omicron

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Michigan is currently one of several Midwest states that are seeing the highest rates of infection in the US, including Minnesota and Wisconsin, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. One Western New York county declared a state of emergency Tuesday, requiring face masks in all county-operated facilities. The catalyst for the decision in Monroe […]

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In Melbourne, Deakin University’s chair of epidemiology, Catherine Bennett, said a significant new variant did not necessarily mean a worse variant, despite the world’s experience with the delta strain. “If we had something more infectious, something capable of outrunning delta, that had a better profile when it came to virulence or disease causation, then that […]

Much remains unknown about Omicron. Yet if it prolongs the pandemic, it could keep prices rising, hurt job growth and make the supply chain crisis worse.”The recent rise in Covid-19 cases and the emergence of the Omicron variant pose downside risks to employment and economic activity and increased uncertainty for inflation,” Powell wrote in prepared […]

WATERLOO, Iowa (KWWL) — The Black Hawk County Health Department says it is currently monitoring the Omicron variant situation.  There are no known cases of the Omicron variant in the U.S. or Iowa at this point. Josh Pikora, Disease Surveillance and Investigation Manager, says there are so many unknowns at this point. He says local […]

The new Omicron coronavirus variant has created another threat to the U.S. pandemic response, after new Covid-19 infections reached around 90,000 a day and millions of people spent the past week gathering with family and friends.

“We have to go through a couple of weeks yet of uncertainty,” Dr. Paul Burton, the chief medical officer for Moderna, told CNN’s Paula Reid on Sunday. The raft of unknowns spooked financial markets on Friday, when the Dow plummeted 905 points, or 2.5%, logging its worst day in over a year. Oil prices plunged […]

WASHINGTON (NewsNation Now) — The United States began restricting travel to at least eight African countries Monday as the omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread globally. It’s unclear where the new variant first emerged, but scientists in South Africa alerted the World Health Organization, and it has now been seen in travelers arriving in several countries, from […]

The global risk of the new omicron variant is “very high,” the World Health Organization said Monday, as more countries reported cases of the variant that has sparked worldwide concern that there is more pandemic suffering ahead. As cases of the variant are confirmed around the world, an increasing number of nations are tightening their borders despite […]

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Americans don’t hate Joe Biden; they just think he’s incompetent. With omicron, the highly contagious new COVID mutation barreling down on us, that’s not reassuring.   It is also not speculation; it’s the reading from the most recent Economist/YouGov poll, which found only 17% of the nation . […]


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