Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House’s chief medical advisor, said on Monday that it’s too soon to tell whether omicron will bring an end to […]
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Inside a Seattle-area hospital, the Covid grind wears on staff
Responding to the surge, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday ordered 100 National Guard members to deploy at hospital emergency departments and to run Covid […]
Covid testing company with 300 pop-up sites across U.S. faces multiple probes
A company that operates more than 300 Covid-19 pop-up testing sites around the country is under investigation in multiple states and by a federal agency […]
Nurses told to use vacation and sick days to stay home if they test positive
Early in the pandemic, nurses were celebrated as heroes, with nightly symphonies of clapping or banging pots and pans. Now, many are being asked to […]
Law enforcement fatalities spiked in 2021. Covid-19 was the leading cause of death.
The number of law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty across the U.S. last year totaled 458, a 55 percent increase from […]
Where we are on a variant-specific Covid vaccine booster
Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson said Monday that they are continuing to develop updated Covid-19 vaccine booster shots that target the omicron variant, which […]
Many patients hospitalized for other ailments, also test positive
As the super contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads, hospitals are seeing a growing trend — patients admitted for other ailments are also testing […]
Novak Djokovic thanks family from quarantine as second player detained
Tennis star Novak Djokovic thanked his supporters and family on Friday, a day after his visa was cancelled and he was detained in a hotel […]
Tennis star Novak Djokovic denied entry into Australia, visa canceled amid vaccine exemption furor
Australian authorities barred tennis star Novak Djokovic from entering the country, canceling his visa and likely keeping him from defending his Australian Open title, officials […]
Kids hospitalized in record numbers
The number of children hospitalized with Covid-19 is soaring nationwide, especially as the highly transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads across the country. According […]