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Judge: Yakima gym does not have to pay virus fines

December 9, 2020, 10:16am Latest News

An appellate judge has ruled that the Washington state Department of Labor and Industries did not show sufficient evidence to fine a gym owner for alleged violations of coronavirus regulations in Yakima. Read story

A nurse prepares a shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy&#039;s Hospital in London, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, as the U.K. health authorities rolled out a national mass vaccination program. U.K. regulators said Wednesday Dec. 9, 2020, that people who have a &quot;significant history&#039;&#039; of allergic reactions shouldn&#039;t receive the new Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine while they investigate two adverse reactions that occurred on the first day of the country&#039;s mass vaccination program.

UK probing if allergic reactions linked to Pfizer vaccine

A nurse prepares a shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy&#039;s Hospital in London, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, as the U.K. health authorities rolled out a national mass vaccination program. U.K. regulators said Wednesday Dec. 9, 2020, that people who have a &quot;significant history&#039;&#039; of allergic reactions shouldn&#039;t receive the new Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine while they investigate two adverse reactions that occurred on the first day of the country&#039;s mass vaccination program.

December 9, 2020, 10:14am Health

Britain’s medical regulator warned Wednesday that people with a history of serious allergic reactions shouldn’t receive the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech as investigators look into whether two reactions on the first day of the country’s vaccination program were linked to the shot. Read story

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Clark County reports 210 new COVID-19 cases as death toll rises to 115

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December 8, 2020, 6:25pm Clark County Health Free

Clark County reported 210 new cases on Tuesday as data from mid-November showed a surge in positive test results, according to Clark County Public Health. Read story

Care home worker Pillay Jagambrun, 61, receives the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in The Vaccination Hub at Croydon University Hospital, south London, on the first day of the largest immunization program in the UK&#039;s history, Tuesday Dec. 8, 2020.

U.K. starts virus campaign with shot watched globally

Care home worker Pillay Jagambrun, 61, receives the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in The Vaccination Hub at Croydon University Hospital, south London, on the first day of the largest immunization program in the UK&#039;s history, Tuesday Dec. 8, 2020.

December 8, 2020, 3:30pm Health

A nurse rolled up 90-year-old Margaret Keenan’s sleeve and administered a shot watched round the world — the first jab in the U.K.’s COVID-19 vaccination program kicking off an unprecedented global effort to try to end a pandemic that has killed 1.5 million people. Read story

FILE - In this Monday, July 27, 2020 file photo, a nurse prepares a syringe during a study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., in Binghamton, N.Y. With coronavirus vaccines on the horizon, when and where will most Americans get their shots? Many of the details are still being worked out, as regulators review the first vaccine candidates. A federal panel of vaccine experts is meeting this week to consider Pfizer&#039;s vaccine, and again next week for Moderna&#039;s.

Trump takes vaccine victory lap, boosting shots confidence

FILE - In this Monday, July 27, 2020 file photo, a nurse prepares a syringe during a study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., in Binghamton, N.Y. With coronavirus vaccines on the horizon, when and where will most Americans get their shots? Many of the details are still being worked out, as regulators review the first vaccine candidates. A federal panel of vaccine experts is meeting this week to consider Pfizer&#039;s vaccine, and again next week for Moderna&#039;s.

December 8, 2020, 11:42am Politics

President Donald Trump is taking a victory lap ahead of the expected approval of the first U.S. vaccine for the coronavirus, as the White House works to instill confidence in the distribution that will largely be executed by President-elect Joe Biden Read story

A nurse administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy&#039;s Hospital in London, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. U.K. health authorities rolled out the first doses of a widely tested and independently reviewed COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, starting a global immunization program that is expected to gain momentum as more serums win approval.

U.S. regulators post positive review of Pfizer vaccine data

A nurse administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy&#039;s Hospital in London, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. U.K. health authorities rolled out the first doses of a widely tested and independently reviewed COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, starting a global immunization program that is expected to gain momentum as more serums win approval.

December 8, 2020, 11:04am Health

Documents released by U.S. regulators Tuesday confirmed that Pfizer’s vaccine was strongly protective against COVID-19 and appeared safe -- offering the world’s first detailed look at the evidence behind the shots. Read story

Critical care nurses and respiratory therapists flip a patient with COVID-19 upright Monday at North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale, Minn. Virtually every state is reporting surges in cases and deaths.

Deaths from the coronavirus in U.S. soar to more than 2,200 a day on average

Critical care nurses and respiratory therapists flip a patient with COVID-19 upright Monday at North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale, Minn. Virtually every state is reporting surges in cases and deaths.

December 8, 2020, 10:24am Latest News

Deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to more than 2,200 a day on average, matching the frightening peak reached last April, and cases per day have eclipsed 200,000 on average for the first time on record, with the crisis all but certain to get worse because of the… Read story

President Donald Trump speaks after awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor, to Olympic gold medalist and former University of Iowa wrestling coach Dan Gable in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, in Washington.

Feds passed up chance to lock in more Pfizer vaccine doses

President Donald Trump speaks after awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor, to Olympic gold medalist and former University of Iowa wrestling coach Dan Gable in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, in Washington.

December 8, 2020, 10:14am Health

President Donald Trump’s administration is facing new scrutiny Tuesday after failing to lock in a chance to buy millions of additional doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, which has shown to be highly effective against COVID-19. Read story

Washington state report notes virus impact on child welfare

December 8, 2020, 9:50am Northwest

Foster youth in Washington state have spent more nights in hotel rooms while overall reports of child abuse and neglect declined during the coronavirus pandemic, a report said. Read story

Virus outbreak in Seattle jail sends 16 inmates to isolation

December 8, 2020, 9:50am Latest News

The King County Jail in downtown Seattle experienced its first COVID-19 outbreak believed to have originated inside the facility, sending 16 inmates into medical isolation, according to the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention. Read story