One important -- and dangerous -- way the Omicron surge is different than previous surges in the US
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The US kicked off 2022 amid a massive Covid-19 case spike -- driven by the highly contagious Omicron variant -- that some experts warn will be different than any other time in the pandemic.
"What we have to understand is that our health system is at a very different place than we were in previous surges," professor of emergency medicine Dr. Esther Choo told CNN on Saturday. "We have extremely high numbers of just lost healthcare workers, we've lost at least 20% of our healthcare workforce, probably more."
Former President Donald Trump on Monday suggested undocumented immigrants who commit murder have “bad genes,” in the latest example of the former president using dehumanizing rhetoric as he tries to stoke fears about those in the country illegally.
An elderly man narrowly escaped with his life Thursday after a harrowing attack by a bear and her three cubs in his own home.
The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday halted a ruling striking down the state’s near-ban on abortions while it considers the state’s appeal.
The Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear an appeal from R. Kelly, who is currently serving a prison sentence for federal sex crime convictions.
The Supreme Court declined to hear several First Amendment appeals on Monday, ditching a case that dealt with a requirement that gun dealers in Maryland display suicide prevention literature and another case regarding anti-Confederate war monument protesters who were arrested for blocking a street.
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A group of about 100 volunteer helicopter pilots is flying around 400 relief missions a day over North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Helene, one of its co-founders says.
It might have been a preseason game but it proved to be a historic one on Sunday night.
Both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are rolling out an ever-growing list of promises to voters – from making housing and health care more affordable to supporting manufacturers to providing tax relief to millions of Americans.
Vice President Kamala Harris will mark Monday’s one-year anniversary of the October 7 attacks in Israel at her Naval Observatory residence, where, along with second gentleman Doug Emhoff, she’ll plant a memorial tree, according to a White House official.
Harris says it’s ‘not the 1950s anymore’ in dismissing criticism over not having biological children
Vice President Kamala Harris used her interview on the popular “Call Her Daddy” podcast airing Sunday to respond to Republican criticism of her for not having biological children and to hit Donald Trump over abortion rights.