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A healthcare worker conducts a test at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at Zoo Miami last Wednesday in Miami. In response to the increasing demand for COVID-19 tests, Miami-Dade County opened two new testing sites and expanded hours at the Zoo Miami testing location.

These are the numbers health officials are watching at this point in the pandemic

In the midst of record COVID case numbers in the U.S., biostatistician Natalie Dean walks us through how to assess the metrics.

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District handing out COVID-19 home tests to parents and guardians, Jan. 3, 2021

La Mesa-Spring Valley District scores stockpile of COVID home tests

La Mesa-Spring Valley Schools gave away a stockpile of COVID home tests to staff and students before going back to school.

San Diego Fire and Rescue Department Station 1

Record COVID infections force San Diego Fire-Rescue to shut down units

The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department has issued an emergency brownout because of COVID-19.

"Congressional offices, Committees, and Agencies should immediately review their operations to adopt a maximal telework posture to reduce in-person meetings and in-office activities to the maximum extent possible," attending physician Brain Monahan said on Monday.

Congress' doctor urges lawmakers to work remotely and upgrade masks as omicron rages

The move follows an unprecedented spike in positivity rates in the Capitol and mirrors record-high infection rates throughout Washington D.C., driven by the highly contagious omicron variant.

A child gets the Pfizer vaccine at Rady Children's Hospital, Nov. 3, 2021.

Booster authorization for kids over 12 to help fight current coronavirus wave

Local infectious disease expert stresses the importance of children getting vaccinations in midst of latest surge.

A Hollywood, Calif., classroom sits empty in August 2020. At least 2,750 U.S. schools announced they were cancelling in-person learning this week.

Officials are determined to keep schools open, despite omicron

As coronavirus cases and pediatric hospitalizations surge in the U.S., the majority of U.S. schools are staying open for in-person learning.

Sheep and goats stand together on Monday in Schneverdingen, Germany, as they form an approximately 330-foot syringe to promote vaccinations against COVID-19.

700 sheep and goats were arranged in the shape of a syringe to encourage vaccinations

A shepherd in Germany arranged her animals into a 330-foot syringe to encourage people to get vaccinated.

People waiting in line to get tested for COVID-19 at California State University San Marcos. Jan. 2, 2022.

San Diego County's COVID hospitalizations near 600

The number of coronavirus patients in San Diego County hospitals has surged to almost 600, according to the latest state figures.

A nurse practitioner fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Beaumont Health offices in Southfield, Mich., on Nov. 5.

The FDA authorizes a Pfizer booster shot for children ages 12 to 15

The agency also shortened the time between the completion of primary vaccination of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose.

The Broadway cast of <em>Come From Away,</em> which <em></em>had to cancel a week's performances before Christmas due to a COVID outbreak. When it returned, eight out of the 12 actors in the show were substitutes.

With COVID outbreaks, Broadway's understudies take center stage

Breakthrough infections from the omicron variant have been spreading like wildfire among casts and crews, so understudies and swing performers have been helping keep shows afloat.

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