Regeneron Antibody Treatment May Not Be as Effective Against New Omicron Covid Variant
The company said that analyses and modeling of mutations in the variant suggest that they may weake…
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Unvaccinated Greeks aged 60 and older to face fines | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
Greek adults ages 60 and older will face fines if they do not get vaccinated, according to a new in…
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Hospitalizations up sharply in South African province where omicron variant detected | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
Coronavirus hospitalizations are sharply increasing in a South African province that has been ident…
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Regeneron says its antibody treatment 'may be' less effective against omicron | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
Regeneron said Tuesday that its COVID-19 antibody treatment “may be” less effective against the new…
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6-foot social distancing rule doesn’t protect from COVID-19 whether indoors or outdoors
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom ( StudyFinds.org ) — Although the “six-foot rule” has been a staple …
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Watch Live: Powell and Yellen Address Inflation Amid Virus Woes
The Federal Reserve chair, Jerome H. Powell, and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testify before the…
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Greece to Fine Older Residents Who Don't Get Vaccinated
It is the latest European nation to announce restrictions on the unvaccinated, as the country tries…
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As Omicron Worries Revive, Stocks and Oil Fall
Wall Street’s unease continued after Moderna’s chief executive said there could be a “material drop…
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Omicron brings COVID-19 vaccine inequity 'home to roost'
LONDON (AP) — The emergence of the new omicron variant and the world's desperate and likely fut…
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How to pronounce omicron, the new COVID variant of concern
(NEXSTAR) – Omicron, the latest COVID-19 variant of concern designated by the World Health Organiza…
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India's Economy Still Weak, Despite a Strong Third Quarter
Covid-19 essentially robbed the country of more than a year of badly needed economic growth. That’s…
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South African doctor treating omicron patients says vaccinated 'so far have no complication' | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
A South African doctor who is treating patients who tested positive for the COVID-19 omicron varian…
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There are several COVID-19 variants you haven't heard of
( NewsNation Now ) — News of the emerging omicron variant from southern Africa has sent markets fa…
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EU medical agency chief: Two weeks needed to study COVID-19 vaccines' effectiveness on omicron | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
The European Union’s medical agency chief on Tuesday said it will take roughly two weeks to determi…
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What We Know About the Omicron Variant
The World Health Organization has declared that this version of the coronavirus poses a very high r…
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F.D.A. Advisers Set to Discuss Merck’s Covid Pill
If an expert committee votes to recommend it, the drug, molnupiravir, could be authorized within da…
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Why Retired Subway Workers Are Getting $35,000 to Come Back
The pandemic caused a shortage of train and bus workers. Now transit agencies in New York and aroun…
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Is It OK to Claim a Religious Exemption to the Covid Vaccine?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on weighing religious commitments against civic responsibilities …
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See Where Covid Is Surging Across Europe
The discovery of the Omicron variant adds further pressure to an already buckling continent. sour…
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Counterfeit Covid Masks Are Still Sold Everywhere
Rising Covid cases have spurred a return to mask-wearing in the U.S. and overseas, at a time when f…
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Llegó la variante ómicron y tenemos algunas ventajas
Científicos y funcionarios de Sudáfrica nos dieron algo invaluable: una alerta temprana. Aprovechem…
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Pence: Supreme Court has chance to right 'historic wrong' with abortion ruling | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday will lay out the case for reversing the precedent set b…
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UT Austin infectious disease expert gives insight into new omicron variant
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Scientists all over the world are watching a new variant of COVID-19, called omicro…
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Antiviral Covid-19 Pills Are Coming. Will There Be Enough Tests?
The pills must be given early in the course of infection, which means access to timely, accurate te…
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Biden: Omicron coronavirus variant 'cause for concern, not a cause for panic' | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
President Biden on Monday described the omicron variant of COVID-19 as a "cause for concern&qu…
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NBA star on COVID-19 battle: 'I really thought I wasn't going to make it' | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
The coronavirus hit NBA superstar Joel Embiid hard, the Philadelphia 76ers big man said upon return…
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Watch: Biden provides an update on the omicron variant
Watch President Biden deliver remarks about Omicron, the new COVID-19 variant in the player above. …
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Watch Live: Biden Addresses the Coronavirus Omicron Variant
President Biden is expected to give an update on the U.S. response to the new Omicron variant of th…
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Couple Who Left Quarantine Hotel Is Arrested on Plane in Amsterdam
One of the pair tested positive for the coronavirus after they arrived on a flight from South Afric…
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Czech President Appoints Prime Minister From Inside a Cube
President Milos Zeman tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday and went into isolation, dela…
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Pfizer CEO has 'high level of confidence' COVID-19 pill will be effective against omicron | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said Monday he has "a very high level of confidence” that his company…
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Antiviral Covid Pills Are Coming. Will There Be Enough Tests?
