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Vaccinated Isnât Enough: Omicron Carries the Risk of Long Covid
President Biden told the U.S. that if you're triple vaxxed, you're safe for the holidays. That's not only not true, it's dismissing almost 10 million Americans affected by a chronic disease
U.S. Life Expectancy Dropped Nearly 2 Years in 2020
COVID-19 fueled the largest single-year increase in annual U.S. deaths on record
The NHL Reportedly Will Not Send Players to Beijing Olympics Over COVID-19 Delays to Season
As a result, the menâs Olympic hockey tournament will go on without NHL players for the second consecutive time
Fox Scraps âNew Yearâs Eve Toast & Roast 2022â Telecast Due to Omicron
Network is first to cancel originally planned NYE coverage live from New York's Times Square
âThe Ultimate F-You to Fansâ: The NBA Wonât Let Omicron Steal the Show. Thatâs Kyrie Irvingâs Job
Basketballâs vaccine civil war was supposed to end before Christmas in primetime. Now, with Omicron, comes the coldest winter yet
Biden Pivots to Home Tests to Confront Omicron Surge
WASHINGTON (AP) â Fighting the omicron variant surging through the country, President Joe Biden announced the government will provide 500 million free rapid home-testing kits, increase support for hospitals under strain and redouble vaccination and boosting efforts. At the White House on Tuesday, Biden detailed major changes to his COVID-19 winter plan, his hand forcedâŚ
âWe Have to Do Betterâ: Biden Plans to Combat Omicron by Sending Free At-Home Tests to Americans
"We should all be concerned about Omicron, not panicked. If you're fully vaccinated, especially if you got your booster shot, you are highly protected," the President said
We Need to Start Thinking Differently About Breakthrough Infections
For most of 2020, avoiding the novel coronavirus was at the heart of almost every piece of public-health advice. Then, vaccinations largely gave Americans their lives back. Breakthrough infections were remarkably rare in the early months of mass vaccination. Only about 10,000 peopleâor 0.01% of the 101 million U.S. adults who had been fully vaccinatedâreportedâŚ
How to Make COVID-19 Testing for Travel Far More Effective
After nearly 2 years of calling for rapid tests, the U.S. is finally catching up to the rest of the world with these crucial public health tools. There is no time better than now, as the Omicron quickly spreads in the U.S., and is more infectious and better able to break through the immune protectionâŚ
Donald Trump Received a COVID-19 Booster Shotâand Got Booed for It by His Own Crowd
Before the booing, Trump told the audience that they should âtake credit" for the success of the vaccines developed while he was in office
Omicron Takes Over America: COVID-19 Variant Now Makes Up 73% Cases
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers showed nearly a six-fold increase in omicron's share of COVID-19 infections in only one week.
My Kids Canât Get Vaccinated Yet, and Iâm Barely Keeping It Together
In the hospital parking lot, I pulled a stiff painterâs mask over my nose and mouth. I took a selfie on Snapchat, sent it to my brother and sister. My brother responded: âWhoa. Thatâs apocalyptic.â This was mid-March 2020, when we feared COVID-19 the way you fear an animalâs yellow eyes in the dark, notâŚ