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In this handout photo provided by British Antarctic Survey, field guides Sarah Crowsley, left, and Sam Hunt, right, pose for a photo after digging out the caboose, a container used for accommodation that can be moved by a tractor, at Adelaide island, in Antarctica on Friday, June 19, 2020. Antarctica remains the only continent without COVID-19 and now in Sept. 2020, as nearly 1,000 scientists and others who wintered over on the ice are seeing the sun for the first time in months, a global effort wants to make sure incoming colleagues don&#039;t bring the virus with them.

Antarctica is still free of COVID-19. Can it stay that way?

In this handout photo provided by British Antarctic Survey, field guides Sarah Crowsley, left, and Sam Hunt, right, pose for a photo after digging out the caboose, a container used for accommodation that can be moved by a tractor, at Adelaide island, in Antarctica on Friday, June 19, 2020. Antarctica remains the only continent without COVID-19 and now in Sept. 2020, as nearly 1,000 scientists and others who wintered over on the ice are seeing the sun for the first time in months, a global effort wants to make sure incoming colleagues don&#039;t bring the virus with them.

September 12, 2020, 2:11pm Nation & World

At this very moment a vast world exists that’s free of the coronavirus, where people can mingle without masks and watch the pandemic unfold from thousands of miles away. Read story

FILE - This Saturday, July 18, 2020 file photo shows a general view of AstraZeneca offices and the corporate logo in Cambridge, England. Oxford University says on Saturday, Sept. 12 trials of a coronavirus vaccine that it is developing with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca will resume, days after being paused due to a reported side-effect in a patient in the U.K.

Oxford and AstraZeneca resume coronavirus vaccine trial

FILE - This Saturday, July 18, 2020 file photo shows a general view of AstraZeneca offices and the corporate logo in Cambridge, England. Oxford University says on Saturday, Sept. 12 trials of a coronavirus vaccine that it is developing with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca will resume, days after being paused due to a reported side-effect in a patient in the U.K.

September 12, 2020, 2:04pm Nation & World

Oxford University announced Saturday it was resuming a trial for a coronavirus vaccine it is developing with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, a move that comes days after the study was suspended following a reported side-effect in a U.K. patient. Read story

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Clark County records 40 new COVID-19 cases, one new death

This illustration shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus.

September 11, 2020, 12:16pm Clark County Health Free

Clark County Public Health reported 40 new COVID-19 cases and one new death on Friday. Read story

Brent McCarthy, from left, and Marissa Matthews, play on the pier Thursday at The Waterfront Vancouver with their son Xavier, 2. The family lives outside of Salem, Ore., and evacuated Tuesday to escape the smoke and fire risk. Matthews has cancer and is extra sensitive to the smoke, so although their area was still on level 2 evacuation, they decided to leave early to stay safe.

Clark County’s air quality continues to worsen because of wildfires

Brent McCarthy, from left, and Marissa Matthews, play on the pier Thursday at The Waterfront Vancouver with their son Xavier, 2. The family lives outside of Salem, Ore., and evacuated Tuesday to escape the smoke and fire risk. Matthews has cancer and is extra sensitive to the smoke, so although their area was still on level 2 evacuation, they decided to leave early to stay safe.

September 10, 2020, 6:47pm Clark County Health

Clark County entered hazardous air-quality territory late Thursday as wildfire smoke traveling from other areas enveloped Southwest Washington. Read story

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2017, file photo, the Tribute in Light illuminates in the sky above the Lower Manhattan area of New York, as seen from across the Hudson River in Jersey City, N.J. The coronavirus pandemic has reshaped how the U.S. is observing the anniversary of 9/11. The terror attacks&#039; 19th anniversary will be marked Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, by dueling ceremonies at the Sept. 11 memorial plaza and a corner nearby in New York.

In a year of social distancing, virus alters Sept. 11, too

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2017, file photo, the Tribute in Light illuminates in the sky above the Lower Manhattan area of New York, as seen from across the Hudson River in Jersey City, N.J. The coronavirus pandemic has reshaped how the U.S. is observing the anniversary of 9/11. The terror attacks&#039; 19th anniversary will be marked Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, by dueling ceremonies at the Sept. 11 memorial plaza and a corner nearby in New York.

September 10, 2020, 5:00pm Nation & World

In a year when the coronavirus pandemic has reshaped countless American rituals, even the commemoration of 9/11 could not escape unchanged. Read story

A man wears a face mask to protect against infection from coronavirus as he sits on an Underground train, in London, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020.

U.K.’s ‘Moonshot’ mass virus test plan met with skepticism

A man wears a face mask to protect against infection from coronavirus as he sits on an Underground train, in London, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020.

September 10, 2020, 2:45pm Nation & World

Health experts on Thursday expressed strong skepticism about the British government’s ambitious plans to carry out millions of coronavirus tests daily in a bid to help people resume normal lives in the absence of a vaccine. Read story

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, approaches the microphones accompanied by, from left, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., at the start of a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

GOP’s slimmed-down virus bill scuttled by Senate Democrats

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, approaches the microphones accompanied by, from left, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., at the start of a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

September 10, 2020, 11:36am Latest News

Senate Democrats scuttled a scaled-back GOP coronavirus rescue package on Thursday, saying the measure shortchanged too many pressing needs as the pandemic continues its assault on the country. Read story

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Clark County reports 35 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths

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September 10, 2020, 11:24am Clark County Health Free

Clark County recorded 35 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths in data released Thursday by public health officials. Read story

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra&#039;s upcoming online concert will feature a reduced group of musicians -- mostly string players such as concertmaster Eva Richey, pictured here at the Vancouver waterfront on a recent evening. No breath-powered instruments will be part of the concert because of the risk of coronavirus transmission.

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra goes live with a strings-only online concert

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra&#039;s upcoming online concert will feature a reduced group of musicians -- mostly string players such as concertmaster Eva Richey, pictured here at the Vancouver waterfront on a recent evening. No breath-powered instruments will be part of the concert because of the risk of coronavirus transmission.

September 10, 2020, 6:01am Clark County Life

Driven by hunger to reassure classical music fans after months of lockdown, a safety-adapted, online-only but truly live version of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra will perform Sept. 26 on the big stage at Skyview Concert Hall. Read story

Medical student Megan Short works with a patient while communicating via smartphone during a telemedicine clinic at the Vancouver-based Free Clinic of Southwest Washington in August. The clinic brought back in-person appointments this month.

Telemedicine here to stay, Free Clinic of Southwest Washington says

Medical student Megan Short works with a patient while communicating via smartphone during a telemedicine clinic at the Vancouver-based Free Clinic of Southwest Washington in August. The clinic brought back in-person appointments this month.

September 10, 2020, 6:00am Clark County Health

The Free Clinic of Southwest Washington reopened to in-person care this month, but the clinic has implemented some key changes to its model of patient care. Read story