A federal judge has denied a request from a group of parents who want to stop Gov. Phil Murphy’s mask requirement for anyone in a school building.

The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters, ruling that 16- and 17-year-olds can get a third dose of Pfizer’s vaccine.

Statewide, an average of 3,900 people per day have been hospitalized with COVID-19 over the past two weeks, up 50% in a month.

Health Commissioner Dr. Judy Persichelli confirmed that the state lab had conducted sequencing on three suspected cases and the results are pending.

In small studies in South Africa and Germany, the results indicate a marked decrease in the ability of vaccines to neutralize this variant.

New cases in the U.S. climbed from an average of nearly 95,000 a day on Nov. 22 to almost 119,000 a day this week, and hospitalizations are up 25% from a month ago.

The inefficiency was caused by state lawmakers who chose to distribute most of the money by population rather than the actual number of renters in each county.

The two sides are set to argue their respective positions before the justices Wednesday in Philadelphia.

Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said lab tests showed a booster dose increased by 25-fold the level of so-called neutralizing antibodies against omicron.

The latest surge has led Gov. Carney to schedule his first coronavirus briefing in more than two months for this afternoon.

Troopers stood guard at entrances around the statehouse complex, including little-used doorways where no state police presence is typically present.

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The rapid emergence of the omicron variant of COVID-19 has many questioning whether they should rethink their holiday travel plans.

As the U.S. heads into midterm elections, the political right and the anti-vaccine movement are drawing ever-closer together — potentially at the cost of thousands of lives.

There's a lot we don't know about the new COVID variant. Many people are wondering if they can fly and go to holiday parties and restaurants — or should just hide out.