Coronavirus Archives

Omicron does little to slow holiday travel

December 23, 2021 3:20 PM CBS News

Across the country, millions of Americans are on the move, including the Larson family from the San Francisco Bay area, who took an early trip to…

Federal response team expected to arrive in Yuma soon

December 23, 2021 11:48 AM Cody Lee

A team of 10 paramedics is heading to Yuma County to assist Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) as nurses experience a surge in COVID-19…

Hospital workers to face Covid-19 patients for second Christmas in a row

December 23, 2021 10:30 AM CNN

For the second year in a row, weary doctors and nurses on the front lines of the pandemic are preparing to treat hospitalized Covid-19 patients…

FDA authorizes second Covid-19 pill

December 23, 2021 9:02 AM Marcos Icahuate, CNN Newsource

The United States Food and Drug Administration has authorized another pill to treat COVID-19 in…

New York governor signs bill criminalizing fake Covid-19 vaccination cards

December 23, 2021 8:42 AM CNN, Vince Ybarra

New York’s governor signed legislation Wednesday criminalizing fake Covid-19 vaccination cards, according to a news release from her…

U.S. economy did better than expected last summer

December 23, 2021 8:14 AM CNN, Cole Johnson

The Bureau of Economic Analysis says gross domestic product rose slightly faster from July to September than what was previously…

Air Force reviewing nearly 11k vaccine religious exemptions

December 23, 2021 6:41 AM April Hettinger

Nearly 11,000 members of the U.S. Air Force have requested religious exemptions to the military’s vaccine…

EXCLUSIVE: Inside YRMC COVID-19 unit as nurses experience winter surge

December 22, 2021 8:40 PM Cody Lee

As Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) experiences a winter surge, we’re getting a first-hand look inside one of the hospital’s COVID-19…

California health care workers required to get booster by February 2022

December 22, 2021 3:12 PM Lisa Sturgis, Adonis Albright

Gov. Gavin Newsom, (D-Calif.), on Wednesday announced new booster requirements and testing measures to protect Californians from a surge in…

How safe is it to attend holiday religious services as the Omicron variant spreads? Experts weigh in

December 22, 2021 12:55 PM CNN Newsource

By Kristen Rogers, CNN If you’re wondering whether you should go to in-person religious services during the winter holidays this year, CNN…

Cleveland-area hospitals battling latest Covid-19 surge put ad in local paper that reads: ‘Help’

December 22, 2021 4:25 AM CNN

CNN By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN “Help.” That word, in big black letters and surrounded by white space, called out from Ohio’s…

COVID hospitalizations continue to soar

December 22, 2021 12:06 PM Arlette Yousif

COVID hospitalizations are not letting up, but Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) reports it has not seen any confirmed omicron cases among its…

California now to require booster shots for healthcare workers

December 22, 2021 8:32 AM AP News, Cole Johnson

California health care workers will be required to have coronavirus booster shots to ensure that hospitals are ready to deal with a surge in cases as…

Thousands of federal inmates released due to Covid concerns

December 22, 2021 8:31 AM CNN, Cole Johnson

The U.S. Justice Department made an announcement on Tuesday that thousands of federal inmates are being released in an effort to combat the spread of…