The pills must be given early in the course of infection, which means access to timely, accurate te…
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Scotland Reports Six Omicron Cases
Officials said that some of the cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant were not linked to travel,…
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Moderna CEO says it'll take months to develop, ship coronavirus vaccine targeting omicron variant | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
The CEO of Moderna on Monday said it will take months for the company to develop and ship a vaccine…
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Switzerland, Scotland report omicron cases | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
Cases of the omicron variant have been detected in Switzerland and Scotland, a sign that the new, m…
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The Latest on Omicron
What should you assume about the new variant? source https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/briefing/…
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As World Shuts Borders to Stop Omicron, Japan Offers a Cautionary Tale
Japan, which has been very cautious throughout the pandemic, is again barring all nonresident forei…
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South Africa doctor sees mild symptoms from omicron
JOHANNESBURG — South African doctors say that the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases attributed to th…
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13 omicron cases detected in Portuguese pro soccer team | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
Thirteen members of a Portuguese professional soccer team have tested positive for the new COVID-19…
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Vaccine picked as Merriam-Webster word of the year | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
Merriam-Webster’s 2021 word of the year is vaccine, the company announced on Monday, following a ye…
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WHO: Omicron poses 'very high' global risk | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday said the new COVID-19 omicron variant poses a “very h…
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World rushes to learn more as new omicron cases pop up
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus popped up in countr…
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Portugal Detects 13 Omicron Cases Tied to Belenenses Soccer Team
The team, Belenenses, took part in a game that had to be abandoned after a Covid outbreak reduced t…
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Supreme Court to hear landmark abortion case this week | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
The justices will hear arguments Wednesday over a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks…
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As World Shuts Borders to Stop Omicron, Japan Offers a Cautionary Tale
Japan, which has been very cautious throughout the pandemic, is again barring all nonresident forei…
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Stock Markets Steady as Omicron's Impact Is Assessed
After tumbling on Friday, European markets opened higher and oil prices gained. source https://ww…
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Omicron: What we know and don't know on new COVID variant
LONDON (AP) — South African scientists identified a new version of the coronavirus that they say is…
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Omicron Variant Surfaces Amid an Airline Travel Rebound
With several countries imposing new restrictions, the question now is whether travelers will be det…
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Swiss Voters Approve Their Government’s Covid Policy in a Referendum
After weeks of heated debate and protests, voters backed using Covid certificates that are required…
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Your Monday Briefing
An update on the Omicron variant. source https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/28/briefing/your-monday-…
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South Africa's president calls for reversing 'unjustified' omicron travel bans | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
South Africa’s president is calling on countries to reverse their “unjustified” travel bans that we…
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28% of unvaccinated Americans would consider lying to keep a job, survey suggests
(NEXSTAR) – Any chance they’d be willing to take a dose of truth serum, instead? More than a quart…
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Flights Canceled at Johannesburg Airport Amid Travel Bans
Travelers at O.R. Tambo International Airport expressed concerns as flights were canceled, after ma…
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U.S. Health Officials Push Vaccines as Omicrom Spreads
Getting a vaccination is the best line of defense against Covid-19, the nation’s top two health lea…
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U.S. Governors Respond to Omicron Variant
No cases of the new coronavirus variant have been confirmed in the U.S., but leaders said they were…
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Responding to the Omicron Variant, Israel and Morocco Impose Bans on All Foreign Travelers
The travel bans appeared more drastic but less discriminatory than those implemented by many Wester…
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Top official says EU needs to buy time to assess omicron implications | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
European Union (EU) Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen said the bloc needs to buy time to fu…
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Can you trust at-home COVID tests? We asked doctors when they'd use them
(NEXSTAR) – As holiday travel kicks into high gear, many are relying on at-home COVID testing kits …
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The Netherlands Finds at Least 13 Omicron Variant Cases
Dutch health officials reported at least 13 cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant among 61 infec…
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South Africa Is Better Vaccinated Than Most African Countries
The country has one of Africa’s better vaccination rates: Just under one quarter of its population …
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Does Omicron Cause Only Mild Illness? Too Early to Tell, Experts Say
Should the Omicron variant cause severe illness, that will become apparent if there is a significan…
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Israeli minister says Miss Universe pageant will proceed despite omicron restrictions | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
Israel's tourism minister said the Miss Universe pageant will proceed despite travel restrictio…
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Sunday shows - Spotlight shifts to omicron variant | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
Multiple Biden administration officials on Sunday weighed in on the newly discovered omicron COVID-…
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Gottlieb: 'A pretty good degree of confidence' people with three doses are protected from omicron | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on Sunday said vaccine develo…
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A Wine Rack on Rails? U.K. Businesses Seek Solutions to Shortages.
