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Melissa Pond, who works in COVID-19 response for Clark County Public Health, pauses for a portrait outside Public Health&#039;s building in Vancouver. Pond lost an uncle to the virus and also contracted it herself in the fall.

Clark County Public Health worker is at forefront of COVID-19 response

Melissa Pond, who works in COVID-19 response for Clark County Public Health, pauses for a portrait outside Public Health&#039;s building in Vancouver. Pond lost an uncle to the virus and also contracted it herself in the fall.

March 10, 2021, 6:05am Clark County Health

The first few weeks of the pandemic, cases were just trickling in. I thought, “Maybe it’s not going to be this big thing.” Read story

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Clark County reports 18 new COVID-19 cases, lowest daily count since September

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March 9, 2021, 2:35pm Clark County Health Free

Clark County recorded 18 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest single-day tally since late September, as trends show a monthslong decline in disease activity may be leveling out. No new deaths were reported. Read story

President Joe Biden congratulates NASA&#039;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mars 2020 Perseverance team for successfully landing on Mars during a virtual call in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Thursday, March 4, 2021.

AP-NORC poll: Americans largely back Biden’s virus response

President Joe Biden congratulates NASA&#039;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mars 2020 Perseverance team for successfully landing on Mars during a virtual call in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Thursday, March 4, 2021.

March 9, 2021, 10:28am Politics

Joe Biden is enjoying an early presidential honeymoon, with 60 percent of Americans approving of his job performance thus far and even more backing his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Read story

OHSU researchers find UK COVID variant with mutation that could be less affected by vaccines

March 9, 2021, 9:53am Health

Oregon researchers have found a case of a rapidly spreading COVID-19 variant carrying a mutation that could be less affected by existing vaccines developed to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Read story

Over 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Washington

March 8, 2021, 8:34pm Latest News

More than 2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Washington since mid-December, officials said Monday evening. Read story

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Clark County reports 100 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths since Friday

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March 8, 2021, 11:35am Clark County Health Free

Clark County recorded 100 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths since Friday, according to the latest data released Monday by Clark County Public Health. Read story

Mask burnings in Idaho are latest protest against COVID-19 restrictions

March 8, 2021, 9:53am Latest News

More than a year into a pandemic that has claimed 523,000 lives in the United States, right-wing protesters in Idaho, including a handful of elected officials, set protective masks aflame, claiming face coverings stifle their personal liberties. Read story

Beachgoers take advantage of the weather as they spend time on Clearwater Beach Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in Clearwater, Fla., a popular spring break destination, west of Tampa. Colleges around the U.S. are scaling back spring break or canceling it entirely to discourage beachfront partying that could raise infection rates back on campus.

Spring-break partying falls victim to COVID-19 crisis

Beachgoers take advantage of the weather as they spend time on Clearwater Beach Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in Clearwater, Fla., a popular spring break destination, west of Tampa. Colleges around the U.S. are scaling back spring break or canceling it entirely to discourage beachfront partying that could raise infection rates back on campus.

March 8, 2021, 9:52am Latest News

Goodbye, sunshine. Hello, study sessions. Read story

Leo Carney, kitchen manager at McElroy&#039;s Harbor House in Biloxi on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, said the removal of coronavirus restrictions will disproportionately impact Black residents -- many of whom are essential workers, Friday, March 5, 2021. Carney said he would feel better with restrictions being removed if essential workers had access to the coronavirus vaccine. (AP Photo/Rogelio V.

Workers worry about safety, stress as states ease mask rules

Leo Carney, kitchen manager at McElroy&#039;s Harbor House in Biloxi on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, said the removal of coronavirus restrictions will disproportionately impact Black residents -- many of whom are essential workers, Friday, March 5, 2021. Carney said he would feel better with restrictions being removed if essential workers had access to the coronavirus vaccine. (AP Photo/Rogelio V.

March 7, 2021, 3:13pm Nation & World

Leo Carney worries that bigger crowds and mask-less diners could endanger workers at the Biloxi, Mississippi, seafood restaurant where he manages the kitchen. Maribel Cornejo, who earns $9.85 an hour as a McDonald's cook in Houston, can't afford to get sick and frets co-workers will become more lax about wearing… Read story

FILE - In this March 2, 2021, file photo, socially distanced and with protective partitions students work on an art project during class at the Sinaloa Middle School in Novato, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law Friday, March 5, with $6.6 billion in incentives to try to get more California schools to reopen. The response has been lukewarm support, as teachers resist and parents complain that it doesn&#039;t do enough to get kids in the classroom.

New California law aims to put kids in class. Will it work?

FILE - In this March 2, 2021, file photo, socially distanced and with protective partitions students work on an art project during class at the Sinaloa Middle School in Novato, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law Friday, March 5, with $6.6 billion in incentives to try to get more California schools to reopen. The response has been lukewarm support, as teachers resist and parents complain that it doesn&#039;t do enough to get kids in the classroom.

March 7, 2021, 3:08pm Nation & World

California’s public schools can tap into $6.6 billion in a plan Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Friday to try to pressure districts to reopen classrooms by the end of March. Educators, parents and lawmakers question whether it will work. Read story