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[TRENDING NEWS] Denmark and Norway Predict Drastic Spike in Omicron Cases

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Author: BY CARL ZIMMER AND EMILY ANTHES - Publish Date: December 14, 2021 at 03:58AM Health authorities in Europe are warning of a sharp increase in Omicron cases, adding to an existing surge from the Delta variant.

[TRENDING NEWS] Why Hospitalizations Are Now a Better Indicator of Covid’s Impact

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Author: BY MONICA GANDHI AND LESLIE BIENEN - Publish Date: December 12, 2021 at 03:00AM In highly vaccinated areas, Covid policies should be tied to hospitalizations.

[TRENDING NEWS] Amid Variant Fears, U.K. Discovers Limits to Its Virus Strategy

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Author: BY MARK LANDLER AND MEGAN SPECIA - Publish Date: December 1, 2021 at 01:14AM Britain’s approach to coronavirus-related restrictions has been looser than other European countries, but the Omicron variant has spurred swift action on mitigation measures.

[TRENDING NEWS] New variant displaying a ‘big jump in evolution’ detected in South Africa.

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Author: BY LYNSEY CHUTEL - Publish Date: November 26, 2021 at 03:30AM The density of mutations raises concerns. While it’s too early to say, new variants can pose a threat to progress or limit a vaccine’s effectiveness.

[TRENDING NEWS] Boosters Are Complicating Efforts to Persuade the Unvaccinated to Get Shots

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Author: BY JAN HOFFMAN - Publish Date: October 12, 2021 at 01:00AM The number of eligible people still weighing whether to get a Covid vaccine has sharply dwindled, leaving an unvaccinated population that is mostly hard-core refusers.

[TRENDING NEWS] The Delta variant caused a spike in deaths among nursing home residents, study finds.

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Author: BY REED ABELSON - Publish Date: October 4, 2021 at 01:38AM Nursing homes reported nearly 1,800 deaths among their residents and staff in August, the highest monthly toll since February.

[TRENDING NEWS] Delta variant detected in 99% of U.S. cases, according to C.D.C.

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Author: BY VÍCTOR MANUEL RAMOS - Publish Date: September 19, 2021 at 02:56AM The highly infectious variant of Covid-19 has contributed to a rise in cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the United States.

[TRENDING NEWS] Covid Ravaged South America. Then Came a Puzzling Reprieve.

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Author: BY ERNESTO LONDOÑO, DANIEL POLITI AND FLÁVIA MILHORANCE - Publish Date: September 6, 2021 at 12:05AM South America was the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic early this year. Experts can’t quite explain why new infections and deaths are falling so fast.

[TRENDING NEWS] N.Y.C.’s mayor directs city employees to soon return to the office full-time.

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Author: BY DANA RUBINSTEIN - Publish Date: September 2, 2021 at 01:50AM There are more than 300,000 city workers overall, but many of them are essential employees who have already been reporting to job sites.

[TRENDING NEWS] At a Children’s Hospital, a Wave of Young Patients Struggling to Breathe

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Author: BY NOAH WEILAND AND ERIN SCHAFF - Publish Date: August 28, 2021 at 12:42AM A federal “surge team” is helping exhausted doctors and nurses through one of most trying periods in the history of Children’s Hospital New Orleans.

[TRENDING NEWS] Chicago will require city workers to be vaccinated, the mayor says.

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Author: BY JULIE BOSMAN - Publish Date: August 26, 2021 at 01:42AM The mandate requires municipal workers — including teachers and other public school employees — to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 15 unless they obtain medical or religious exemptions.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Bumpy Fall Semester

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Author: BY AMELIA NIERENBERG - Publish Date: August 25, 2021 at 11:40PM Debates rage over masks and vaccines.

[TRENDING NEWS] Cases Keep Rising as Covid Refuses to Retreat

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Author: BY MITCH SMITH - Publish Date: August 19, 2021 at 11:57PM The latest news and data from the team tracking the coronavirus.

[TRENDING NEWS] Israel, Once the Model for Beating Covid, Faces New Surge of Infections

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Author: BY ISABEL KERSHNER - Publish Date: August 19, 2021 at 01:02AM One of the most vaccinated societies, Israel now has one of the highest infection rates in the world, raising questions about the vaccine’s efficacy.

[TRENDING NEWS] All health care workers in New York must get vaccinated, the governor says.

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Author: BY SHARON OTTERMAN - Publish Date: August 16, 2021 at 11:35PM The mandate will apply to all hospitals, nursing homes, and adult care facilities, public and private.

[TRENDING NEWS] Biden Administration Plans for Vaccine Boosters, Perhaps by Fall

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Author: BY SHARON LAFRANIERE - Publish Date: August 15, 2021 at 12:05AM A policy has not been set. But nursing home residents and health care workers would most likely be first in line.