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A worker in protective overall passes by a warehouse at the Baishazhou wholesale market during a visit by the World Health Organization on the third day of field visit in Wuhan in central China&#039;s Hubei province on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021.

WHO teams visits Wuhan food market in search of virus clues

A worker in protective overall passes by a warehouse at the Baishazhou wholesale market during a visit by the World Health Organization on the third day of field visit in Wuhan in central China&#039;s Hubei province on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021.

January 31, 2021, 1:33pm Nation & World

A World Health Organization team looking into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday visited the food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan that was linked to many early infections. Read story

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2021 file photo, a health care professional prepares a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Sheba Tel Hashomer Hospital in Ramat Gan, Israel. Israel Defense Minister Benny Gantz&#039;s office said Sundya, Jan. 31, 2021, that Israel has agreed to transfer 5,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine to the Palestinians to immunize front-line medical workers. It is the first time that Israel has confirmed the transfer of vaccines to the Palestinians.

Israel to give some coronavirus vaccines to Palestinians

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2021 file photo, a health care professional prepares a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Sheba Tel Hashomer Hospital in Ramat Gan, Israel. Israel Defense Minister Benny Gantz&#039;s office said Sundya, Jan. 31, 2021, that Israel has agreed to transfer 5,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine to the Palestinians to immunize front-line medical workers. It is the first time that Israel has confirmed the transfer of vaccines to the Palestinians.

January 31, 2021, 12:52pm Nation & World

Israel has agreed to transfer 5,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine to the Palestinians to immunize front-line medical workers, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz's office announced Sunday. Read story

Nearly a year on, many of the earliest COVID-19 ‘long-haulers’ are still not back to normal

January 31, 2021, 12:14pm Northwest

Kelly Hickman knows exactly how she got the novel coronavirus: Attending a friend’s wedding in early March, just before scattered outbreaks around the globe coalesced into a pandemic. Read story

Chuck Adams of La Center, left, gives a thumbs-up while receiving his COVID-19 vaccination from Staff Sgt. Cory Hoveskeland of the Air National Guard at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds on Tuesday morning, January 26, 2021. Adams said getting the vaccination went smoothly. "I didn't even feel it," he said. Tuesday was the first day of mass vaccinations in Clark County, which are given by appointment only.

Appointments available next week for virus vaccine at fairgrounds site

Chuck Adams of La Center, left, gives a thumbs-up while receiving his COVID-19 vaccination from Staff Sgt. Cory Hoveskeland of the Air National Guard at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds on Tuesday morning, January 26, 2021. Adams said getting the vaccination went smoothly. "I didn't even feel it," he said. Tuesday was the first day of mass vaccinations in Clark County, which are given by appointment only.

January 30, 2021, 6:33pm Clark County News Free

After more than 10,000 people got COVID-19 vaccines at Washington's mass vaccination sites this week, more appointments are available for the upcoming week. Read story

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center.

Legacy Salmon Creek takes special steps after a Friday night protest

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center.

January 30, 2021, 5:40pm Clark County News

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center went into lockdown Friday night and remained in “partial lockdown” on Saturday, a spokeswoman said, after protesters gathered outside the building - some of them armed - because they thought a patient inside, who had refused a COVID-19 test, was being held against her will. Read story

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2021, file photo, people wait in line for the COVID-19 vaccine in Paterson, N.J. A racial gap has opened up in the nation&#039;s COVID-19 vaccination drive, with Black Americans in many places lagging behind whites in receiving shots, an Associated Press analysis shows.

AP analysis: Racial disparity seen in U.S. vaccine drive

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2021, file photo, people wait in line for the COVID-19 vaccine in Paterson, N.J. A racial gap has opened up in the nation&#039;s COVID-19 vaccination drive, with Black Americans in many places lagging behind whites in receiving shots, an Associated Press analysis shows.

January 30, 2021, 2:41pm Health

A racial gap has opened up in the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, with Black Americans in many places lagging behind whites in receiving shots, an Associated Press analysis shows. Read story

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 file photo, a droplet falls from a syringe after a health care worker was injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Providence, R.I. Some hospitals around the U.S. are facing complaints about favoritism and line-jumping after their board members and donors received COVID-19 vaccinations or offers for the prized inoculations. In Rhode Island, Attorney General Peter Neronha opened an inquiry after reports that two hospital systems offered their board members vaccinations.

Playing favorites? Hospital boards, donors get COVID-19 shots

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 file photo, a droplet falls from a syringe after a health care worker was injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Providence, R.I. Some hospitals around the U.S. are facing complaints about favoritism and line-jumping after their board members and donors received COVID-19 vaccinations or offers for the prized inoculations. In Rhode Island, Attorney General Peter Neronha opened an inquiry after reports that two hospital systems offered their board members vaccinations.

January 30, 2021, 2:35pm Nation & World

While millions of Americans wait for the COVID-19 vaccine, hospital board members, their trustees and donors around the country have gotten early access to the scarce drug or offers for vaccinations, raising complaints about favoritism tainting decisions about who gets inoculated and when. Read story

Eighth grader Brooke Pisors, 13, from left, leads sixth grader Tucker Troffer, 11, and his mom, Megan, on a school tour as signs in the hallway at Liberty Middle School in Camas help keep students socially distanced on Wednesday afternoon. Schools have designed personalized COVID-19 mitigation plans to keep students and staff safe.

Camas sixth graders returning to in-person classes Monday

Eighth grader Brooke Pisors, 13, from left, leads sixth grader Tucker Troffer, 11, and his mom, Megan, on a school tour as signs in the hallway at Liberty Middle School in Camas help keep students socially distanced on Wednesday afternoon. Schools have designed personalized COVID-19 mitigation plans to keep students and staff safe.

January 30, 2021, 6:02am Clark County News

David Volke’s sixth-grade humanities classroom at Camas’ Liberty Middle School has waited almost 11 months to be filled with students — max capacity allowed under current state guidance, of course. Read story

Clark County Public Health hosts COVID-19 briefing Monday

January 30, 2021, 6:00am Clark County News

Clark, Cowlitz and Skamania counties will co-host a virtual community briefing about COVID-19 vaccination efforts taking place in the three counties. Read story

Mass vaccinations for COVID-19 were held by appointment at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds on Tuesday morning, January 26, 2021.

Washington schools officials announce plan to vaccinate teachers

Mass vaccinations for COVID-19 were held by appointment at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds on Tuesday morning, January 26, 2021.

January 29, 2021, 3:45pm Clark County News Free

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, in partnership with Kaiser Permanente, announced Friday what they’re calling a bold plan to help vaccinate all Washington school teachers and staff once the state advances into the next COVID-19 vaccination phase. Read story