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It was "inevitable," as Dr. Anthony Fauci had said. The individual is said to be suffering mild symptoms, was vaccinated (but without a booster shot) and had traveled from South Africa. Officials across the country are upping preparations and actively looking for more cases.
Experts suggest omicron may have mutated in a non-human host. Yet the lack of testing and genomic sequencing of test samples hampers efforts in the United States to study the variant the fast-spreading variant.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Editorial writers weigh in on Roe and HIV.
Fatal overdoses were up 10% over 2020 for the fist six months of 2021. Meanwhile, in Michigan the governor seeks $300 million for covid tests in schools, but in Dallas the Children's Medical Center has disbanded its gender-affirming care program.
Opinion writers examine these covid issues.
It could take just three or four months for approval, the EU drug regulator said. Mexico has changed its plans for boosters, a deal is near to make and sell J&J's shot in Africa, and Israel is mulling mandatory vaccination.
The immunity level-sensing test comes from a Houston startup which is seeking emergency approval from the FDA. Separately, studies link covid infections to myocarditis in college athletes, and long haul covid with chronic fatigue, among other stories.
The study, which compares commercial prices among hospital, shows how little influence consumers have over pricing. Another report finds hospital labor costs continuing to increase.
News outlets also cover safe sites for drug users. In other public health coverage: mumps, water safety, wellness trends and covid orphans.
On World AIDS Day, President Joe Biden is set to direct federal efforts toward the ambitious goal. He also wants to direct resources toward aiding an aging population living with HIV. News outlets explore other global progress made against the virus.
The arguments concern a Mississippi law that would restrict abortions after 15 weeks, well before the threshold that the landmark Roe v Wade decision set. Groups opposed to abortion have strong hopes that the court — bolstered with three justices chosen by President Donald Trump — will overturn Roe or curb its scope.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says the enhanced screening at New York, Atlanta, Newark and San Francisco airports will include increased testing for some international travelers. Meanwhile, groups representing pharmacists are asking Medicare officials to make the program's drug plans pay for counseling patients and dispensing oral antiviral medications that treat covid.
In an optimistic note, the University of Oxford said that even though other covid variants have arrived over the last year, vaccines have offered ongoing protection, and there's no evidence omicron will be different. Meanwhile, it seems omicron hit Europe earlier than thought.
The vote was 13 for and 10 against, so the first-of-its-kind drug was narrowly approved. Merck also said it should be effective against the new omicron variant. Meanwhile, Regeneron's antibody treatment may not be, according to the company.
The CDC's Dr. Rochelle Walensky noted we have "far more tools" to battle a covid variant than last year. Separately, Dr. Anthony Fauci said it was likely current vaccines would still offer some protection. Meanwhile, testing labs are hunting for signs of omicron's arrival.
Arkansas say its biggest one-day jump in covid cases since September (possibly from delayed testing after Thanksgiving), Indiana is seeing a surge and Vermont's hospitalizations are at a record high. Meanwhile, Amazon is accused of underreporting its covid infection figures.
The covid vaccination requirement that all health workers at facilities that get CMS funding is now on hold nationally. And in a separate case, a judge granted a preliminary injunction against the rule mandating the shot for all federal contractors. That case impacts Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Opinion writers delve into these covid topics.
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