As the COVID-19 omicron variant surges across the United States, top federal health officials are looking to add a negative test along with its five-day isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who catch the coronavirus.
The new year is bringing more of the same old misery that air travelers in the United States have been enduring for more than a week. Airlines are blaming wintry weather and high numbers of sickouts due to the rising number of COVID-19 infections around the country.
Health officials urge South Carolina residents to remain vigilant against the spread of COVID-19 as the state prepares to celebrate the new year.
Mecklenburg County health officials say theyβre concerned about large gatherings over the holiday weekend as the state sets a single day covid case count record.Β
North Carolina is reporting the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in a single day since the start of the pandemic. Health officials say the number of people visiting the emergency room with COVID-like symptoms also set a record on Thursday.
Mayor Bill de Blasio says New York City will ring in 2022 in Times Square as planned despite record numbers of COVID-19 infections in the city and around the nation.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating more cruise ships due to new COVID-19 cases aboard.
North Carolina health data shows that positive COVID-19 test rates and hospitalizations soared during the long holiday weekend.
Emergency Departments are not the place to go for covid testing. It's what Novant Health Director of Nursing Courtney Cortes is stressing as they're dealing with an influx of patients.
A police chief in a small North Carolina town has been placed on unpaid leave because he reportedly told officers about a βclinicβ where they could get COVID-19 vaccination cards without actually being vaccinated.
U.S. health officials are cutting isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who test positive for the coronavirus and shortening the time that close contacts have to quarantine.
The Carolina Panthers have sent all of their players home from Bank of America Stadium after six more players tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday.
The U.S. has lifted the travel restrictions on eight southern African countries. The restrictions were imposed to try to blunt the spread of the COVID omicron variant.
Flight cancellations that disrupted holiday travel stretched into Monday, with major U.S. airlines each canceling dozens of flights.
Three members of the K-pop superstar group BTS have been infected with the coronavirus after returning from abroad.
A day before Christmas celebrations and for many, the day was spent sitting in long lines awaiting a Covid test before gathering with family.Β
The last report on coronavirus cases before the Christmas holiday shows that there was a jump of 2,000 new cases in one day in North Carolina.
Revelers will still ring in the new year in New Yorkβs Times Square next week, there just wonβt be as many as usual under new COVID-19 restrictions.
Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory is the latest N.C. school requiring all students, staff and faculty to get the COVID-19 booster before returning to campus in the Spring.
U.S. regulators have authorized a second pill against COVID-19, an antiviral drug from Merck that may help blunt the wave of infections driven by the omicron variant.
Due to high demand ahead of the holidays and nationwide supply chain issues, officials say COVID-19 at-home test kits will no longer be available at Mecklenburg County library locations.
Payments on federal student loans will remain paused through May 1st, the Biden administration announced Wednesday.
The U.S. Secret Service says nearly $100 billion has been stolen from COVID-19 relief programs set up to help businesses and people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic.
With Christmas just days away, health experts worry about how contagious the new Omicron COVID variant is. 90 percent of new cases in the Southeast are now being caused by Omicron, according to the CDC.
NHL players will not take part in the Winter Olympics after all. A person with direct knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press the league is going to withdraw from the Beijing Olympics after its regular-season schedule was disrupted by coronavirus outbreaks.
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