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U.S. sets new COVID hospitalization record, signaling Omicron surge could be less mild than experts hoped

The U.S. set a new COVID-19 hospitalization record Monday, exceeding 140,000 patients for the first time since the start of the pandemic — a warning sign, experts say, that the nation’s Omicron surge is already more severe than in...

What the latest science says about how — and when — the Omicron surge will end

When the ultramutated Omicron variant first surfaced in South Africa about seven weeks ago, scientists knew it would be unlike any of its coronavirus predecessors.But beyond that, they didn’t know much — about its transmissibility, its severity, its ability...

An explosion of likely Omicron cases at Cornell shows what's next for the U.S.

To get an early sense of what the heavily mutated Omicron variant has in store for the United States, look no further than Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.On Tuesday, Dec. 7, Cornell conducted 5,456 tests and reported 27 COVID-19...

Poll: As Omicron looms, a growing number of Trump voters oppose even 'encouraging' vaccination

As the heavily mutated Omicron variant starts to spread across the U.S., more Donald Trump voters now say they oppose officials “encouraging” Americans to get vaccinated than say they support such encouragement, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll.That’s...

Ahead of Omicron, COVID hospitalizations are rising in 37 states

U.S. COVID-19 hospitalizations are now rising in 37 of 50 states, including several with above-average vaccination rates.Meanwhile, COVID cases are again starting to climb in nearly half of the other 13 states, signaling that hospitalizations may soon follow. Among...

The big reason Omicron could still 'significantly prolong the pandemic'

As the heavily mutated Omicron variant rips across South Africa at an astonishing rate — likely because it’s better at causing reinfections and breakthrough cases than any previous version of the coronavirus — anxious observers in the U.S. and...

The FDA reportedly plans to approve COVID boosters for all this week. Why experts say that’s the right call.

Last Thursday, Colorado became the first state in the U.S. to approve COVID-19 boosters for all residents over 18 who were initially vaccinated at least six months ago — breaking with federal officials, who at the time had authorized...

Kids ages 5 to 11 can finally get the COVID vaccine. How that could end the U.S. pandemic

On Tuesday, after months of delays, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finally authorized Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, citing clinical trials that found it both safe and more than 90 percent effective in...

Delta's surprise U.K. comeback is a warning sign for the U.S.

When it comes to COVID-19, what happens in the United Kingdom rarely stays in the United Kingdom — and that, in turn, rarely bodes well for the rest of the world.Again and again, the U.K. has previewed the next...

Key FDA panel recommends 2nd J&J shot — and opens door to mixing and matching vaccines

A key federal advisory committee voted unanimously Friday to recommend emergency authorization of an additional shot for all recipients of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine at least two months after their initial dose, a sign that 15 million Americans...

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