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| WHO: COVID-19 falling everywhere, except Americas and Africa | The number of new coronavirus cases reported worldwide has continued to fall except in the Americas and Africa, the World Health Organization said in its latest assessment of the pandemic. The decline comes as Europe marked a COVID-19 death milestone: 2 million on the continent. 鈥 |
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| COVID cases are up. Most mandates ended months ago. So where does WA stand? | A new phase of the pandemic. A lull between waves. A time of reflection. Scientists, politicians and public health leaders have spent the past few months using these phrases to describe where Washington stands in the battle against COVID-19. Now case rates are increasing once again,鈥 |
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| EU lifts mask recommendation for air travel as pandemic ebbs | The European Union will no longer recommend medical masks be worn at airports and on planes starting next week amid the easing of coronavirus restrictions across the bloc, though member states can still require them, officials said Wednesday. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency鈥 |
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| In a pandemic world, wither Cascadia? | If mirth can be found in despair, a bit of it seeped through the cracks as Whatcom County soldiered through the early stages of the pandemic: 鈥淎t least,鈥 the local tongue-in-cheek wisdom went, 鈥渨e can park at Trader Joe鈥檚 now.鈥 The reference was to border restrictions 鈥 barriers to entry鈥 |
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| Pandemic gets tougher to track as COVID testing plunges | Testing for COVID-19 has plummeted across the globe, making it much tougher for scientists to track the course of the pandemic and spot new, worrisome viral mutants as they emerge and spread. Experts say testing has dropped by 70 to 90% worldwide from the first to the second quarter of鈥 |
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| The lucky few to never get COVID may teach us more about it | When her partner tested positive for the coronavirus two days before Christmas, Michelle Green worried she, too, would become ill. She was two months pregnant with their second child. He was a bartender at the time, and some of his co-workers were infected with the virus. 鈥淚 told him to鈥 |
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| With Whatcom at 鈥榤edium鈥 COVID community level, which areas are seeing even higher risk? | Higher COVID-19 case rates pushed Whatcom County into the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention鈥檚 鈥渕edium鈥 community level last week, but only one school district region within the county would actually fall in that level. Two others would have received 鈥渉igh鈥 ratings last week鈥 |
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| Nearly 1 million COVID-19 deaths: A look at the US numbers | Doug Lambrecht was among the first of the nearly 1 million Americans to die from COVID-19. His demographic profile 鈥 an older white male with chronic health problems 鈥 mirrors the faces of many who would be lost over the next two years. The 71-year-old retired physician was recovering鈥 |
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| FDA restricts J&J鈥檚 COVID-19 vaccine due to blood clot risk | U.S. regulators on Thursday strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson鈥檚 COVID-19 vaccine due to the ongoing risk of rare but serious blood clots. The Food and Drug Administration said the shot should only be given to adults who cannot receive a different vaccine or鈥 |
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| The vanishing variants: Lessons from gamma, iota and mu | In early 2021, scientists in Colombia discovered a worrisome new coronavirus variant. This variant, eventually known as mu, had several troubling mutations that experts believed could help it evade the immune system鈥檚 defenses. Over the following months, mu spread swiftly in Colombia,鈥 |