Tag: Coronavirus Omicron Variant

How America’s ICUs Are Dealing with Another Christmas of Death and Distress

INDIANAPOLIS — Of all the Covid patients that Ronda Stevenson is treating…

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United, Delta Cancel Flights as Crews Fall Victim to Covid

Thousands of would-be travelers received last-minute cancellations of their Christmas flights on…

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Covid-19 At-Home Testing and PCR, Rapid Testing Questions: What to Know

“If you can’t get tests, you have to decide how much risk…

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C.D.C. Shortens Covid Isolation Period for Health Care Workers

Given that health care workers are tested frequently, are largely vaccinated, and…

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Booster Protection Wanes Against Omicron Within 10 Weeks, Data Suggests

New data from Britain suggests that booster protection against symptomatic Covid caused…

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What Are the Symptoms of Omicron, the New Covid Variant?

It’s likely that the symptoms of Omicron will resemble Delta’s more than…

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Omicron Is Just Beginning and Americans Are Already Tired

MIAMI — The Omicron variant has turned a season of joy into…

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There’s One City That Can Show Us Our Omicron Future

While high levels of community vaccination are necessary, public health leaders must…

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Is That Sniffle a Cold? Or Is It Covid?

There is a distinction between reasonable fear and anxiety that becomes disproportionate…

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Most of the World’s Vaccines Likely Won’t Prevent Infection From Omicron

A growing body of preliminary research suggests the Covid vaccines used in…

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Covid Surge Puts Many Americans on Edge About Traveling

Monica Neal of Smyrna, Ga., took a trip to South Africa on…

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Most Covid Infections May Soon Be Breakthroughs. Here’s What That Means.

Hospitals are already overburdened by Delta patients, and the consequences of many…

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