recent developments don鈥檛 bode鈥 |
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| Whatcom County surpasses 37,000 total COVID-19 cases during pandemic and adds a death | Whatcom County surpassed 37,000 total COVID-19 cases during the pandemic and had a new COVID-related death reported by the state in Wednesday鈥檚 update. The county now has had 37,040 total COVID cases (confirmed and probable combined), which have resulted in 287 deaths, the Washington鈥 |
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| Federal judge sides with 12 disabled kids seeking masks in schools | A federal judge has ruled that an executive order and new Virginia law allowing parents to opt their children out of classroom COVID-19 mask mandates cannot prevent 12 vulnerable students from seeking a 鈥渞easonable modification鈥 that could include a requirement that their classmates wear masks鈥 |