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Omicron-stricken South Africa may be glimpse into the future

The new omicron variant appears to be driving a dramatic surge in South Africa, providing the world a glimpse of where the pandemic might be headed

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An Orange Farm, South Africa, resident receives her jab against COVID-19 Friday Dec. 3, 2021 at the Orange Farm multipurpose center. South Africa has accelerated its vaccination campaign a week after the discovery of the omicron variant of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Study: Black, Asian Britons have higher COVID-19 death rates

A British study has found that Black and other members or racial and ethnic minorities in the U

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Vaccinator Daniel Zadorozni gives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in London, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Britain says it will offer all adults a booster dose of vaccine within two months to bolster the nation's immunity as the new omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads. New measures to combat variant came into force in England on Tuesday, with face coverings again compulsory in shops and on public transport. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

More regions of Russia require vaccines for people 60 and up

More regions of Russia have made COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for residents age 60 and over as the country tries to control coronavirus infections and to keep the omicron variant at bay

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Dr. Vsevolod Belousov, right, and Dr. Saltanat Bekeeva, left, greet 101-year-old patient Pelageya Poyarkova with flowers as she leaves the recovery ward for COVID-19 patients at the Federal Center for Brain and Neurotechnology in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. Russia has reported more than 9.7 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the pandemic and more than 270 thousands deaths, which experts believe could be undercounts. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Sri Lanka reports 1st omicron case in returnee from Nigeria

Sri Lanka has confirmed its first case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in an unvaccinated person who returned from Nigeria

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Belgium tightens virus rules again as hospitals suffer

Belgium's prime minister says the country must tighten its coronavirus restrictions again as a surge in cases weighs heavily on health services

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Germany: 1 in 100 infected with virus, health minister says

He called on citizens who haven't done so yet to get vaccinated.

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Lavinia Israel, a testing center employee, takes a sample from a customer for a quick test at a Corona testing center at the Kaufpark Nickern shopping center in Dresden, Germany, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. (Sebastian Kahnert/dpa via AP)

Rochester's one-month mayor is in quarantine for COVID-19

The newly installed mayor of Rochester, New York, is in quarantine after testing positive for the coronavirus last month

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Auckland reopens as New Zealand tries new virus approach

The last major parts of a lockdown that lasted more than 100 days have ended.

December 03

A courier delivers goods to a store in central Auckland, New Zealand, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. The lockdown of New Zealand's largest city Auckland, for almost three months after an outbreak of the delta variant, is likely to end later this month, with some coronavirus restrictions being eased Tuesday, Nov. 9. (Dean Purcell/NZ Herald via AP)

Making COVID-19 vaccinations a family affair can protect against omicron: Analysis

Cases in children rose 16% over the last week and 32% over the last two weeks.

December 03

A child receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Smoketown Family Wellness Center in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 8, 2021.

Slovakia in lockdown records new daily record in infections

Coronavirus cases in Slovakia have hit a daily record.

December 03

WHO says measures used against delta should work for omicron

World Health Organization officials say that the measures used to counter the delta variant should remain the foundation for fighting the coronavirus pandemic, even in the face of the new omicron version of the virus

December 03

A traveler arrives to enter into a COVID-19 testing center at the Incheon International Airport In Incheon, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. South Korea's daily jump in coronavirus infections exceeded 5,000 for the first time since the start of the pandemic, as a delta-driven surge also pushed hospitalizations and deaths to record highs. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Biden, allies increasingly pushing back at GOP's virus barbs

For months, President Joe Biden has taken it on the chin from Republicans.

December 03

President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 variant named omicron during a visit to the National Institutes of Health, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, in Bethesda, Md. Biden looked out over an audience of government scientists and framed his latest plan for fighting COVID-19 as an opportunity to at last put an end to divisiveness over the virus, calling the politicization of the issue a

Omicron coronavirus variant found in multiple US states

The omicron variant of COVID-19 has been discovered in at least five states, showing yet again how mutations of the virus can circumnavigate the globe with speed and ease

December 03

A mobile COVID-19 vaccination and booster shot site operates out of a bus on 59th Street south of Central Park as patients wait on the sidewalk, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, in New York. Health officials say multiple cases of the omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in New York, including a man who attended an anime convention in Manhattan in late November and tested positive for the variant when he returned home to Minnesota. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Governor, AG sue Defense Department over vaccine requirement