Two months after concerns about gas and food stocks caused ripples of anxiety, Britain continues to…
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Britain's Sajid Javid Defends Response to Omicron Variant
The government stopped short of urging people to work from home or extending vaccine passports in E…
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Portugal Soccer Match Abandoned After Covid Reduces Team to 9
Players from the Belenenses team criticized sporting officials for demanding the match go on, sayin…
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The Week in Business: Choosing the Same Path
President Biden opted for continuity at the Fed, nominating Jerome Powell to a second four-year ter…
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How the Covid-19 Omicron Variant Got Its Name
Under the World Health Organization’s system, the Omicron variant might have been called Nu or Xi, …
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Israel to close borders to all foreigners due to omicron variant | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in a statement that the country's borders would be …
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Fauci speaks on possibility of omicron COVID-19 variant already in US: 'I would not be surprised'
( WJW ) – Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disea…
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Fauci: 'I would not be surprised' if omicron COVID-19 variant already in US
( WJW ) – Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disea…
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Boris Johnson Reimposes U.K. Mask Mandate Over Omicron Cases
After two cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant were confirmed in Britain, Prime Minister Bo…
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Saudi Arabia to loosen travel restrictions following discovery of omicron variant | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
Saudi Arabia announced Saturday that it will loosen its pandemic travel restrictions a day after pu…
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U.K. Confirms Two Omicron Covid Variant Cases
Sajid Javid, the U.K. health secretary, said the individuals were self-isolating as sequencing, con…
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Germany, Italy join list of countries with detected cases of omicron COVID-19 variant | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
Both Italy and Germany reported on Saturday that they had detected cases of the omicron COVID-19 va…
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UK tightens COVID-19 restrictions following omicron variant infections | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
The United Kingdom (U.K.) is tightening COVID-19 restrictions after two omicron variant cases were …
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Novavax working on vaccine to combat omicron variant | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
Biotechnology company Novavax is working on a vaccine to combat the new omicron coronavirus variant…
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As Omicron Variant Circles the Globe, African Nations Are Blamed and Banned
With countries trying to close their doors to the new coronavirus variant, southern African officia…
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Germany Finds Suspected Omicron Variant Case
A recent arrival from South Africa had a coronavirus infection with several mutations typical of th…
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Two Omicron COVID-19 cases found in UK | The Hill: Healthcare Policy
The first cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant have been identified in the United Kingdom, the …
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U.K. Confirms Two Cases of Omicron Coronavirus Variant
The country’s health secretary said the infected individuals were self-isolating as contact-tracing…
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As Potential Omicron Variant Cases Emerge, an International Scramble to Shut It Out
Passengers on two flights that left South Africa on the eve of new restrictions faced a nightmarish…
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How Did Omicron, the New Covid-19 Variant, Get Its Name?
The World Health Organization began naming the variants after Greek letters to avoid public confusi…
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They Died From Covid. Then the Online Attacks Started.
The social media profiles of anti-vaccine victims of the pandemic have made them and their families…
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Omicron: World scurries to contain new COVID variant
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — With each passing hour, new restrictions were being slapped on travel…
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Germany Finds Suspected Omicron Variant Case
A recent arrival from South Africa had a coronavirus infection with several mutations typical of th…
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Booster Rollout for Nursing Homes Is Sluggish
Thousands of new cases have been reported among vulnerable elderly residents in the last several mo…
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Asian nations expand booster shots, with an eye on Europe’s surge.
Some highly vaccinated countries in East and Southeast Asia are embracing boosters as the virus sur…
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Netherlands Finds 61 Covid Cases on South Africa Flights
The passengers were in the air when the Netherlands announced travel restrictions on flights from s…
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Families Cheer, Some Doctors Worry as Nursing Homes Open Doors Wide to Visitors
The federal government recently lifted most visitation restrictions at nursing homes. But concerns …
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They Died From Covid. Then the Online Attacks Started.
The social media profiles of anti-vaccine victims of the pandemic have made them and their families…
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Stocks drop as omicron COVID variant becomes concern
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks sank Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly falling more than…
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