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The fast-moving omicron variant may cause less severe disease on average, but COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are climbing and modelers forecast 50,000 to 300,000 more Americans could die by the time the wave subsides in mid-March.

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California records one million COVID-19 cases in past week

Tue, 2022-01-18 17:46 — mike kraft

1 million COVID-19 cases recorded in California in past week California recorded one million COVID-19 cases in the past week — the fastest pace yet at which the state has logged infections, the Los Angeles Times Caroline Vakil TheHill

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U.S. would seek global approach to updating Covid-19 vaccines, official says

Tue, 2022-01-18 10:14 — mike kraft

U.S. would seek global approach to updating Covid-19 vaccines, official says If the Food and Drug Administration decides to update Covid-19 vaccines to take better aim at Omicron or other variants, it is unlikely to go it alone. Helen Branswell STAT

IF the Food and Drug Administration decides to update Covid-19 vaccines to take better aim at Omicron or other variants, it is unlikely to go it alone.

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Staffing shortages: Workers are calling out sick in droves, leaving employers scrambling

Tue, 2022-01-18 10:01 — mike kraft

Workers are calling out sick in droves, leaving employers scrambling --NPR

Omicron has left employers around the country short of workers. Sometimes very short.

At United Airlines, CEO Scott Kirby said nearly a third of the workforce called out sick on one day alone at Newark Liberty International Airport.

At MOM's Organic Market, some of its east coast stores have had to deal with 15 out of 50 workers out on a single day.

And at the community health center Mary's Center in Washington, D.C., half of the Covid Response Team tested positive for the virus over the past few weeks.

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Omicron surge hasn't peaked nationwide, and 'the next few weeks will be tough --U.S. SurgeoN General

Mon, 2022-01-17 14:21 — mike kraft

(CNN) Areas that were among the first to get hit hard by the Omicron variant are starting to see their Covid-19 numbers level off or even improve. But that's not the case for much of the country, US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said.

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