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Amid Omicron being confirmed in the U.S., questions are arising about the role of the travel restrictions and also the possibility of stricter testing requirements that could be on the way.
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Safety expert says toddlers are curious about water and don’t know or care what the temperature is.
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The Biden administration is expected to take steps in the coming days to toughen testing requirements for international travelers to the U.S., amid the spread of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus.
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When the Mayor and Tucson City Council voted 6-1 in August to pass a vaccine mandate for its nearly 4,000 employees, it became the first in the state of Arizona to do so.
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CNN says it is suspending anchor Chris Cuomo indefinitely pending a further review of documents revealing how he helped his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, when he was facing charges of sexual harassment.
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Should you wait for an omicron tailored booster or get the current booster available now? A University of Arizona doctor explains why you should not wait to get the COVID booster.
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The Pima County Health Department and City of Tucson plan to offer free COVID-19 vaccines to the community, beginning Wednesday, Dec. 1.
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked a mandate issued by President Biden set to take effect next week that would have required all U.S. health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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The best protection is the vaccine, but school leaders are concerned that only a small portion of school-aged kids in the county are vaccinated.
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Pima County health officials say it’s still too early to say when the omicron variant will show up here and how serious it might be.
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The university is nearing the semester end on Dec. 8, right as cases around the state have been on a steady rise.
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President Joe Biden called the new COVID-19 variant omicron a cause for concern but “not a cause for panic” Monday and said he was not considering any widespread U.S. lockdown.
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Investors are waiting for more clues about just how much damage the new strain may do to the economy.
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Because of fears the new variant could be more resistant to vaccines, there are growing concerns that the pandemic will persist for far longer than hoped.
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The risks of the variant, called omicron, are largely unknown, but the World Health Organization has called it a “variant of concern."
A World Health Organization panel named the variant “omicron” and classified it as a highly transmissible virus of concern, the same category that includes the delta variant, the world’s most prevalent.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 905 points. The S&P 500 index fell 2.3%, its worst day since February and the Nasdaq composite also had its worst drop in two months.
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The drug, molnupiravir, has been shown to significantly cut the rate of hospitalizations and deaths among people with mild-to-moderate coronavirus infections.