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Kitsap County cooling centers: Where escape the heat wave

As a heat wave rolls into the northwest this week,\u00a0cooling centers across the county will be open starting Tuesday, July 26. ....

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Responders test plans to reach isolated neighborhoods during Cascadia drill

Kitsap County Department of Emergency Management has plans for dropping supplies to "micro-islands" around the county. ....

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St. Michael Medical Center requests staff as COVID-19 wears on

Public records reviewed by the Kitsap Sun show that the hospital requested nursing support in September, October and November. ....

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Reopening schools amid COVID-19: Teachers fear safety, some are dying

Laura Ungar and Samantha Young
Kaiser Health News
California mom Megan Bacigalupi has had enough. She wants her kindergartner and second-grader back in their Oakland classrooms.
But the coronavirus is spreading too quickly to open schools in Alameda County, based on current state standards. And the local teachers union hasn’t agreed to go back – even after teachers have been vaccinated. So she expects her kids will be logging on to school from home for a while.
“The impediments to opening are just too great,” said Bacigalupi, who is lobbying California lawmakers to establish firm, statewide health metrics that, once met, would require schools to open. “In the end, it comes down to a lack of political will to get the kids back in the classroom.” ....

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FDA announces plan to draft guidance to contend with COVID-19 variants

USA TODAY
Concerned about new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced late Thursday that it is developing guidance to help vaccine, drug and testing manufacturers adapt.
Existing vaccines, treatments and tests still work well, emphasized the FDA s acting commissioner Janet Woodcock. But now is the time to get ready for a future when they may not.
We must prepare for all eventualities, she said in a call with reporters.
Within the next few weeks, the FDA will provide draft guidance to manufacturers on how to adapt their products as needed, Woodcock said. Feedback from companies and others will help refine that guidance. ....

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