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.
Postal workers who recall packages and letters piled up in distribution hubs are better prepared this time as they gear up for another pandemic crunch.
The state only allows wrongful imprisonment payments to people who were exonerated through DNA evidence, so the 62-year-old Strickland wouldn’t qualify.
As the world grapples with the emergence of the new highly transmissible variant of COVID-19, worried scientists in South Africa — where omicron was first identified — are scrambling to combat its lightning spread across the country.
We put on the parade of lights to get people downtown, get them excited about the holidays, and it’s really kind of a magical sort of experience for people.
Although this is their 4th year in Sioux Falls, Midwest SuperCross Racing is finally getting settled in to their new home at the W. H. Lyon Fairgrounds Expo Center.
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.
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.
The drug, molnupiravir, has been shown to significantly cut the rate of hospitalizations and deaths among people with mild-to-moderate coronavirus infections.
Health minister Joe Phaahla said the variant was linked to an “exponential rise” of cases in the last few days, although experts are still trying to determine if the new variant, named B.1.1.529 is actually responsible.
An Iowa hospital says it is implementing procedures to ensure it doesn’t repeat a mistake made last weekend when more than 100 children were given the wrong dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
We had a mostly dry summer across most of the area, but when we did have chances of rain, more often than not, it was accompanied by a threat of severe weather.
Many local businesses are slashing prices this weekend with both black Friday and small business Saturday sales going on.Big box stores aren’t the only places lowering prices for holiday shoppers on Black Friday as many small businesses such as Rough-Cut Social are cutting prices too.
It’s one of our top five busiest days, everyone’s in town, meeting up with old friends they haven’t seen in a while, so they come down, like to get a few drinks, get some food and have fun.
"You're with family. You're having fun. You have a couple drinks and you decide to drive home. That's why we're out. That's why we're enforcing the law. We want to make sure everyone arrives at their destination safely."
End of the year holidays are colloquially a time of cheer and joy, but that is not the case for every person. It can often be the exact opposite, and the mental health of others could be tested.
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