First doses of Covid vaccines expected next week in Seattle area Washington state is expecting 400,000 doses of Covid vaccines by the end of December – but officials are being tight-lipped about where exactly it’s going Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
'Kind Of A Chess Game.' For States, Distributing A COVID Vaccine Poses Myriad Hurdles Claire Hannan, head of the Association of Immunization Managers, says the officials planning vaccine distribution face plenty of challenges. For one, not knowing how many doses are coming their way. Emma Bowman
Photos: Months into the pandemic, Seattleites adapt to a changed world As the coronavirus pandemic rages on, Seattleites and small businesses continue to find new ways to try to make it through. Megan Farmer
Progress Toward A Safer Psychedelic Drug To Treat Depression And Addiction A synthetic version of the psychedelic drug ibogaine appears to relieve depression and addiction without producing hallucinations or other dangerous side effects — at least in rodents. Jon Hamilton
McKinsey Apologizes For Helping Purdue Pharma 'Turbocharge' Opioid Sales The corporate consulting giant issued a rare apology for its behind-the-scenes work with Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin. One senator called McKinsey's behavior "abhorrent." Brian Mann
Latin America Is Facing A Hunger Pandemic A new report describes a region where hunger and malnutrition is sharply increasing — and only likely to get worse as COVID-19 pushes more people into poverty. Jason Beaubien
Seattle Now: 'There’s nowhere to hide' from the third wave Just how bad is the pandemic right now? In a nutshell, bad. Today we break down the numbers and explain why this wave is worse than the previous two. Clare McGrane
As U.S. Looks Forward To COVID-19 Vaccines, Hospitals Are Inundated Hospitals are overwhelmed in several Sunbelt states, with New Mexico's governor threatening to move to "crisis standards." Care has stabilized in the Midwest which saw an earlier surge. Will Stone
Nightclub Reinvents Itself As A Blood Drive Center Going to a club during the coronavirus pandemic is a terrible idea. A Swiss nightclub that closed due to COVID-19 restrictions is now a blood donation center — complete with music and lights.
Much Relief In The U.K. As Inoculations Against COVID-19 Begin People in the U.K. are receiving the first doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. We'll meet some of the elderly people who were the first to get the vaccine.