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Cases in Chelan and Douglas counties challenge governor's statewide coronavirus measures
Residents of Chelan and Douglas counties have filed lawsuits against Gov. Jay Inslee, demanding an injunction on his emergency measures to address...
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In Pendleton, rounding up high schoolers for a graduation before grabbing life by the horns
When Marcus Aaron Luke runs fast, everything feels slow. “You feel every small step,” he says. “You feel every small detail.” But in the pandemic year...
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Been close to Covid? You might get a call from this guy
We caught up with one of the hundreds of National Guard members trained to do contact tracing of Covid-19 cases in Washington state.
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'False sense of security.' Why some doctors won't order coronavirus antibody tests for patients
Even as labs are offering coronavirus antibody tests, some patients have found themselves unable to obtain a physician's referral. We asked doctors to unpack that reluctance.
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UW Medicine to temporarily furlough thousands, close psychiatric unit
University of Washington Medicine is temporarily furloughing roughly 5,500 workers. The institution is citing financial losses of roughly $500 million due to the pandemic. The move will lead to the temporary closure of a small psychiatric unit at the UW Medicine Montlake campus.
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They aimed to raise $100,000 for undocumented immigrants in Washington state. They’re over $3M
A fund for undocumented immigrants is blowing past fundraising goals, but the need is huge
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Boeing cuts workforce and re-starts production
Boeing is again producing 737 MAX planes, though the plane is still grounded and thecomp
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She's Canadian. He's American. The border closed right before they were supposed to get married
Since March 21, the US/Canada border has been closed for all non-essential travel, and it’s going to stay closed till at least June 21. Visiting family members, and attending one’s own wedding, are not considered essential.
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Seattle man spikes fever after second dose of trial coronavirus vaccine
There’s been some excitement about the first coronavirus vaccine to be tested on humans, but a Seattle man who is part of that trial has had a reaction to a high dose of the vaccine. “I did have some issues after getting the second dose. I had a fever and was nauseous and even fainted,” said science communicator and vaccine volunteer Ian Haydon.
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'It was bad.' Three hours on the Covid ICU in Seattle
KUOW's Isolde Raftery spent an afternoon on the Covid ICU at University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. She told reporter Joshua McNichols what she saw -- and
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Novel virus could spread rapidly among orcas
Some Northwest residents don’t do social distancing well, which leaves them especially vulnerable to an outbreak of a highly contagious respiratory virus. These residents are orcas.
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In wake of unemployment fraud, Washington’s campaign finance watchdog blocks some online access
At the request of a powerful Democratic state senator who warned of “foreign intrusion,” Washington’s Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) on Sunday...