Health Vice President Pence To Get COVID-19 Vaccine Publicly On Friday The vice president is scheduled to get the vaccine in an event that will be publicly broadcast as officials seek to calm public fears surrounding the vaccine. Alana Wise
Public health agencies watching for rise in suicides during pandemic, but not seeing it It stands to reason that all the stress, anxiety and isolation of the pandemic could lead more people to take their own lives. But newly obtained data... Tom Banse
Health Unboxing the coronavirus vaccine in Seattle: A glimmer of hope The box looked like no big deal. White, cardboard, and a pink sticker that read, “priority boarding.” Isolde Raftery
Health Is Mass Vaccination The Best Strategy For All Countries? A Doctor's Surprising View Dr. Chizoba Barbara Wonodi of Johns Hopkins University explains why a strategy to vaccinate everyone may not be the best approach to fighting the virus in lower-income countries such as Nigeria. Michaeleen Doucleff
Health Vaccines arrive today and may start Tuesday, Gov. Inslee says The first doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine should start arriving in Washington on Monday, with the first vaccinations of front line health care workers beginning as early as Tuesday. Austin Jenkins
Government As Year-End Looms, Lawmakers Still Seek Deal On More Coronavirus Aid With lawmakers facing a mounting year-end to-do list, a deal on a new coronavirus relief package continues to be elusive for Congress. Barbara Sprunt
Health It’s all about air flow: How to keep coronavirus at bay indoors Proper mask-wearing, hand-washing, and other precautions taken at the individual level can reduce person-to-person transmission of the coronavirus. But another, less visible variable is also at play: Ventilation. Here’s what you should know about the risk of Covid-19 exposure while in indoor spaces, according to the experts. Liz Brazile
Health As U.S. authorizes Pfizer vaccine, UW expert looks at hopes and challenges that lie ahead For a look at what comes next, KUOW’S Kim Malcolm spoke with vaccine expert Deborah Fuller, professor of microbiology at the University of Washington. Kim Malcolm Andy Hurst
Covid-19 contact tracing in Pacific NW buckling under surging cases Since early in the pandemic, rapid contact tracing has been considered one of the keys to controlling the spread of the coronavirus. But in recent weeks... Tom Banse
I stayed sober through the pandemic Camila was 17, and four months sober when the pandemic started. She shared her struggles and triumphs through maintaining that progress with KUOW's Radioactive Youth Media program. https://www.kuow.org/stories/i-stayed-sober-through-the-pandemic Jared Lam
