Category: Infectious Disease
COVID-19 continued to spread at a rapid pace throughout the state through mid-November.
Cases, hospitalizations and deaths continued to increase sharply since the last situation report
Inslee extends COVID-19 lockdown tothrough Jan. 4 in Washington state
The hospitalization projections are scary. We’re already at 80% ICU capacity in Washington. Unless this turns around, our system will be overrun.
How to minimize the spread of COVID-19 this holiday season
The Department of Health strongly urges everyone to limit their holiday celebrations to only members of their immediate households.
What Happened When the Only ER Doctor in a Rural Town Got COVID
Papenfus is the lone full-time ER doctor in the town of 900, not far from the Kansas line. ““I’m chief of staff and medical director of everything,” he says.
States With Few Coronavirus Restrictions Are Spreading the Virus Beyond Their Borders
Weary of their state’s COVID-19 restrictions, thousands of Washington residents over border to vacation, shop and dine in Idaho. Some came back with the virus.
Washington state adopts CDC’s new quarantine guidelines
Quarantine is used to reduce the risk that infected people might unknowingly transmit infection to others.
New research suggests immunity to COVID is better than we first thought
Key parts of the immune system can remember the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, for at least eight or nine months, possibly for years.
We’re outnumbered by bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi that can make us ill. And the only thing standing between them and devastation is our immune system.
COVID-19 shutters thousands of doctors’ offices across US
A survey by the Physicians Foundation estimated that 8% of all physician practices nationally — around 16,000 — have closed under the stress of the pandemic.
Washington launches statewide COVID-19 exposure notification tool
When voluntarily activated, phones with WA Notify use Bluetooth technology to exchange random codes with the phones of other users they are near.
Hispanics live longer than most Americans, but will the US obesity epidemic change things?
Hispanic immigrants live longer than US-born whites but the life expectancy US-born Hispanics may soon be similar to that of US-born whites. Why? Obesity.
COVID-19 surge filling Washington state hospitals
The number of confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients in Washington state hospitals doubled from 471 on November 1st to 932 on November 23rd.
Where is COVID-19 transmitted in King County?
Report shows most common exposure settings are homes, workplaces, community and social gatherings.
No, soaring COVID-19 cases are not due to more testing – they show a surging pandemic
Rather than being an artifact of changes in testing policy, the rise in cases reflects ongoing transmission and serious illness.
What Biden Can Do to Combat COVID Right Now
Should he set up a shadow COVID effort, to compete with the Trump administration’s task force?