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The World Health Organization recommended against using blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors to treat patients with the illness.
The 85% vaccination rate for students 12 and older represents progress, but the number of those who have not complied suggests huge headaches when school resumes on Jan. 10.
A federal judge in Georgia blocks President Biden’s administration from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees of federal contractors.
It’s still far from clear what kind of COVID-19 increase California will see, and the state so far has been doing better than other parts of the country. But officials say they want to be ready.
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The advisory is to call attention to a “youth mental health crisis” and recommend resources to call on and actions to take.
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Thousands of L.A. public employees are refusing to get vaccinated, and some are threatening to quit. The city and county should stand firm.
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The Omicron variant appears to be driving a dramatic COVID surge in South Africa, providing a glimpse of where the pandemic might be headed globally.
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Germany’s health minister calls on the unvaccinated to get their COVID-19 shots, saying that more than 1% of the population has the coronavirus.
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Confirmation of the variant in the nation’s most populous county came as officials urged residents to get tested for the coronavirus more frequently when it makes sense to do so — particularly during the holiday season.
A UC San Francisco lab that analyzes coronavirus test results is a big reason behind the quick identification of the Omicron variant in California.
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