Tag: omicron variant
GOP blocks Senate COVID bill, demands votes on immigration
Republicans blocked a Democratic attempt Tuesday to begin Senate debate on a $10 billion COVID-19 compromise, pressing to entangle the bipartisan package with an...
Democratic, GOP Senate bargainers reach $10 billion COVID agreement
Senate bargainers reached an agreement Monday on a slimmed-down $10 billion package for countering COVID-19 with treatments, vaccines, and other steps, the...
Alabama COVID-19 hospitalizations at low for pandemic
Fewer people are being treated for COVID-19 in Alabama hospitals than at any time since the beginning of the pandemic in March...
Alabama covid cases down below 5%, first time since omicron surge
Alabama’s positivity rate for COVID tests over the last seven days fell below 5% for the first time since the start of...
Global death toll nears 6 million as pandemic enters its 3rd...
The official global death toll from COVID-19 is on the verge of eclipsing 6 million — underscoring that the pandemic, now entering...
Virus hospitalizations at lowest point in Alabama since 2021
Hospitalizations for COVID-19 are at their lowest point in Alabama since late 2021 in another sign that the latest wave of illness...
Kay Ivey applauds decision to drop mask mandates in Alabama schools
Gov. Kay Ivey has released a statement in light of schools dropping their remaining mask mandates. Ivey has drawn criticism on the...
COVID-19 hospitalizations decline 5% across Alabama
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 has decreased about 5% in Alabama since last week, a potential sign of improvement in...
Vaccine mandate to kick in for first wave of health workers
Health care workers in about half the states face a Thursday deadline to get their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine under...
Ron DeSantis blasts FDA for halting drugs ineffective on omicron
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed Tuesday for coronavirus patients to continue receiving antibody treatments deemed ineffective against the omicron variant, vowing to fight White...