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In this Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, photo provided by Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, registered nurse Starla Garcia prepares a coronavirus vaccine in Chinle, Ariz., for someone who enrolled in the COVID-19 vaccine trials on the Navajo Nation and initially received a placebo.

Fast rollout of virus vaccine trials reveals tribal distrust

In this Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, photo provided by Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, registered nurse Starla Garcia prepares a coronavirus vaccine in Chinle, Ariz., for someone who enrolled in the COVID-19 vaccine trials on the Navajo Nation and initially received a placebo.

January 2, 2021, 1:37pm Nation & World

The news came during a hopeful time on the largest Native American reservation. Read story

Graffiti reading, &quot;Where&#039;s my money&quot; is seen on a door of the home of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in Louisville, Ky., on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. As of Saturday morning, messages like &quot;where&#039;s my money&quot; and other expletives were written with spray paint across the front door and bricks of the Kentucky Republican&#039;s Highlands residence. (AP Photo/Timothy D.

McConnell, Pelosi homes vandalized after $2,000 relief fails

Graffiti reading, &quot;Where&#039;s my money&quot; is seen on a door of the home of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in Louisville, Ky., on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. As of Saturday morning, messages like &quot;where&#039;s my money&quot; and other expletives were written with spray paint across the front door and bricks of the Kentucky Republican&#039;s Highlands residence. (AP Photo/Timothy D.

January 2, 2021, 1:34pm Politics

Vandals lashed out at the leaders of the U.S. House and Senate over the holiday weekend, blighting their homes with graffiti and in one case a pig’s head as Congress failed to approve an increase in the amount of money being sent to individuals to help cope with the coronavirus… Read story

Health workers participate in a COVID-19 vaccine delivery system trial in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. India tested its COVID-19 vaccine delivery system with a nationwide trial on Saturday as it prepares to roll-out an inoculation program to stem the coronavirus pandemic.

India tests vaccine delivery system with nationwide trial

Health workers participate in a COVID-19 vaccine delivery system trial in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. India tested its COVID-19 vaccine delivery system with a nationwide trial on Saturday as it prepares to roll-out an inoculation program to stem the coronavirus pandemic.

January 2, 2021, 1:30pm Nation & World

India tested its COVID-19 vaccine delivery system with a nationwide trial on Saturday, as it prepares to roll out an inoculation program to stem the coronavirus pandemic. Read story

A man wearing a face covering walks past graffiti on the Lower Newtownards Road in Belfast with a message reading &#039;Wear a mask, it hasn&#039;t gone away you know&#039; Friday, Jan. 1, 2021.

UK hits daily virus record, is urged to keep schools closed

A man wearing a face covering walks past graffiti on the Lower Newtownards Road in Belfast with a message reading &#039;Wear a mask, it hasn&#039;t gone away you know&#039; Friday, Jan. 1, 2021.

January 2, 2021, 1:27pm Nation & World

With daily coronavirus infections surging as a result of a new virus variant, the British government faced mounting pressure Saturday from teachers' unions to keep schools in England closed for at least another two weeks. Read story

FILE - In this July 21, 2020, file photo, Darryl Hutchinson, facing camera, is hugged by a relative during a funeral service for Lydia Nunez, who was Hutchinson&#039;s cousin at the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Los Angeles. Nunez died from COVID-19. Southern California funeral homes are turning away bereaved families because they&#039;re running out of space for the bodies piling up during an unrelenting coronavirus surge.

California funeral homes run out of space as COVID-19 rages

FILE - In this July 21, 2020, file photo, Darryl Hutchinson, facing camera, is hugged by a relative during a funeral service for Lydia Nunez, who was Hutchinson&#039;s cousin at the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Los Angeles. Nunez died from COVID-19. Southern California funeral homes are turning away bereaved families because they&#039;re running out of space for the bodies piling up during an unrelenting coronavirus surge.

January 2, 2021, 1:18pm Nation & World

As communities across the country feel the pain of a surge in coronavirus cases, funeral homes in the hot spot of Southern California say they must turn away grieving families as they run out of space for the bodies piling up. Read story

Melissa Glascock, from left, a respiratory therapist, Colette Reilly, a nurse manager, and Lisa Streissguth-Kasberg, a charge nurse, pose in front of a "Heroes Work Here" banner outside Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center. Clark County hospitals have seen spikes in coronavirus patients this fall and winter.

Nurses describe ‘huge emotional toll’ amid high COVID-19 numbers in Clark County

Melissa Glascock, from left, a respiratory therapist, Colette Reilly, a nurse manager, and Lisa Streissguth-Kasberg, a charge nurse, pose in front of a "Heroes Work Here" banner outside Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center. Clark County hospitals have seen spikes in coronavirus patients this fall and winter.

January 2, 2021, 6:01am Clark County Health Subscriber Exclusive

It’s hard for staff at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center not to run through worst-case scenarios when a new COVID-19 patient leaves their loved ones behind and checks into the hospital. Read story

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center and Legacy Salmon Creek both have COVID-19 cases in intensive care units.

Vancouver’s PeaceHealth hit with COVID-19 outbreak among staff, patients

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center and Legacy Salmon Creek both have COVID-19 cases in intensive care units.

January 1, 2021, 6:33pm Clark County Health Free

An outbreak of COVID-19 spread to 30 patients in the past week at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, according to a news release from PeaceHealth on Friday evening. Read story

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2020, file photo, medical workers remove a stretcher from an ambulance near medical tents outside the emergency room at UCI Medical Center, in Irvine, Calif. After months spent tamping down surges and keeping the coronavirus at manageable levels, a variety of factors combined to bring California to a crisis point in the pandemic.

Once a model, California now struggles to tame COVID-19

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2020, file photo, medical workers remove a stretcher from an ambulance near medical tents outside the emergency room at UCI Medical Center, in Irvine, Calif. After months spent tamping down surges and keeping the coronavirus at manageable levels, a variety of factors combined to bring California to a crisis point in the pandemic.

January 1, 2021, 12:30pm Nation & World

Ambulances waited hours for openings to offload coronavirus patients. Overflow patients were moved to hospital hallways and gift shops, even a cafeteria. Refrigerated trucks were on standby, ready to store the dead. Read story

When you enable WA Notify, your phone exchanges random, anonymous codes with the phones of people you are near who have also enabled WA Notify.

WA Notify app is alerting users of virus exposures

When you enable WA Notify, your phone exchanges random, anonymous codes with the phones of people you are near who have also enabled WA Notify.

January 1, 2021, 9:26am Latest News Free

About 1.6 million people have activated or downloaded the WA Notify smartphone app created to notify people if they may have been exposed to the coronavirus, the state Department of Health said this week. Read story

Firefighter and paramedic Max Olson, left, and firefighter and emergency medical technician Dave Fisher pose in front of a fire truck on Dec. 8 at Clark County Fire District 6 Station 61. They responded to the first reported COVID-19 case in the county.

Firefighters recount March call to treat Clark County’s first confirmed COVID-19 patient

Firefighter and paramedic Max Olson, left, and firefighter and emergency medical technician Dave Fisher pose in front of a fire truck on Dec. 8 at Clark County Fire District 6 Station 61. They responded to the first reported COVID-19 case in the county.

January 1, 2021, 6:03am Clark County Health Subscriber Exclusive

When Clark County Fire District 6 firefighters Max Olson and Dave Fisher responded to a call for a sick elderly man in early March, both believed it was nothing more than an average dispatch. Read story