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Omicron surge putting strain on schools to stay open, experts say
Ina Fassbender/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- COVID-19 has been a major challenge for schools. From shutting down in March 2020, to reopening and trying to stay open, the task has been varied and in s...
Dec 24, 2021
Omicron the Grinch hits kids, families days before Christmas
MediaNews Group/Orange County Register/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Gretchen Lee, a third grader in Washington, D.C., was wrapping up her last week in school ahead of Christmas break when the unexpected ...
Dec 24, 2021
WHO investigating mysterious illness in South Sudan that has killed nearly 100 people
Fabrice Coffrino/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The World Health Organization is investigating a mysterious illness in South Sudan that has killed dozens of people. So far, 97 people have died of the unkno...
Dec 23, 2021
FDA authorizes Merck pill for COVID-19 treatment
SOPA Images/Getty ImagesThe Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized Merck's COVID-19 pill for certain adults. The authorization is limited to adults who have a high risk of severe illness ...
Dec 23, 2021
Omicron vs. treatments: What we know about how monoclonal antibodies work against new variant
Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With omicron's explosive spread threatening to outpace current COVID-19 treatments, the race is on to find new options that will stand up to the varia...
Dec 23, 2021
CityMD temporarily closes 19 locations amid surge in COVID-19 cases
Lindsey Nicholson/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Urgent care chain CityMD announced it is temporarily closing more than a dozen of its 150 locations in New York ...
Dec 22, 2021
DC mayor announces vaccine mandate for restaurants, bars, starting in January
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Wednesday that certain establishments, including restaurants, bars, nightclubs, gyms, events and meeting spaces, will require p...
Dec 22, 2021
What we know so far about the COVID omicron variant
Chesnot/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A month after the omicron variant was first identified, it has become the dominant strain in the United States, responsible for about three-quarters of new COVID infe...
Dec 22, 2021
Pfizer's COVID treatment pill authorized by FDA
Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- An at-home treatment for COVID-19 that can prevent serious illness was authorized by the Food and Drug Administration on Wedn...
Dec 22, 2021
US life expectancy declined in 2020 mainly due to COVID, report finds
(ATLANTA) -- Life expectancy in the United States decreased by nearly two years in 2020, mainly because of the pandemic, a new federal report suggests. In 2019, Americans had a life expectancy -- the ...
Dec 22, 2021
