The United States has clocked nearly half a million COVID cases, a high for any country at any time during the pandemic. Within the last week, 1 in 50 Manhattan residents have been infected with COVID, a sign of just how infectious the new variant is. Meanwhile, France is reporting record high COVID cases as …

Record temperatures topping 67º F hit Alaska this month, setting a record for December. The weather has led to torrential rain, and raises the possibility of major flooding as the climate continues to warm. According to the annual Global Carbon Budget Report, the planet has eleven years to avoid dire climate scenarios. The largest delegation …

Within the last week, 1 in 50 Manhattan residents have been infected with COVID, a sign of just how infectious the new variant is. Meanwhile, France is reporting record high COVID cases as omicron sweeps through Europe. So far, omicron has been detected in 89 countries, and cases are doubling every 1.5-3 days in places …

France is reporting record high COVID cases as omicron sweeps through Europe. So far, omicron has been detected in 89 countries, and cases are doubling every 1.5-3 days in places experiencing community transmission. According to a new study, the omicron variant is no safer than the delta variant, and it is five times more likely …

Three new studies suggest that the omicron variant is actually much less severe than other COVID strains, contradicting an earlier study says that omicron is in fact no less severe than delta. A study by the University of Washington and Swiss drugmaker Humabs Biomed showed that the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, the Chinese vaccine (Sinopharm), …

Exposure to COVID has forced pilots, air, and ground crews to call in sick or quarantine, forcing airlines to cancel literally thousands of flights this holiday weekend. Three major airlines have canceled Christmas Eve flights due to COVID. Omicron has been detected in 89 countries, and cases are doubling every 1.5-3 days in places experiencing …

Omicron’s fast spread could have a silver lining: the pandemic may burn through the United States faster than previous anticipated. Rumors have been spreading through social media that the omicron variant is less severe than the delta variant, but a recent study says that omicron is in fact no less severe than delta. A study …

Rumors have been spreading through social media that the omicron variant is less severe than the delta variant, but a recent study says that omicron is in fact no less severe than delta. A study by the University of Washington and Swiss drugmaker Humabs Biomed showed that the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, the Chinese vaccine …

Pfizer’s COVID treatment pill has been approved, becoming the first such at-home COVID treatment. It is designed to help mitigate the worst of the virus’s effects. Pfizer has reached an agreement with the UN to allow other companies to make their experimental COVID pill, which could bring the pill to half the world’s population. Pfizer …

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky has said that omicron’s mutations mean two vaccines may not be enough to protect people from the variant. Recently, for example, forty-eight people have tested positive for COVID on a Royal Caribbean ship, and 98% of them were vaccinated. Omicron has been detected in 89 countries, and cases are doubling …

A study by the University of Washington and Swiss drugmaker Humabs Biomed showed that the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, the Chinese vaccine (Sinopharm), and the Russian vaccine (sputnik) are ineffective against the omicron variant. Omicron has been detected in 89 countries, and cases are doubling every 1.5-3 days in places experiencing community transmission. According to …

New York is reporting more COVID cases than it has at any other time during the pandemic. The Omicron variant grows 70x faster than the delta variant, which may account for its fast spread. In the final analysis of its COVID pill, Pfizer says the drug is highly effective, even against Omicron, and it should …