Oklahoma's Republican governor and the state attorney general are suing in federal court to exempt the state's National Guard from a Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandate

December 03

FILE - Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin pauses while speaking during a media briefing at the Pentagon on Nov. 17, 2021, in Washington. Oklahoma's Republican governor and the state attorney general are suing in federal court to exempt the state's National Guard from a Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Gov. Kevin Stitt argued in a statement Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, that the Biden administration's Defense Department overstepped its constitutional authority by subjecting the National Guard to the mandate it imposed on the active-duty military. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Malaysia detects first omicron case in South African student

Malaysia has detected its first case of the new omicron strain of the coronavirus in a foreign student who returned to the country last month after visiting her family in South Africa

December 03

South Korea tightens social distancing to fight virus wave

South Korea is tightening recently relaxed restrictions on social gatherings as it grapples with its worst wave of the virus since the start of the pandemic

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Students wait in line to receive the coronavirus tests at a makeshift clinic set up on a playground of a high school in Gwangju, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. (Jo Nam-soo/Yonhap via AP)

'The fire that's here': US is still battling delta variant

While all eyes are on the new and little-understood omicron variant, the delta form of the coronavirus isn't finished wreaking havoc in the U.S., sending record numbers of patients to the hospital in some states, especially in the Midwest and New England

December 02

FILE - Licensed practical nurse Yokasta Castro, of Warwick, R.I., draws a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe at a mass vaccination clinic, May 19, 2021, at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Mass. While all eyes are on the new and little-understood omicron variant, the delta form of the coronavirus isn't finished wreaking havoc in the U.S. There is much that is unknown about omicron, including whether it is more contagious than previous versions, makes people sicker or more easily thwarts the vaccine or breaks through the immunity that people get from a bout of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

At least 3 states report omicron COVID-19 variant

President Joe Biden shared his winter COVID-19 plan on Thursday. A fully vaccinated Minnesota man tested positive for the omicron COVID-19 variant after he returned from a New York City convention.

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VIDEO: At least 3 states report omicron COVID-19 variant

Party infects 50 with new omicron variant in Norway

California is reporting its second confirmed case of the omicron COVID variant in as many days

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Women wearing face masks wait for the groom and bride during a wedding ceremony outside Manila's Cathedral, Philippines on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. Religious activities, including weddings, have resumed with greater capacity as the government continues to ease health restrictions due to the decline of COVID-19 cases in the country while closely monitoring the new omicron virus variant. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Moderna scientist racing to tweak vaccine to block omicron variant

Although it has not been confirmed that a new vaccine will be needed to fight the latest omicron variant of COVID-19, scientists are researching ways to tweak their shots just in case.

December 02

VIDEO: Moderna scientist racing to tweak vaccine to block omicron variant

What is known about the omicron variant that's arrived in the US

At least four states have so far detected the new variant of concern.

December 02

A person is tested for COVID-19 at a test center operating at the Tom Bradley International Terminal of the Los Angeles International Airport, on Dec. 1, 2021 in Los Angeles.

Unvaccinated Nevada state workers to pay insurance surcharge

State workers enrolled in public employee healthcare plans in Nevada will be charged up to $55 per month if they aren't vaccinated

December 02

New Jersey GOP lawmakers defy vaccine mandate

Disorder and confusion erupted outside the New Jersey Assembly as Republican lawmakers defied a requirement to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test

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New Jersey Assembly member Brian Bergen, left, stands with fellow GOP Assembly member Erik Peterson, right, who speaks and gestures toward New Jersey State troopers blocking GOP lawmakers from entering the Assembly chamber because they did not show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test, Thursday Dec. 2, 2021, in Trenton, N.J. The lawmakers decried the mandate, saying it was unconstitutional, though the troopers ultimately let the some of the legislators who declined to show their documents enter the chamber. It's unclear why. A message seeking an explanation was left with the state police. (AP Photo/Mike Catalini)

Pushing COVID-19 boosters, Biden says 'we need to be ready'

With rising numbers of COVID-19 cases predicted this winter, President Joe Biden is appealing for Americans to get their boosters and get behind his plan to tackle the new omicron variant through wider availability of vaccines and shots

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President Joe Biden waves as he walks towards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, as he leaves for a visit to the National Institutes of Health. Biden is expected to unveil an updated strategy to combating the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Omicron and delta spell return of unpopular restrictions

