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It takes a lot of people to keep a hospital running
Voices of the pandemic features people in the Seattle area who are on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Clinical trial seeks to determine if Trump-touted drug works on Covid-19
An interview with UW Medicine’s Dr. Christine Johnston about a drug 'we have to study'
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Can a 21st century WPA rescue the struggling economy under the pandemic?
85 years ago, May 6, 1935, with America mired in the depths of the Great Depression, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed an order that created the Works Progress Administration. The WPA was created to provide jobs for millions of unskilled laborers who were put to work on giant infrastructure projects. But at the behest of Eleanor Roosevelt, the WPA targeted another sector that was experiencing bad times: the nation’s artists.
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The grief is crushing this Seattle pastor. And so she lights a candle every day
Plymouth Church, in downtown Seattle, isn’t holding services in person. But it’s more than church services that are affected by social distancing. As an older congregation, its members are especially vulnerable by the coronavirus. The church’s lead pastor, Dr. Reverend Kelle Brown says the pandemic has challenged how she sees herself and her job.
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A 'perfect storm' in Yakima County puts residents on edge
A report from the Washington county with the highest rate of Covid-19 infections
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This Washington tribe has zero coronavirus cases. They plan to keep it that way
"If we were to lose a handful of those people, it would just be devastating."
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I got the coronavirus at Monroe prison. This is how it went
Voices of the Pandemic features people in the Seattle area on the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak in their own words.
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Sorry, we're still stuck at home together
Voices of the Pandemic features people in the Seattle area on the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak in their own words.
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An Olympia ER doctor who volunteered in NY shares lessons from the Covid-19 front lines
At the end of March, Dr. Luke Hansen, an Olympia emergency room physician, was watching news of hospitals in New York overrun with COVID-19 patients. Then he heard Gov. Andrew Cuomo issue a plea for healthcare workers from elsewhere to come to New York to help.
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Here's what air travel will look like in a world with coronavirus
Airlines flying out of Sea-Tac Airport are starting to require passengers and some personnel to wear masks. But that's
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Life with a newborn during the coronavirus pandemic
Melissa Santos is a Seattle journalist and a new mom. She gave birth as the coronavirus began to spread in Washington state.
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In Seattle, working around the clock to secure paycheck protection loans
Small businesses are in a mad dash to apply for a second round of funding under the Paycheck Protection Program. SBA officials say they’ve made changes to address barriers to small lenders and businesses.