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From Bethlehem and Frankfurt to Boston, the surging coronavirus put a damper on Christmas Eve for a second year, forcing churches to cancel or scale back services and disrupting travel plans. -
Here's how their hospitals are doing nearly two years into the pandemic, what they are seeing in new omicron patients, and their thoughts on the wave of burnout affecting the industry. -
The omicron variant plus new state rules mean another round of business closures is likely, say merchants and the groups that represent them. -
Biden used to talk a lot about the COVID-19 death toll, but over the last year he's shifted to how to fight the pandemic. Some want him to go back to addressing the country's grief. -
SB 510 becomes effective Jan. 1 and requires health plans and health insurers to reimburse both in-network and out-of-network providers for COVID-19 testing and related services without any cost-sharing, prior authorization or other utilization management requirements. -
San Diego County public health officials have reported 2,336 new COVID-19 cases and eight additional deaths associated with the virus. -
KPBS Midday EditionWhile good news from the pandemic is few and far between, a recent report indicated that the personal wealth of San Diegans actually grew in the previous year. -
Omicron has become the most common form of the coronavirus in the U.S., accounting for 73% of all cases.. -
As the new variant rapidly spreads, both testing and positivity rates are way up. -
U.S. officials are loosening rules that call on health care workers to stay out of work for 10 days if they test positive for COVID-19.
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