Governments around the world are weighing new measures for populations tired of hearing about coronavirus restrictions and vaccines

December 02

FILE - A man takes part in a demonstration against the country's coronavirus restrictions in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. The coronavirus's omicron variant kept a jittery world off-kilter Wednesday Dec. 1, 2021, as reports of infections linked to the mutant strain cropped up in more parts of the globe, and one official said that the wait for more information on its dangers felt like

Nurse gets 10 years for sex assault of incapacitated woman

A former Arizona nurse was sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting an incapacitated woman at a long-term care facility where she later gave birth

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FILE - This undated photo provided by Maricopa County Sheriff's Office shows Nathan Sutherland, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, for his conviction for sexually assaulting an incapacitated woman who later gave birth in 2018 at a long-term care facility in Phoenix. The pregnancy was discovered in December 2018 when an employee at the Hacienda Healthcare facility in Phoenix was changing the garments of the then-29-year-old victim and noticed the patient was in the process of delivering a child. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

EXPLAINER: Must employers follow Biden's vaccine mandates?

Millions of health care workers across the U.S. were supposed to have their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by this coming Monday under a mandate from President Joe Biden's administration

December 02

FILE - New York City municipal workers protest against the coming COVID-19 vaccine mandate for city workers, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, outside the Gracie Mansion Conservancy in New York. Millions of health care workers across the U.S. were supposed to have their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by this coming Monday, Dec. 6, under a mandate from President Joe Biden's administration. But that has been placed on hold by federal judges (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon, File)

US appeals court to rehear Tennessee abortion ban argument

A federal appeals court has signaled it might be willing to let another restrictive abortion ban take effect, this one in Tennessee

December 02

A woman in an doctors uniform holds a poster that reads "Abortion is Healthcare" as abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, in Washington, as the court hears arguments in a case from Mississippi, where a 2018 law would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, well before viability. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

South Africa accelerates vaccination campaign amid surge

South Africa has accelerated its vaccination campaign with pop-up sites in shopping centers and at transportation hubs a week after the discovery of the omicron variant of the coronavirus

December 02

Passengers, some wearing masks, wait for their taxi to leave the Baragwanath taxi rank in Soweto, South Africa, Thursday Dec. 2, 2021. South Africa launched an accelerated vaccination campaign to combat a dramatic rise in confirmed cases of COVID-19 a week after the omicron variant was detected in the country. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Norway reports omicron cases linked to company party

Authorities in Norway say at least 50 people in Oslo have been infected with the omicron coronavirus variant

December 02

FILE - A student at Holtet high school receives the first dose of Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 in the school's auditorium in Oslo, Sept. 7, 2021. Authorities in Norway said on Thursday, Dec. 2 at least 50 people in Oslo have been infected with the omicron coronavirus variant. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health said the cases are connected to a company's Christmas party in a restaurant in the capital. (Heiko Junge/NTB via AP, file)

What's the status of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the US?

The Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the U.S. is on hold because of legal challenges, but employers can still require the shots

December 02

What's the status of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the US? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)

India confirms omicron variant cases, says get the shot now

India has confirmed its first two cases of the omicron coronavirus variant

December 02

A health worker administers COVID-19 vaccine as other await the turn in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Variants, boosters turn rich-poor vaccine gap into chasm

The global initiative to share coronavirus vaccines fairly already scaled back its pledge to the world's poor once

December 02

Germany locks unvaccinated out of public life; mandate looms

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says people who aren't vaccinated will soon be excluded from nonessential stores, restaurants and sports and cultural venues

December 02

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, followed by Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, left, arrives for a press conference following a meeting with the heads of government of Germany's federal states at the Chancellery in Berlin, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. Merkel said Thursday that people who aren't vaccinated will be excluded from nonessential stores, cultural and recreational venues, and parliament will consider a general vaccine mandate, as part of an effort to curb coronavirus infections that again topped 70,000 newly confirmed cases in a 24-hour period. (John Macdougall/Pool Photo via AP)

Abortion rights advocates hold signs that read "Abortion is Essential" as they demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, in Washington, as the court hears arguments in a case from Mississippi, where a 2018 law would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, well before viability. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Belgium to reinforce measures to contain pandemic on Friday

The Belgian government has vowed to reinforce measures to contain the coronavirus even more with fresh measures to be decided Friday, possibly including more school closures and further reducing opening times of bars and restaurants

