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| Whatcom鈥檚 record COVID rate continues, 草榴社区 extends online, Bellingham schools update rules | Whatcom County continued to post COVID-19 numbers at unprecedented rates, as the county saw its first quadruple-digit increase in confirmed cases and three more COVID-related deaths reported by the state Monday. Whatcom County had 1,134 new confirmed COVID-19 cases reported over the weekend by鈥 |
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| CDC advises against traveling to Canada, citing coronavirus levels | U.S. health officials on Monday advised against travel to Canada, citing 鈥渧ery high鈥 levels of the coronavirus in the country. Canada joins scores of countries that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has grouped under a Level 4 travel advisory, its most severe,鈥 |
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| CDC weighs recommending better masks against COVID鈥檚 omicron variant | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering updating its mask guidance to recommend that people opt for the highly protective N95 or KN95 masks worn by health-care personnel, if they can do so consistently, said an official close to the deliberations who was not authorized to鈥 |
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| Bellingham hospital reports 45% increase in COVID patients with record number over weekend | St. Joseph鈥檚 hospital in Bellingham reported that it treated a pandemic record 61 patients for symptoms related to COVID-19 over the weekend. That snapshot of 61 COVID-related patients Sunday, Jan. 9, was a 45% jump from the 42 patients the hospital reported on Friday. It also broke previous鈥 |
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| Home COVID tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday | Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for people on their plans. The Biden administration announced the change Monday as it looks to lower costs and make testing for the virus more convenient amid rising frustrations.鈥 |
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| FDA shortens the wait time between Moderna vaccine and booster to 5 months | The period between getting the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and the first booster shot has been shortened to five months from six for people ages 18 and up, the Food and Drug Administration says. 鈥 |
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| More Whatcom restaurants, breweries join the temporary closure list during COVID case spike | With COVID-19 cases hitting record levels in Whatcom County, businesses are starting to temporarily shut down, hoping that things will be in better shape in a couple weeks. Here鈥檚 an update on what businesses are doing. |
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| COVID-19 case numbers keep climbing in Whatcom | Five of Whatcom County鈥檚 seven school district regions saw triple-digit increases in their two-week COVID-19 infection rates, as the recent surge in cases has hit the entire county hard. Five of the seven regions established new record highs for infection rate, The Bellingham Herald鈥檚 analysis鈥 |
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| Things seem grim now. But America's COVID situation could get better in 6-8 weeks | Things might seem pretty grim on the pandemic front right now. The U.S. is only a few days into the third calendar year of the pandemic and nearly 500,000 new COVID-19 cases are being counted daily. The country hit another |
The explosive increase in U.S. coronavirus case counts is raising alarm, but some experts believe the focus should instead be on COVID-19 hospital admissions. And those aren鈥檛 climbing as fast. Dr. Anthony Fauci, for one, said Sunday on ABC that with many infections causing few or no鈥 |