COVID-19

National

Adele postpones Vegas show in tearful post, saying half of her team is out with COVID

Jonathan Franklin

Weekends with Adele was originally set to run from Jan. 21 to April 16. The singer announced that the Las Vegas residency was postponed due to COVID issues.
Public Safety

911 center operators share lessons learned from the pandemic

Kitty Alvarado

Hundreds of 911 experts are in San Diego this week to learn about new technology and standards.
National

Why humans are losing the race against superbugs

Jason Beaubien

A new report in The Lancet finds that in 2019, antibiotic-resistant bacteria killed 1.2 million people — more than were killed by malaria or HIV/AIDS. The problem is mounting in lower-income nations.
Local

San Diego County reports 9,382 COVID cases, 5 deaths, expands testing sites

City News Service

San Diego County's Health and Human Services Agency reported 9,382 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths in its latest data as the county continues to expand testing locations amid increased demand because of the Omicron variant.
Education

Parents and caregivers of young children say they've hit pandemic rock bottom

Anya Kamenetz

The people who take care of and educate children under 5 years old, who are too young to be vaccinated, are in a special kind of hell right now.
International

COVID concerns will keep NBC announcers home from the Beijing Olympics

Jonathan Franklin

NBC Sports officials say their plan of covering the Olympics from its Stamford, Conn., facility is a similar strategy used to cover the delayed 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics last year.
KPBS Midday Edition

Expert: Pandemic could shift to 'endemic' phase soon

Cristina Kim

Harrison Patiño

As omicron infections continue to surge at unprecedented rates, experts are raising the possibility that the pandemic could soon enter a new, slightly more manageable phase.
National

Booster longevity: Data reveals how long a third shot protects

Michaeleen Doucleff

Researchers in the U.K. have the first estimates for how long a third shot of the Pfizer vaccine will last. The findings are mixed.
National

Opinion: 5 steps we must take to vaccinate the world's vulnerable—and end the pandemic

Edward Cliff

Isaac Chan

Salmaan Keshavjee

Three doctors present their proposal to get vaccines to everyone in the world. "We already have the resources, knowledge and systems," they write. Global leaders just have to make it happen.
National

Biden acknowledges his team should have done more COVID testing earlier

Alana Wise

The comment came as the president took reporters' questions on Wednesday in a nearly 2-hour-long press conference. "Should we have done more testing earlier? Yes. But we're doing more now," he said.