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Should kids be kept out of school amid this omicron wave? its a debate schools all over are grappling with right now. so far data from the department of education shows that 85 k-12 school districts across the country are hybrid as of december 12th. some turned virtual only recently amid the rise in omicron cases. the same for colleges and universities, at least 15 from stand for and ucla to temple and columbia all have chosen to go virtual for final exams or to start the next semester online. b...

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To. phil? >> a legend in every sense of the word. thanks so much. the omicron wave is rising. testing shortages with hospitals and schools struggling to stay open. plus an unvaccinated tennis star now held inside a detention hotel. novack djokovic, his freedom depends on an australian courtroom, and were learning new details about the weeks leading up to his trip down under. >> and a dangerous and deadly flooding in the pacific northwest. some frightened people near seattle forced to wait on t...

We covered a lot of headlines including pfizers plan for an omicron specific vaccine. world news tonight is coming up tonight, new covid cases in the u.s. soaring. a record 1.4 million cases reported in just a single day. hospitalizations and deaths on the rise. tonight, a hospital in los angeles declaring, quote, we are 100% broken and in complete disaster mode. in some places, health care workers who are covid-positive but who are asymptomatic are being told to come back to work. states batt...

Joining me now is dr. peter hotez, an infectious disease expert at baylor college of medicine. heres the concern that i have. what now stops the unvaccinated from saying im not going to get vaccinated, after all, theres now a pill on the horizon? >> well, that would be a pretty treacherous strategy to embark upon. heres why, michael. first of all, the drugs not going to be ready possibly in time for this omicron wave. production is only really starting now. were not going to really get up to spe...

I had two lung collapses, they brought me back twice. adam and jade, who run the ward, say staffing pressures are creating added stress. weve had quite acute staff shortages, a lot of staff off sick and isolating. patient—wise, i think the numbers are increasing, but currently, were not at full capacity yet. itsjust sort of the fear of the unknown. you dont know which way its going to go. even though right now it feels slightly better than it did this time last year. so, what might happen now?...

Million tests ready to go months ago. now theyre going to get them, but its going to come as were already in the midst of this omicron wave and they need to address that and then also address what they think might happen with covid in the coming months as we head into spring. americans want children to stay in in-person school, they have these economic concerns that they have and they have concerns about whats on the horizon with the midterm elections just one more thing i will say is like marga...

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All of last season. of course, last season was a record breaker for almost no cases, but in new york state our trajectory puts us up at a earlier and higher peak than during normal years. so, you know, flu has always overwhelmed or gotten close to overwhelming many, many hospitals during normal years. so if flu is back and we have covid, it could certainly be very problematic. so please dont forget to get your flu vaccination. thats including everybody six months and older who can be vaccinated ...

To impose further covid restrictions in england, despite surging cases due to the omicron variant. health officials have confirmed this lunchtime that the rules will be changed so that people in england who test positive for covid with a lateral flow device — but dont have symptoms — will no longer be asked to take a follow—up pcr test. borisjohnson has said he hoped the country could "ride out" the omicron wave, despite the uk recording a record number of positive daily cases yesterday. h...