Feb 07 Watch 5:33 Pharmacists struggle to keep up with a spike in demand for their services By Maea Lenei Buhre, Jonah Anderson Pharmacists and pharmacy workers get far less attention than other health care workers, but the stress and pressure has been intense. Staffing shortages and working conditions have been a problem throughout the pandemic, and major pharmacy chains and independent stores… Continue watching
Feb 04 U.S. employers shrug off omicron, add 467,000 jobs in January By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press The Labor Department’s Friday report also showed the unemployment rate ticked up to 4 percent from 3.9 percent. Job gains in December were also revised much higher. Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch 4:23 Omicron cases are falling – but the caseload remains dangerously high By PBS NewsHour The Omicron-fueled surge is slowing down in many parts of the U.S., but is still setting records nationally and internationally. While new cases in Russia broke records, many cities around the world are seeing mass protests against vaccine mandates even… Continue watching
Jan 28 Omicron has caused higher increase in U.S. daily death count than delta variant By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press The highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus is driving the daily American death toll higher than during last fall’s delta wave. Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch 7:21 A Moderna official on COVID vaccines for kids, omicron-specific shot, waiving patents By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris, Laura Santhanam Moderna and Pfizer announced they are moving forward with trials of a new booster designed to guard specifically against omicron. This comes as the CDC reported Thursday that a third shot of either of those vaccines substantially reduced the risk… Continue watching
Jan 26 Global COVID-19 cases hit record high last week, says WHO By Associated Press The World Health Organization says there were 21 million new coronavirus cases reported globally last week. Continue reading
Jan 25 New Pfizer study to test omicron-specific vaccine By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Pfizer and BioNTech have begun studying a COVID-19 vaccine tweaked to match to the omicron variant in healthy adults. Continue reading
Jan 24 WHO chief warns against assumption that omicron is the ‘endgame’ of the pandemic By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Tedros laid out an array of achievements and concerns in global health at the start of a WHO executive board meeting but said "ending the acute phase of the pandemic must remain our collective priority."… Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch 6:32 COVID-19 latest: Omicron variant, herd immunity, worldwide vaccine access By PBS NewsHour In order to expand testing access and help stop the spread of the omicron variant, the Biden administration announced this week that it would begin distributing millions of COVID-19 tests and masks to Americans for free. Infectious disease epidemiologist Jessica… Continue watching
Jan 20 WATCH: Mayor of DC, governors of Washington, Colorado testify in House on omicron response By News Desk The mayor of Washington, DC, and governors of Washington state, Colorado and Puerto Rico will testify before the House Oversight committee on Thursday on the federal government's response to omicron. Continue reading