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Voter Eligibility To register to vote in the state of Washington, you must be: A citizen of the United States A legal resident of...
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Inslee announces end to remaining COVID-19 emergency orders and state of emergency by October 31
Gov. Jay Inslee today announced the upcoming rescission of all remaining COVID-19 emergency proclamations and state of emergency by Oct....
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What WA needs to know about the new omicron-specific COVID boosters
While many Americans say they’ve resumed life as if COVID-19 were in the rearview mirror, people are still dying, coronavirus variants...
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This Relentless Pandemic Can Tax Your Mental Health. Here’s How to Cope
Remember those brief, blissful weeks at the beginning of the summer? Vaccination rates were rising, COVID-19 infections were dropping and...
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COVID-19 and the Flu: Know the Symptoms
COVID-19 is still here and, unfortunately, flu season is also on its way. It’s not possible to definitively predict what will happen in...
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Long COVID: 5 Big Questions Answered About Post-COVID Syndrome
What is long COVID? “An individual with long COVID has symptoms that persist, relapse or reoccur for more than 30 days after first being...
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BEHIND THE HIGH-TECH COVID-19 TESTS YOU PROBABLY HAVEN’T HEARD ABOUT
WhenWhen you think about getting tested for COVID-19, you’re most likely picturing two types of tests: the at-home rapid antigen tests...
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The real COVID surge is (much) bigger than it looks. But don't panic
Cases of COVID-19 are – yet again – on the rise. The U.S. is seeing an average of more than 100,000 reported new cases across the country...
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How Often Can You Be Infected With the Coronavirus?
A virus that shows no signs of disappearing, variants that are adept at dodging the body’s defenses, and waves of infections two, maybe...
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Are COVID surges becoming more predictable?
Nearly six months after researchers in South Africa identified the Omicron coronavirus variant, two offshoots of the game-changing...
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2 new Omicron variants detected in the U.S., could spark another COVID wave.
Two new strains of COVID that appear to be more transmissible than even “stealth Omicron,” and that have the ability to evade antibodies...
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Unvaccinated children hospitalized at twice the rate during Omicron surge -U.S. study
April 19 (Reuters) - Hospitalization rates for unvaccinated children ages 5 to 11 were twice as high as among those who were vaccinated...
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What triggers severe COVID? Infected immune cells hold clues
Immune cells infected with SARS-CoV-2 can trigger a massive inflammatory response that contributes to severe COVID-19, suggest two papers...
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First Covid-19 Challenge Study Yields Valuable Insights into How We Get Sick
It only takes a tiny virus-laden droplet -- about the width of a human blood cell -- to infect someone with COVID-19. That's just one of...
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Black adult hospitalizations reached a pandemic high during the omicron wave, CDC study finds
During the peak of the omicron variant wave of the coronavirus this winter, Black adults in the United States were hospitalized at rates...
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A Latina scientist co-created a new Covid vaccine. She's nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
María Elena Bottazzi doesn't forget where she comes from. Her face softens as she, in the midst of complex scientific terms, speaks of...
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What’s changing? WA schools go mask optional next week
The Washington state Department of Health published new guidance on Tuesday that will guide public schools after the statewide indoor...
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Latest COVID-19 numbers in Washington State
The Washington state Department of Health reported 3,185 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday. The state reported 737 new cases on Tuesday, 984...
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Isolation and Quarantine in Early Care and Education
Quick Guide: Isolation What to do when a child in your early care and education (ECE) program might have COVID-19. DAY 0 Child is sick or...
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New CDC Studies: COVID-19 Boosters Remain Safe
Data from two CDC reports today show COVID-19 vaccine boosters remain safe and continue to be highly effective against severe disease...
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