December 02

Poland's lawmakers reject bill seeking to outlaw abortion

Poland's lawmakers have rejected a civic legislative proposal that would have outlawed abortion as homicide

December 02

Women held signs saying "Don't ask for my blood, Poland," during a demonstration in front of the Polish parliament in Warsaw, Poland, Dec. 1, 2021. Poland's lawmakers have voted to reject a legislative proposal that would outlaw abortion as homicide and introduce prison sentences for terminating pregnancies. The bill calls for prison terms ranging from 5 to 25 years and in some cases life sentences. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Germany's leaders back a vaccine mandate for all, tough restrictions for unvaccinated people

December 02

South Korea breaks daily virus record for 2nd straight day

South Korea has broken its daily record for coronavirus infections for a second straight day with more than 5,200 new cases, as pressure mounts on a health care system grappling with rising hospitalizations and deaths

December 02

Police officers wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus carry barricades in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. South Korea broke its daily record for coronavirus infections for a second straight day on Thursday with more than 5,200 new cases, as pressure mounted on a health care system grappling with rising hospitalizations and deaths. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Singapore detects two apparent omicron cases, its first

Singapore's health ministry says preliminary tests have detected the new omicron variant of the coronavirus in two passengers who arrived on a plane from Johannesburg, the country's first apparent cases

December 02

People wearing protective face masks walk along the Orchard Road shopping area in Singapore on Nov. 28, 2021. When Singapore embarked upon its strategy of

EU drug regulator starts reviewing new coronavirus vaccine

The European Union drug regulator says it has started a rolling review of a new coronavirus vaccine made by French startup Valneva

December 02

FILE - Exterior view of the European Medicines Agency, EMA, in Amsterdam's business district, Netherlands, on April 20, 2021. The European Union drug regulator said Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021 it has started a rolling review of a new coronavirus vaccine made by French startup Valneva, the first step toward giving the vaccine the green light to be used in the 27-nation bloc. Approval by the European Medicines Agency would add another vaccine to the EU's armory against the global pandemic as the bloc is ramping up booster shots and some countries begin preparing to deliver shots of Pfizer's vaccine to children aged 5 to 11 years. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

What's behind the 'dire' COVID-19 surge in Michigan?

Cases have "skyrocketed" in recent weeks, one hospital official said.

December 02

Registered Nurse Monica Quintana dons protective gear before entering a room at the William Beaumont hospital, April 21, 2021, in Royal Oak, Mich.

New York scientists double down on efforts to track new omicron variant

New York's Wadsworth Lab has been looking for dangerous variants for months.

December 02

A person wearing a mask walks past a COVID-19 self testing site in Penn Station on Dec. 04, 2020, in New York.

Israeli PM slammed for family trip amid travel restrictions

Israel's prime minister has come under fire after his wife and children flew abroad

December 02

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett adjusts his mask during a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool via AP)

Justices signal they'll OK new abortion limits, may toss Roe

The Supreme Court's conservative majority justices are signaling they will allow states to ban abortion much earlier in pregnancy

December 02

People gather at an anti-abortion rally outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, as activists begin to arrive ahead of arguments on abortion at the court in Washington.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Japan retracts new flight bookings ban after criticisms

Japan says it has retracted a ban on new incoming international flight bookings to defend against the new variant of the coronavirus only a day after the policy was announced

December 02

Men hold their phones as they stand by an arrival gate for international flights at the Narita International Airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. Going further than many other countries in trying to contain the virus, Japan has banned foreign visitors and asked international airlines to stop taking new reservations for all flights arriving in the country until the end of December.(AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

By the Numbers: World AIDS Day

On World AIDS Day, a look at the lives lost, those who live with HIV and the significant advances in diagnosis and treatments since the virus emerged in the 1980s.

December 01

Japan retracts a ban on new bookings on incoming international flights to defend against new variant due to criticisms

December 01

Chicago drops police union lawsuit over vaccine mandate

The city of Chicago has dropped its lawsuit against the police union over a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on city employees

December 01

$71M fund set up for victims of NY doctor charged with abuse

Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital have announced a settlement with 79 women who say they were sexually abused by former gynecologist Robert Hadden

December 01

FILE - Robert Hadden appears in Manhattan Supreme Court in New York, Feb. 23, 2016. Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital have announced a settlement with 79 women who say they were sexually abused by Hadden, a former New York gynecologist. (Alec Tabak via AP, File)

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