COVID-19 is the illness that’s caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. To date, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided emergency use authorization to three different vaccines to help protect against COVID-19. The vaccines that have been authorized for emergency use in the United States so far use two different types of technology: Messenger RNA (mRNA) and adenovirus vector.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Healthline

Hurricane Ida carved a path across Louisiana that cuts through a region packed with hazardous-chemical plants, raising risks of an environmental disaster along an industrial strip infamously nicknamed “Cancer Alley.” About two thirds of Louisiana’s industrial sites with toxic chemicals were in Ida’s path, with the storm predicted to charge through 590 sites that produce or store those hazardous materials, according to an analysis of the U.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bloomburg Green - Metered Site

Members of the Colfax Fire Department heard the call all firefighters fear on Saturday. "When you hear that call over the radio that a firefighter is down, your heart just sinks," said Colfax Assistant Fire Chief Craig Corbeill. That call was for long-time Colfax fire chief and volunteer firefighter Jim Krouse.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

The latest in a seemingly endless summer of large wildfires broke out early Sunday evening south of Wenatchee, as the Rooster Comb Fire erupted on Methow Street near the foot of Squilchuck Canyon and quickly surged into the surrounding drainages. Firewatchers put the initial size of the blaze at about 75 acres after it was reported about 4:49 p.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NCW Life Channel

Nine people were displaced by a house fire in Sultan late Friday night. The fire in the 12600 block of Trout Farm Road next to the Sultan River started just before midnight, said Fire District 5 Chief Merlin Halverson. By the time firefighters arrived, the fire was fully involved. The modular home was a total loss, he said.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2021 5:53:06 PM - SOURCE: Everett Herald