Pres. Biden says government is mobilizing an additional 1,000 military doctors, nurses and medics to help staff hospitals amid omicron surge. “We want to assure the American people that we’re prepared, we know what it takes.”
Share to TwitterAmidst the nation's latest COVID-19 surge, nearly 200,000 more children tested positive for COVID-19, last week, up by about 50% since the beginning of December, according to a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association , released on Monday.
To date, 22.4 million children ages 5 to 17 years-old -- about 42% of that population -- have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.Share to TwitterDelta Airlines announced it is working fast to implement the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest guidance to reduce the isolation period for some infected patients.
Patients who are asymptomatic will have to isolate for five days, followed by five days of wearing a mask around others, under the new guidance. Previously, the isolation period was 10 days for everyone.
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