Last week, the World Health Organization designated NB.1.8.1, a new strain of COVID-19 that’s been rising in frequency lately, as a “variant under monitoring.” Now, Washington state has its ...

COVID-19 cases are rising again as a new variant begins to circulate in some parts of the world. The World Health Organization said Wednesday the rise in cases is primarily in the eastern ...

David Hall is the executive director of the Northwest chapter of Transplant Recipients International Organization. He has lived in Washington state since his kidney transplant in 2009, and splits his ...

All hypotheses on how the Covid-19 pandemic began remain open, the World Health Organization said, following an inconclusive four-year investigation that was hamstrung by crucial information being ...

SEATTLE — The Washington Department of Health (DOH) said Monday it has detected a new COVID-19 variant in the state. According to the DOH, health officials found 14 sequenced detections of NB.1. ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) considers NB.1.8.1 a variant because it is rising in frequency in regions where it has been detected. The organization said the public health risk posed by the ...