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The local health department says the person who tested positive for the variant is in isolation.

Bill Cosby, Free but Not Exonerated, Faces an Uncertain Future Though his conviction was overturned, and his team is discussing future work, experts say it’s not likely the ruling will change the public perception of the former star. Bill Cosby stands outside his home near Philadelphia between his spokesman, Andrew Wyatt, right, and lawyer, Jennifer Bonjean.Credit...Mark Makela/Reuters July 1, 2021 Since Bill Cosby left prison this week after three years of incarceration, flashing a defiant V...

By Kathi OShea May 11, 2021 6:30 am Associated PressFILE - This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP, File) BELLINGHAM, Wash. — A COVID-19 outbreak has stricken a Bellingham skilled nursing facility. The Whatcom County Health Department has...

Health officials monitoring COVID-19 outbreak at Whatcom County nursing facility KIRO 7 News Staff © Provided by KIRO Seattle The Whatcom County Health Department said it has identified 19 confirmed COVID-19 cases in an ongoing outbreak among staff and residents at a Bellingham nursing facility. Health Department officials said they have been responding to the outbreak at Avamere Bellingham Healthcare and Rehabilitation since being notified of the cases on April 24. Officials ...

By Kathi OShea February 24, 2021 7:00 am BELLINGHAM, Wash. — The first confirmed case of the COVID-19 U.K. variant has been reported in Whatcom County. The Whatcom County Health Department says it was notified Monday that the variant had been detected in a Whatcom County resident. County Health Officer Dr. Greg Stern says they expected it to be identified in Whatcom County as it has been present in neighboring counties for several weeks. The variant transmits infection more effectively than ...