5 Things You Should Know About ‘Free’ At-Home Covid Tests

Art Shotwell 5 minutes read
Telling insurance companies to pay for rapid covid-19 tests is just the latest covid-related cost the federal government expects them to bear. But who really ends up paying for it?

CORBEVAX, a new patent-free COVID-19 vaccine, could be a pandemic game changer globally

Art Shotwell 6 minutes read
The world now has a new COVID-19 vaccine in its arsenal, and at a fraction of the cost per dose.

Dramatic increase in COVID cases in local hospitals

Art Shotwell 3 minutes read
Skagit County hospitals have seen a dramatic increase in the number of individuals admitted for inpatient care due to COVID-19 over the past week.

What Patients Can Learn With Confidence From One Negative Rapid Test (Hint: Very Little)

Art Shotwell 8 minutes read
While home antigen testing remains a useful — and underutilized — tool to curb the pandemic, experts say, it is often misused and may provide false confidence.

Inflation inequality: Poorest Americans are hit hardest by soaring prices on necessities

Art Shotwell 3 minutes read
The fastest rate of inflation in 40 years is hurting families across the U.S. who are seeing ever-higher prices for everything from meat and potatoes to housing and gasoline.

Schools to limit spectators at events

Art Shotwell 1 minute read
In light of the current rapid increase in coronavirus cases in the state and Skagit County, the Anacortes schools will limit audience at all athletic events starting this Saturday.