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Director pointing to encouraging data showing people infected with the original omicron strain have some protection against the new subvariant. the president today urging congress to pass covid funding, warning the country could run out of critical tools like monoclonal antibody treatments by may. >> without funding, were not going tobe able to sustain the testing capacity beyond the month of june. and if we fail to invest, we leave ourselves vulnerable if another wave of the virus hits. >> repo...

In the cold, especially the elderly. >> reporter: and the fda now says early data suggest rapid antigen tests still work to detect omicron, but they may have reduced sensitivity. >> we still are encouraging their use. they may not work as well as they had for the delta variant. >> reporter: and tonight, childrens hospitals are sounding the alarm about the accelerating covid impact, with pediatric hospitalizations doubling in the last month. >> our most precious commodity in this united states of...