Rolovich loses lawsuit against Washington State over firing
Judge Thomas O. Rice of the Eastern District of Washington handed down a summary judgment on Monday. Read more
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Experts warn Trump’s health picks lack pandemic experience
“If the worst-case scenario happens and we have a serious public health crisis, the body count is going to be enormous because these guys don’t have the skills or the will to do anything about it,” said John P. Moore, a virus expert and professor at Cornell University’s Weill Cornell Medical College. Read more
An Idaho health department is barred from offering COVID shots
The ban will make it harder for some people to access COVID vaccines in the six-county region in southwestern Idaho, which include Adams, Canyon, Owyhee, Gem, Washington and Payette counties and covers over 300,000 residents. Read more
On the COVID ‘off-ramp’: No tests, isolation or masks
The rate of hospitalizations with COVID is nearly twice what it was at this time last summer, and deaths — despite being down almost 75% from what they were at the worst of the pandemic — are still double what they were this spring. Read more
Zuckerberg: Biden pressured Meta to censor COVID-19 content
In July 2021, President Joe Biden, a Democrat, said social media platforms like Facebook “are killing people” for allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to be posted on its platform. Read more
Biden heads to Washington after COVID, ending campaign
Biden’s White House physician said the president had tested negative for COVID and that his symptoms had resolved. Read more
Hawaii joins 20 other states with ‘very high’ COVID levels in sewage
Across the nation, COVID-19’s shadow has become more pronounced lately, with the usual seasonal uptick in travel and socialization spawning a fresh spate of infections. Read more
Biden tests positive for COVID-19, White House says
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced the positive test for the 81-year-old Democrat after Biden cancelled a speech due to the diagnosis. Read more
7 states hit ‘very high’ COVID levels as sewage detections jump
COVID-19 is growing or probably growing in 44 states and in the nation’s capital, the CDC reported. Read more
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California, Hawaii among 15 states with elevated coronavirus levels in sewage
Experts say the new subvariants are more contagious than the winter’s dominant subvariant, JN.1. Read more
FDA advisers: Next COVID shots should target variants with JN.1 lineage
The 16 advisors did not vote on whether to favor the original JN.1 variant or one of its successors like the currently dominant KP.2 strain. Read more
Fauci denies suppressing COVID lab leak theory
In his first time addressing the allegations publicly since a 14-hour hearing held behind closed doors in January, Fauci also reiterated that he believes the most likely origin of the pandemic was animal-to-human transmission. Read more
Fauci faces skeptical GOP to bat back COVID-19 accusations
He said the idea that he sought to cover up a theory that the virus originated in a lab in Wuhan, China, was “simply preposterous.” Read more
Tech View: Hawaii benefits from latest Google Connect initiative
Tech giant Google has announced a $1 billion investment in expanding digital connectivity across the Pacific that includes the Hawaiian Islands. Read more
Four years on, COVID has reshaped life for many Americans
In interviews, some people said that the changes are subtle but unmistakable. Read more
More hospitals require masks as flu and COVID-19 cases surge
Experts say this season likely won’t prove to be as deadly as some other recent winters. Read more
JN.1 accounts for nearly half of U.S. COVID cases
JN.1’s momentum this month suggests that it may be more transmissible or better at evading our immune systems than other variants currently circulating. Read more
Face masks are largely absent these days in the U.S.
There are people — lots of people. But look around, and it’s clear one thing is largely absent these days: face masks. Read more
COVID-19 aid thieves bought cars, a private island and more
The loss from theft and waste represents close to 10% of the $4.3 trillion the U.S. government has disbursed to mitigate the economic devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
U.S. child vaccination exemptions hit record; Hawaii sees biggest jump
Hawaii’s exemption rate rose to 6.4%, nearly double the year before, according to a CDC report. Read more
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ‘superspreader’ of vaccine misinformation
Many years before anti-vaccine activists exploited the pandemic to bring their ideas to the American mainstream, Kennedy was among the most influential spreaders of fear and distrust around vaccines. Read more
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