A new vaccine has been approved to protect Americans against COVID-19. Meanwhile, President Biden’s personal physician is providing regular updates on his battle with COVID. The President is taking Paxlovid and isolating as he recovers from his bout with the virus.
Tag: COVID-19 Update
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 for short) is an infectious disease caused by SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV‑2). It is a respiratory illness that is currently spreading around the world, including in the Pacific Northwest. Scientists and public health authorities around the globe are racing to learn more about the disease, identify people who may be sick with it, and test/develop antiviral drugs to combat it. The populations most susceptible to becoming critically ill from COVID-19 are the very young and the very advanced in age (young children and seniors). We are tracking the disease and the public health response to it in our special series COVID-19 Update. You’ll find an archive of installments from this series below.
COVID-19 Update: Novavax wins FDA approval; President Biden fights off BA.5
A new vaccine has been approved to protect Americans against COVID-19. Meanwhile, President Biden’s personal physician is providing regular updates on his battle with COVID. The President is taking Paxlovid and isolating as he recovers from his bout with the virus.
COVID-19 Update: Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants may make for a difficult summer
The newest variants of COVID-19, BA.4 and BA.5, are highly transmissible and creating new waves of COVID-19 infection as we enter summer.
COVID-19 Update: States, local governments consider drawdown of mask mandates
As the omicron wave begins to fade, states and local governments are considering changes to rules requiring the wearing of masks to protect against COVID-19.
COVID-19 Update: Supreme Court blocks vaccine/test mandate for large employers
The decision, which was criticized by the administration, was then followed by a second decision allowing a more modest mandate requiring healthcare workers at facilities receiving federal money to be vaccinated.
COVID-19 Update: New Secretary of State Steve Hobbs implements vaccine mandate
Hobbs’ predecessor Kim Wyman, a Republican, had chosen not to require employees reporting to her to be vaccinated, in a break with the rest of the state’s executive department.
COVID-19 Update: State, local governments place big orders for COVID-19 test kits
While the federal government is purchasing 500 million rapid tests to distribute free to the public in response to the rise of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, governments in the Pacific Northwest have decided to acquire their own supply.
COVID-19 Update: Governments ramp up testing as omicron looms over holiday season
Ahead of Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s, the Biden-Harris administration announced new steps to address the omicron variant, which is rapidly accounting for an increasing percentage of new coronavirus cases.
COVID-19 Update: Pandemic set to enter a new phase as omicron variant spreads
With the omicron variant B.1.1.529 threatening to complicate management of the coronavirus pandemic, the United States is working on vaccinating young children against COVID-19 and enforcing vaccine mandates.
COVID-19 Update: Young children are now vaccine-eligible, to the relief of many parents
With the omicron variant B.1.1.529 threatening to complicate management of the coronavirus pandemic, the United States is working on vaccinating young children against COVID-19 and enforcing vaccine mandates.
COVID-19 Update: President Biden unveils new plan to get more Americans vaccinated
Read about the more aggressive steps the federal government will be taking to get tens of millions of Americans vaccinated between now and mid-October 2021, and what Pacific Northwest states are currently doing to combat the virus.
COVID-19 Update: Vaccine mandates ramp up as nation feels the strain from delta variant
Mask mandates are also coming back as officials in the Pacific Northwest grapple with the more infectious delta variant, which now accounts for most new COVID-19 cases.
COVID-19 Update: Governments at every level begin rolling out vaccine mandates
Getting all of us protected against an incredibly infectious disease that ruthlessly maims and kills is arguably the most pro-life move ever. So let’s get it on.
COVID-19 Update: Pacific Northwest mounts valiant effort to avoid wintertime virus spike
From the ashes of the worst of the COVID-19 outbreak, attempts at righting the situation are in progress. (Sadly, so are attempts to make things even worse.)