Month: January 2021

A PERSON WHO RECEIVED A COVID VACCINE DIED HOURS AFTER RECEIVING THE DOSE. THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE PLACER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. DEPUTIES SAY THE PERSON TESTED POSITIVE IN LATE DECEMBER AN RECEIVED THE VACCINE THURSDAY. THE COUNTY’S PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT DID NOT ADMINISTER THE VACCINE. DEPUTIES SAY MULTIPLE AGENCIES ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF DE Patient dies in Placer County after receiving COVID-19 vaccine Multiple agencies investigating cause of death Updated: 7:21 PM PST Jan 23, 2021 A person who received a COVID-19 vaccine died hours after receiving the dose, according to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office. Deputie...

The B.1.1.7 variant was discovered in two cases in Snohomish County. Health officials said there are likely more cases yet to be identified. SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. — A day after health experts warned a variant of the COVID-19 strain that spreads easier could already be in Washington state, the Department of Health announced the B.1.1.7 variant was detected in two cases. The UW Medicine Virology Lab detected two cases of the variant in specimens from two Snohomish County residents. The lab screened 1,035 samples between Dec. 25 and Jan. 20 to detect mutations associated with the variant, w...

Facebook Share Twitter Share By The Oregonian/OregonLive Oregon officials on Saturday announced the state’s second known case of the contagious strain of the coronavirus that rapidly swept through the United Kingdom. The Oregon Health Authority said it was notified Friday that someone in Yamhill County tested positive for the variant COVID-19 strain, which is known as B.1.1.7. The person has no known travel history, officials said. Public health officials are investigating the person’s possible sources of infection. A University of Portland employee last week became the first Oregonian identified with the new, more contagious strain of coronavirus. Federal officials say the strain is far more transmissible than the standard coronavirus and will likely make up a bulk of U.S. infec...

A new study looking at which jobs carry the most risk of death for California workers amid the coronavirus pandemic found that cooks have the deck stacked against them, according to a new study, which called for those same laborers to be prioritized for vaccines. Next up are the people who operate packaging machines, followed by agricultural workers, bakers, construction laborers, factory hands and shipping clerks, according to Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, the vice dean of Population Health and Health Equity at University of California San Francisco, who worked on the study. A pharmacist prepares a syringe of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at Queen Anne Healthcare, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility in Seattle. Pfizer has committed to sup...