The arrival of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in the U.S. has health officials in some communities reviving contact tracing operations in an attempt to slow and better understand its spread as scientists study how ...
Dec 4, 2021
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At least 17 people who came down with COVID-19 after a Christmas party gathering over 100 guests in Oslo last week are suspected of having the Omicron variant, city officials said on Friday.
Dec 3, 2021
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The omicron variant of COVID-19, which had been undetected in the U.S. before the middle of this week, had been discovered in at least five states by the end of Thursday, showing yet again how mutations of the virus can circumnavigate ...
Dec 3, 2021
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A man who attended an anime convention in New York City in late November tested positive for the omicron variant of the coronavirus when he returned home to Minnesota, marking the second case of the variant in the U.S. and ...
Dec 2, 2021
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Los Angeles leaders on Wednesday were poised to enact one of the nation's strictest vaccine mandates—a sweeping measure that would require the shots for everyone entering a bar, restaurant, nail salon, gym or even a Lakers ...
Oct 6, 2021
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Los Angeles leaders on Wednesday approved one of the nation's strictest vaccine mandates—a sweeping measure that requires the shots for everyone entering bars, restaurants, nail salons, gyms or even a Lakers game.
Oct 6, 2021
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A child has died after being infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba that was found at a Texas splash pad he had visited, and a review discovered lapses in water-quality testing at several parks, officials said Monday.
Sep 28, 2021
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Moscow is seeing a new increase in coronavirus cases, the mayor's office announced on Wednesday, as Russian authorities struggle to convince a vaccine-sceptic population to get innoculated.
Sep 22, 2021
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Chicago health officials on Thursday reported 203 cases of COVID-19 connected to Lollapalooza, casting it as a number that was anticipated and not yet linked to any hospitalizations or deaths.
Aug 12, 2021
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Australia's state of New South Wales reported another record day of COVID-19 cases Saturday, as authorities in the country's second city of Melbourne rushed to trace the source of its outbreaks.
Aug 7, 2021
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