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Omicron’s New Year’s cocktail: Sorrow, fear, hope for 2022

Jan 1, 2022

“We have just been in so long.”The mostly muted New Year’s Eve celebrations around the world ushered in the fourth calendar year framed by the global pandemic. More than 285...

Covid experts warn fourth dose of vaccine may be pointless and Omicron might end pandemic

Jan 1, 2022

Professor Ian Jones, a virologist at the University of Reading, said descriptions of Omicron being a 'natural vaccine' were right. The graph shows the countries who have given the highest...

‘Crazy’ omicron surge could peak soon, but the virus is unpredictable as the pandemic enters its third year

Dec 31, 2021

Testing sites across Maryland have experienced long wait times as the omicron variant spreads. Some forecasts suggest coronavirus infections could peak by mid-January. But this has always been an unpredictable...

US records more than 512,500 average daily COVID cases and breaks world record second day in a row

Dec 31, 2021

AdvertisementThe U.S. hit a new high for new daily COVID cases with 512,533 average daily cases reported on Thursday, breaking its previous record of 489,267 reported on Wednesday, according to...

US hits record of nearly 500,000 Covid cases in 24 hours: Experts says US will see 'viral blizzard'

Dec 31, 2021

The U.S. is now averaging 300,387 new Covid cases per day, a pandemic record and the first time the 300,000 mark has been reached in America. More than 500,000 Covid...

NJ's Largest Hospital System Expects Hospitalizations to Exceed Worst of 2020 Soon

Dec 31, 2021

As COVID-19 hospitalizations rise 10% a day in New Jersey, the state's largest hospital system says it is a (short) matter of time until 2020's grim record is broken. As...

Exploring the dead zones of the ocean

Dec 31, 2021

This announcement came as part of the UN’s Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, 2021-2030, which ties in with the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with...

Covid "Tsunami" Will Drive Health Systems Towards Collapse: WHO

Dec 30, 2021

Tsunami of cases will continue to put immense pressure on exhausted health workers: Tedros GhebreyesusA Covid variant-driven "tsunami" threatens to overwhelm healthcare systems, the WHO said Wednesday as AFP data...

Kids and Omicron: COVID Hospitalizations Soar Among NY Children – NBC New York

Dec 28, 2021

Pediatric hospitalizations are becoming an increasing point of concern as well, according to data Hochul shared Tuesday. COVID admissions for kids are now up to 184 statewide, 109 of them...

No 'panic,' but Covid to 'overrun' some US hospitals: Biden

Dec 28, 2021

Washington (AFP) – President Joe Biden on Monday said some US hospitals could be "overrun" by Covid cases, but the country is generally well prepared to meet the latest surge...