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Spike in kids testing and bogging down triage for the seriously ill. >> we are seeing a lot of patients present with mild respiratory symptoms, cough, congestion, fever. known covid exposures and i think a lot of them are seeking testing. >> reporter: the sickest kids those needing hospitalization are having a tough time breathing. >> so theyre getting a lot of respiratory symptoms, as we have been expecting. pneumonias, needing respiratory support to help them breathe better. >> reporter: viral...

L.a. county also had the highest number of daily infections with more than 45,000. >> all right. at a testing site in los angeles there. i want to bring into the conversation surgeon dr. susana hills. dr. hills, thank you for your time this morning. since the start of this pandemic, theres been a lot of concern about the convergence of the flu and covid according to the cdc, the flu has accounted for up to 52,000 deaths a year between 2010 and 2022. how concerned are you about this now? this con...

And me in new orleans. and also these guys. anderson cooper and andy cohen. theyll be here in new york. so join all of us for a very festive cnn new years eve. its going to start friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern only here on cnn. i will also see you tomorrow. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. a new warning from childrens hospitals. "the lead" starts right now. in one pediatric hospital they are seeing a 1,000% increase in the number of kids testing positive for covid compared with the d...

You have been exposed. you dont know if you have covid-19, but youve been exposed. if youve had a booster or if youre less than six months away from your second shot, the cdc says no need for you to quarantine, although they do recommend wearing a mask for ten days. now heres the reasoning behind that. the cdc says that a booster, having three shots, including the booster, is 75% effective at fighting omicron infections. so again, you know, economic concerns here, too. the thinking is, why are w...

Hours before so that the crew could use it for target practice. welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper. breaking news in the health lead. 28 million american children may soon have access to a covid vaccine. right now, right this second, the u.s. food and drug administrations advisory committee is voting on whether to recommend pfizers vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11 under emergency use conditions. this comes as the american academy of pediatrics says the number of kids testing positive for covid...

Positive for covid-19 after excorting their students to the paralympics. blake essig has more from tokyo. >> reporter: for more than a month, this is what its looked like inside hospitals and clinics across tokyo. children, some cases as young as 1-month-old, testing positive for covid-19. fueled by the delta variant, the number of kids testing positive for covid has increased by about 350% since the end of july at dr. takedas clinic. for people under the age of 20, confirmed cases of tokyo incr...

China is dominated the medal count with 96 golds and 207 total medals. great britain is a distant second with 41 golds and 124 total medals. followed by the united states and the russian paralympic committee. despite warnings from health officials, tens of thousands of school-aged children have been attending the games. two teachers in eastern japan have tested positive for covid-19 after escorting their students to the paralympics. cnns blake essig has more from tokyo. >> reporter: for more t...

"early start," im ashleigh banfield. >> and im zoraida sambolin. we are bringing you the news from "a" to "z." its 5:00 a.m. in the east. lets get started here. >> this was a good one, guys, if you missed it. the tarmac in arizona got hot. it wasnt about the weather. it was about the president and the governor. jan brewer and barack obama getting testy on the tarmac and brewer even pointed her finger, shaking it, wagging it at the president. what was this all about? why did they have a...