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A staffer who on Friday flew aboard Air Force One with the president tested positive for the coronavirus on Monday, the White House said. -
With coronavirus cases surging nationwide, locals are hitting COVID testing sites ahead of their holiday travels. -
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers show nearly a six-fold increase in the proportion of infections in only one week. -
Underscoring its high transmissibility, in a week, omicron went from a 12.6% share of new COVID infections in the U.S. to a dominant 73.2%, according to the CDC's latest estimates. -
Vaccines in the U.S. and around the world do not offer as much protection against omicron as they have against previous versions of the coronavirus. However, vaccines still help — a lot. -
The judge said the district's mandate, which does not permit religious or personal belief exemptions, contradicts state law because implementing such mandates without exemptions can only be imposed by the state legislature. -
The amount of COVID-19 virus detected in wastewater has predicted the region's COVID-19 caseload up to three weeks ahead of clinical diagnostic reports. -
European nations have implemented a wave of new restrictions as case numbers rise. And Israel has added the U.S. and Canada to its "red list" of countries that citizens are barred from traveling to. -
The number of coronavirus patients in San Diego County hospitals decreased by six people to 365, according to the latest state figures. -
San Diego County public health officials reported 1,032 new COVID-19 infections and seven additional deaths associated with the virus Friday, increasing the region's cumulative totals to 397,374 cases and 4,406 deaths since the pandemic began.
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