January 21, 2021, 1:35pm Health
On the anniversary of the first confirmed COVID-19 case in the United States, Washington health officials said they are plowing ahead with plans to open four mass vaccination sites next… Read story
January 21, 2021, 8:00am Business
Drugmaker Eli Lilly said Thursday its antibody drug can prevent COVID-19 illness in residents and staff of nursing homes and other long-term care locations. Read story
January 21, 2021, 8:20am Health
Jan. 21—After a full day vaccinating seniors and health care workers, Mark Tan has gone home and spent hours manually entering their data into the state's immunization registry. Read story
January 20, 2021, 1:45pm Health
NEW YORK — As the coronavirus swept across the globe last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sank into the shadows, undermined by some of its own mistakes and stifled by an administration bent on downplaying the nation’s suffering. Read story
January 20, 2021, 1:40pm Health
NEW YORK — The push to inoculate Americans against the coronavirus is hitting a roadblock: A number of states are reporting they are running out of vaccine, and tens of thousands of people who managed to get appointments for a first dose are seeing them canceled. Read story
January 20, 2021, 8:54am Health
It’s in the nature of presidential candidates and new presidents to promise big things. Just months after his 1961 inauguration, President John F. Kennedy vowed to send a man to the moon by the end of the decade. That pledge was kept, but many others haven’t been, such as candidate… Read story
January 20, 2021, 8:26am Health
SEATTLE — While the state struggles to bolster its vaccination distribution efforts, the Washington Department of Health on Tuesday began reporting its most updated vaccination numbers on its online COVID-19 data dashboard. Read story
January 19, 2021, 3:20pm Health
As President Donald Trump entered the final year of his term last January, the U.S. recorded its first confirmed case of COVID-19. Not to worry, Trump insisted, his administration had the virus “totally under control.” Read story
January 19, 2021, 2:45pm Health
NEW YORK — COVID-19 came early for Catherine Busa, and it never really left. Read story
January 19, 2021, 6:00am Health
GENEVA — The World Health Organization’s chief scientist warned that even as numerous countries start rolling out vaccination programs to stop COVID-19, herd immunity is highly unlikely this year. Read story
