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Much discussion throughout the state has surrounded how, and at what speed, K-through-12 students should be brought out of distance learning and into at least a hybrid model because of the Coronavirus. Lacy Fehrenbach of the Washington State Health Department says, "We certainly want to be cautious ...

Washington State will begin receiving a new type of rapid-result COVID-19 antigen test kit from the federal government starting this week. According to the Department of Health, Abbot BinaxNOW antigen test kits will be delivered in batches, with the first about 149,000 strong ...

Coronavirus cases in Washington state have been slowly declining for about two months…but that seems to have come to an end, according to Washington State Health Department Secretary Dr. John Wiesman. "Clearly we have seen a stop in the decrease, and a plateau which is pretty concerning to me. Certa ...

The Washington State Department of Health provided an update on progress being made toward a COVD-19 vaccine. According to the Department, four states and one city have been chosen to be pilot regions in the CDC's planning. Washington is not one of the pilot states, but will develop plans based on lessons learned from the pilot project ...

The Chelan-Douglas Health District has named Nathan Weed as their newest Interim Administrator with the hope he is needed no longer than 12 weeks though it's flexible. Chelan County Commissioner Kevin Overbay says one of the benefits of Weed is that he's from the State Department of Health and they will cover the costs ...

Chelan and Douglas Counties, along with the three other counties in a modified Phase 1 status, all got an updated list of activities that are permitted by the State Department of Health. State Health Secretary John Wiesman says they're hoping to bring some uniformity ...

The Washington State Department of Health is changing some of the test data reporting to, in their words, "Account for the true volume of tests being done and to better benchmark our progress." Officials will now report the total number of tests processed, as opposed to the total number of individuals ...

The Washington State Department of Health says they have confirmed 11 cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, also known as MIS-C, across the Evergreen State. Six cases are in kids 9 or younger, with the other five in kids 10 or older ...

A multi-state outbreak of salmonella newport has infected approximately 650 people across the county, including 25 in Washington State. Health Officials are linking the disease to onions that were sold by Thomson International Inc. in cartons and mesh sacks ranging from 2 to 50 pounds under the following brand names: Thomson Premium, TLC Thomson International, Tender Loving Care, El Competitor, H

A report released by the State Department of Health says that new cases of COVID-19 are trending downwards in Western Washington, but going up east of the Cascades though the bulk of that is in Yakima County. The DOH also said that Yakima, Douglas and Chelan Counties had the highest number of cases relative to their population ...