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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. -
The Supreme Court says it will hold a special session in just over two weeks to hear arguments on the Biden administration’s vaccine or testing requirement for large employers and a separate vaccine requirement for health care workers. -
On Monday, a San Diego Superior Court judge ruled that the mandate contradicts state law. On Tuesday, the district’s board voted unanimously to appeal. -
He said the tests will allow students to "get those results back quickly and make sure when they go back in person they're doing so safely, knowing they haven't contracted the disease over the holidays." -
The test was done after a White House staff member — who had flown with Biden on Air Force One on Friday — tested positive for COVID on Monday. Biden had tested negative on Sunday and Monday. -
The new at-home COVID treatment is currently available in limited quantities to states and territories. Some states will get as few as 120 courses of treatment at first. -
Staff, faculty and students who are accessing university facilities or programs will be required to get a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot. -
Seven schools in the University of California system, Harvard University, Northwestern University and others are among those changing their plans in response to the highly transmissible variant.
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