The Latest Breaking News from CDC

Deaths from other causes counted as Covid if patient tested positive at time of death

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates, the omicron BA.2 variant represents approximately 55% of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S., as signs suggest infections are edging higher again in parts of the Northeast.

Not over yet: The super-infectious BA.2 is spreading rapidly — suggesting we're on the brink of another surge

Florida and 20 other states have sued to halt the federal government's pandemic requirement that people wear masks on planes, trains and other public transport

WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators cleared second booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna Inc. and the partnership of Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE for adults 50 and older, making millions more people eligible for the shots as concern grows about a potential new wave of infections.

So-called ‘stealth’ variant estimated to account for 55 per cent of new cases

ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday signed legislation that allows parents who don’t want their children wearing masks to opt out of any school district mandates.

LOS ANGELES — The highly infectious BA.2 omicron subvariant is now the dominant version of the coronavirus circulating in the United States, according to federal estimates, a development that is triggering fresh concerns of a potential springtime wave.

US has seen a small uptick in new COVID-19 cases over the past week, raising concern that infections could surge again.

The Food and Drug Administration’s decision opens a fourth dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines to those people at least four months after their previous booster.

US regulators are allowing people 50 and older to get another booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna Covid-19 vaccine