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With visits on hold during pandemic, Washington hospitals strain to comfort sickest patients
For healthcare workers, the ban on hospital visitors is one of the hardest consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.
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10,000 cases: Who has it? Who has immunity? Where are we on testing?
Paige Browning brings us the latest coronavirus updates
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This emergency room doctor survived Covid-19 — just barely
Kirkland ER physician Ryan Padgett says Covid-19 almost killed him. He credits cutting-edge treatment and medication with saving his life.
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Seattle throws a few small businesses a lifeline
Some small Seattle businesses will receive $10K checks to help them through the coronavirus crisis. The mayor’s office announced the 250 recipients Monday.
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Boeing joins coronavirus manufacturing efforts, builds face shields for medical workers
Some of Boeing's idled shop floors are being used to make face shields for medical workers.
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Pop-up blood donation site comes to T-Mobile Park
Seattle’s T-Mobile Park may not be hosting baseball games any time soon, but starting today, it will be a place where people can go to donate blood. Bloodworks Northwest will be hosting a pop-up blood donation site at T-Mobile Park’s Ellis Pavilion for at least the next three weeks.
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Parks and sidewalks too crowded? Maybe pedestrians should get space on some streets
People are getting tired of being stuck inside. But where should they go? One Seattle non-profit says the city should open up more green space so that people can have room to safely be outside.
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Coronavirus surges across nursing homes as facilities plead for tests
The number of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities with confirmed Covid-19 cases more than doubled in the first eight days of April.
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Fun in the sun plans? Not this weekend. Stay home. Don’t travel. Stay healthy
Paige Browning brings us the latest coronavirus updates
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Seattle addiction clinic welcomes new methadone guidelines in wake of coronavirus
Addiction treatment is considered an essential service during the stay-home order. Providers say social distancing rules could result in a silver lining for their patients.
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He crawled out of homelessness. Now he's struggling to stop coronavirus from knocking him back down
Restaurant workers who’ve been laid off as a result of the coronavirus pandemic are navigating a new reality that’s temporary yet filled with many uncertainties.
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Amazon will build its own coronavirus test lab
Amazon is building its own coronavirus test lab in an effort to ramp up testing for its employees. It’s starting small and says it’s not sure how much it will be able to do in the relevant time frame. But it says it’s worth trying.