Public Health

The burning questions: What makes this newly identified variant so transmissible?. And what does it mean for preventing spread?

The announcement comes shortly after the European Commission and World Health Organization cleared use of the Maryland-based company’s two-dose shot.

Return decisions should be more based on “an issue of staffing and operational issues,” not the severity of the virus, the Policy Lab director says.

The step allows activation of 100-plus National Guard troops to work as certified nursing assistants in facilities COVID patients can go post-hospital.

Health Secretary Xavier Becerra says the nation cannot afford another COVID-19 surge in nursing homes.

The omicron situation seems to be changing so fast that it's hard to figure out which activities are safe on any given day. Two experts offer some guidance.

Andre Drummond, Danny Green, and Shake Milton are also in the health and safety protocols.

During the week of Dec. 21-27, an average of 334 children 17 and under were admitted per day to hospitals with the coronavirus, a 58% increase from the week before.

The CDC will open a testing site in Essex County, N.J. on Saturday, which will be available to all Garden State residents. More federal sites are planned for Philly.

Two studies that have not yet been peer-reviewed indicate increased protection against the infectious omicron variant.

A ban on using telemedicine to prescribe controlled medications was suspended in the pandemic. That's allowed many to seek opioid addiction treatment.

Skyrocketing COVID-19 case rates have caused officials In New York City and elsewhere to scale back their New Year's Eve celebrations.

Some worry about what will happen if the closest emergency room is 40 minutes away, instead of 10 minutes.

Online schooling will last two weeks, from Jan. 3 to Jan. 18, the district says. Free meals will still be provided.

Going virtual for two weeks would allow the virus to work its way through anyone who was infected over the holidays, they say.