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A sign requiring face covering is pictured at a beach in San Diego, July 10, 2020.

With omicron driving COVID surge, California extends indoor mask mandate

The state-imposed the mandate on Dec. 15, and it had been scheduled to expire on Jan. 15.

People wait in line to get tested for COVID-19 at CSU San Marcos. Jan. 2, 2022.

Expert: 'We have weeks to go,' omicron surge not yet slowing

As the current Omicron-fueled surge sees record-high case numbers, health officials are scrambling to revise existing guidelines and protective measures.

8-year-old Kainoa Ranjo gets his first COVID vaccine shot. San Diego, Nov. 15, 2021.

Advisers to the CDC say kids as young as 12 should get COVID booster shots

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say kids as young as 12 should get booster shots. This endorsement clears the way for the CDC to approve boosters for kids between 12 and 15.

Photo of the iHealth COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Tests were provided by the California Department of Public Health to students, Dec. 17, 2021

Newsom slammed for California student COVID test shortage

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing criticism for failing to deliver on his promise to provide rapid, at-home tests to all of the state's students and school staff before classrooms reopened after winter break.

A view of a Grammy statue during a performance at the Chicago Chapter 60th Anniversary Concert at Millennium Park on Sept. 16, 2021 in Chicago.

The Grammys are postponed and Sundance is moved online because of omicron surge

A new date has not been announced for the Grammys. Sundance events begin Jan 20.

A decorative grammy is seen before the start of the 63rd annual Grammy Awards at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Sunday, March 14, 2021.

Grammys postpone ceremony, citing omicron variant risks

The Recording Academy said Wednesday it made the decision to postpone the ceremony “after careful consideration and analysis with city and state officials, health and safety experts, the artist community and our many partners.”

The container ship Hyundai Hope is loaded in Norfolk, Va., on Dec. 1, 2021.

The global supply chain is amazingly efficient. So why did it break down?

"Americans went on a shopping spree as soon as lockdown started, and we haven't really stopped," journalist Christopher Mims says. His book, Arriving Today, goes inside the global supply chain.

Dr. Peter Hotez and Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi of Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine have developed a new COVID vaccine that could prove beneficial to lower resource countries. They said their Texas location was key to the project: There were lots of local philanthropic groups that agreed to fund their research.

A Texas team comes up with a COVID vaccine that could be a global game changer

Peter Hotez and Maria Elena Bottazzi used an oldie-but- goodie technology to devise a vaccine that's easy to make — and relatively cheap. India has already ordered 300 million doses.

Willie Stokes walks from a state prison in Chester, Pa., on Tuesday after his 1984 murder conviction was overturned because of perjured witness testimony.

A Philadelphia man is free after serving 37 years because of a false witness

Willie Stokes, 61, was freed in a murder case marred by detectives who allegedly offered a witness sex and drugs at police headquarters in 1983 in exchange for false testimony.

Passengers look out from the Spectrum of the Seas cruise ship docked in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Thousands of passengers were being held on the ship for coronavirus testing after health authorities said nine passengers were linked to a recent omicron cluster and ordered the ship to turn back.

Hong Kong bans flights from U.S. and 7 other countries as omicron surges

Hong Kong authorities announced a two-week ban on flights from eight countries and held 2,500 passengers on a cruise ship for coronavirus testing as the city attempted to stem an omicron outbreak.

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