Category: Infectious Disease
The symptoms of the Delta variant appear to differ from traditional COVID symptoms. Here’s what to look out for
A the virus has evolved, it seems the most common symptoms have changed too.
Fungal infections worldwide are becoming resistant to drugs and more deadly
Most fungal infections worldwide are caused by a genus of fungi called Candida, particularly the species called Candida albicans.
King County’s mask directive ends
Unvaccinated people will need to continue wearing masks in indoor public spaces and crowded outdoor spaces.
Washington state is lifting its COVID-19 restrictions: Do we still need to take precautions?
COVID-19 is still here, and more contagious variants are spreading locally in King County and nationally.
Hospitals Start Requiring Workers to Get COVID Shots
“You take care of physically very vulnerable people and you need to protect them. I’m always surprised that there’s a contingent in health care that don’t want to get vaccinated.”
Inslee to rely on state’s statistics, not CDC’s in his decision on reopening
CDC says the state has achieved its 70% goal, but state’s statistics say we’re still falling short.
VACCINATION LEVELS UP, COVID-19 RATES DOWN: KING COUNTY MASK DIRECTIVE LIFTS ON JUNE 29
In King County, 70% of residents age 16 and older are fully vaccinated.
Children may have milder COVID-19 symptoms, but they have similar levels of virus as symptomatic adults, UW study finds
And asymptomatic infected children should be considered as infectious as asymptomatic infected adults/
Deadlier Variant Is Now Dominant Strain of COVID, CDC Confirms
A deadlier variant, known as the British or B-117 variant, is now found in 66% of new U.S. COVID-19 cases
I’m fully vaccinated – should I keep wearing a mask for my unvaccinated child?
Do “good parents” keep their child’s face shield on at playgrounds and play dates? Or do they “let kids be kids
How virus detectives trace the origins of an outbreak – and why it’s so tricky
In the case of COVID-19, bats are an obvious first place to look.
Washington COVID-19 cases fall as more state residents get vaccinated
Hospitalization rate for unvaccinated people ages 45-64 was about 21 times higher than the rate for fully vaccinated people of the same age.
‘Care-A-Van” to bring COVID-19 vaccine to at-risk Washington communities.
Program will target vulnerable communities where vaccine rates are low.
HIV/AIDS vaccine: Why don’t we have one after 37 years, when we have several for COVID-19 after a few months?
The difficulty lies in HI itself. In particular, its remarkable strain diversity and the immune evasion strategies.
578,555 people have died from COVID-19 in the US . . . or maybe it’s 912,345
Here’s why it’s hard to count