Cloth Face Coverings: The Dos and Don’ts of wearing them – Tips from the Washington State Department of Health
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Contact tracing does not require invasive hi-tech surveillance
While most discussions of contact tracing have focused on countries’ use of surveillance technology, contact tracing is actually a fairly manual process..
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How to talk like a public health professional!
If you want to sound like a pro when talking to family and friends about COVID-19, make sure you’re using these commonly-confused public health terms right.
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King County’s Face Covering Goes into Effect Today
Health officials urge everyone to wear a face covering at any indoor or outdoor public space where you may be within 6 feet of someone who doesn’t live with you
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Fear, Isolation, Depression: The Mental Health Fallout of a Worldwide Pandemic
Ultimately, the psychological impact of the pandemic will harm far more people than the virus itself, experts say.
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Two Coasts. One Virus. How New York Suffered Nearly 10 Times the Number of Deaths as California.
California’s governor and San Francisco’s mayor worked together to act early in confronting the COVID threat. For Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio, it was a different story, and 27,000 New Yorkers have died so far.
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Staffing Nursing Homes Was Hard Before the Pandemic. Now It’s Even Tougher.
Nursing homes were short-staffed before the coronavirus pandemic hit. Now it’s even harder to recruit and retain nurses and aides needed to care for residents.
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How to stay safe as your state reopens
An epidemiologist who is immune-compromised himself explains how to stay safe as society opens up again.
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Whitman County OK’d to enter state’s phase 2 COVID-19 recovery plan
Businesses in the counties approved to move into Phase 2 must comply with all health and safety guidelines to reopen.
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COVID-19 raises risk for women who are obese and pregnant, UW study
The findings support categorizing pregnant patients as a higher risk group, particularly with obesity and chronic diseases like asthma and high blood pressure.
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When should you get tested for COVID-19? How do you get tested?
Seattle & King County public health officials recommend that anyone who has COVID-19 symptoms or close contact with someone who has COVID-19 be tested right away.
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Washington state launches contact tracing initiative
Contact tracers will reach out to people who may have been exposed the virus.
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UW Hospital Workers Complain of Minimal Disclosure After COVID Exposures
Workers at the University of Washington Medical Center are complaining hospital authorities are not notifying them when they may have been exposed on the job.
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Coronavirus: what is convalescent plasma therapy?
Convalescent plasma treatment involves using plasma from people who have recovered from COVID-19 and infusing it into patients who currently have the disease.
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How the nose decodes complex odors
Scent molecules can mask other scents, not by overpowering them, but by changing the way cells respond to them
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