You could call it the long goodbye. The World Health Organization on Friday ended the global health emergency for COVID-19, in place since early 2020. In the United States, the federal government has ...

The pandemic’s toll has not ended for many hospitals in Washington state, even with fewer COVID-19 cases to treat. Hospitals are struggling to cope with high patient loads that are not COVID-related.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The share of Tri-City students exceeding state standardized testing hasn’t changed much since last year, a sign that recovery from ...

Fewer Washingtonians have been vaccinated against the flu and COVID-19 so far this season than at this point in the last three years, according to state health data. As of this week, providers had ...

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines fill their syringes at Borinquen Health Care Center on May 29 in Miami. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) As Washington seeks to make COVID-19 vaccines ...

Washington residents 6 months and older can now receive an updated COVID-19 vaccine from pharmacies and medical clinics without a prescription, under a new standing order signed by the state health ...

Hispanics in Washington state have had higher rates of infection and death from the COVID-19 pandemic than the general population. And if national statistics hold for the state, they also have higher ...

The Washington state Department of Health retired its COVID-19 Data Dashboard on Monday, after more than three years of tracking the pandemic-causing illness. But the data isn’t going away; it will ...

A federal website offering free COVID-19 antigen at-home test kits went live Thursday, offering up to four nasal swab tests per household before the holiday season. Americans can receive the nasal ...

It’s been five years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, turning our lives upside down. It’s not exactly an anniversary anyone wants to celebrate. But there is some good ...

SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Department of Health has confirmed at least four other Washingtonians died from COVID complications before or on Feb. 28, 2020 — the date the first known death was ...