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New COVID variant detected in Washington. How bad is it? Are current vaccines effective?

Does the new COVID variant bring a new set of symptoms and treatments? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reportedly spotted a new COVID variant, NB.1.8.1, through its airport screening ...
KUOW

New Covid variant found in Washington state

A new Covid-19 variant fueling a global rise in cases has been detected in Washington, but health officials aren’t too concerned. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found the ...
Yahoo

Washington restores access to COVID vaccines while brushing aside federal rules

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 5—Sidestepping federal restrictions, Washington's new standing order allows COVID vaccine access without prescription ...

Six years later, COVID symptoms linger for many Latino farmworkers in Washington

The dizziness started while Baldomero Muñoz was working in the blueberry fields of Oregon. That didn't stop him. He kept picking. By the next morning, his head was pounding and his lungs ...
The Spokesman-Review

Researchers find more long COVID than expected in WA Hispanic population

A significant percentage of 1,500 Latino patients in Washington state who had been diagnosed with COVID reported in a survey that they had experienced long COVID symptoms, according to a UW Medicine ...
Tri-City Herald

New COVID-19 variant detected in Washington state. Here’s what to know

Last week, the World Health Organization designated NB.1.8.1, a new strain of COVID-19 that’s been rising in frequency lately, as a “variant under monitoring.” Now, Washington state has its first case ...
The Columbian

COVID vaccine available to all in WA 6 months and older

People in Washington 6 months and older can now receive an updated COVID-19 vaccine from pharmacies and medical clinics without a prescription, under a new standing order signed by the state health ...

More than 150,000 uncounted COVID-19 deaths occurred early in the pandemic, a study finds

A new study says the early U.S. COVID-19 death toll is much higher than official counts, and that there were disparities in ...
Seattle Times

WA flu and COVID vaccinations are down. Doctors’ worries are up

Fewer Washingtonians have been vaccinated against the flu and COVID-19 so far this season than at this point in the last three years, according to state health data. As of this week, providers had ...
Yakima Herald-Republic

COVID vaccine available to all WA residents 6 months and older, state says

Washington residents 6 months and older can now receive an updated COVID-19 vaccine from pharmacies and medical clinics without a prescription, under a new standing order signed by the state health ...
AOL

Researchers find more long COVID than expected in WA Hispanics

A significant percentage of 1,500 Latino patients in Washington state who had been diagnosed with COVID reported in a survey that they had experienced long COVID symptoms, according to a UW Medicine ...