Outbreak

The school switched to online classes Tuesday, the same day parents of band members were notified of an unspecified number of COVID positives among the band.

The Global Times criticized President Joe Biden for not being significantly different from former President Donald Trump's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The world's largest cruise trade association called the CDC's new guidance advising against cruise travel "perplexing" in a statement shared with Newsweek.

South Korea reported 6,919 new COVID-19 cases, but only 12 cases were reported to be from the Omicron variant. Its COVID-19 ICUs are at 80 percent capacity.

The university in Upstate New York was placed on high alert after evidence of the variant was identified in a "significant number" of cases reported Monday, December 13.

After the college detected over 400 positive coronavirus cases and its first Omicron case, the school shut down its main campus.

While it is not yet known if the Omicron variant is responsible for South Africa's surge, some experts say that it is very possible.

Last Friday, more than 2.2 million people flying across the U.S. went through airport security. It was the busiest travel day since the pandemic started.

Roughly 25 cases have been identified at Pilgrim High School, with more than half of the individuals reporting that they attended the homecoming dance.

The FDA stated that the onions were "sold to restaurants and grocery stores throughout the United States."

The CDC said the number of infected "is likely much higher than the number reported, and the outbreak may not be limited to the states with known illnesses."

"They're all over them, from their shoulders to their ankles," said a fifth-grade teacher, describing her students amid the outbreak.

Nearly 60 percent of COVID outbreaks took place at schools where no mask requirement was in place, according to a study.

An outbreak of new cases in the Fujian province has caused travel within the region to be restricted, with at least 152 new cases in recent days.

Today, the frightening disease that caused the Black Death "is treatable with commonly available antibiotics," the CDC said.

Countries all over the Asia-Pacific region are imposing new lockdowns and restrictions as the Delta variant continues to spread.

More than 450 people attended the camp in Texas and, according to the church, hundreds of others were likely exposed to the virus when people returned home.

Leaders from the U.S., U.K., Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan will meet in Cornwall to discuss the pandemic recovery and other international issues.

Cases reached 7,289 on Tuesday, bringing the country's overall count to 525,889.

If the U.K. variant becomes dominant in America, "we're gonna be faced with another challenge of a virus that has a more efficient capability of spreading," warned the infectious diseases expert.

Coronavirus outbreaks at Utah mink farms have "greatly worsened since August," according to the Utah Animal Rights Coalition (UARC).

Up to two million new infections are likely to be reported in the week ending February 13, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The current rate of deaths in L.A. County was reported to be more than double that of pre-pandemic years, according to the coroner's office.

Hundreds to thousands of people gathered on the streets of the Strip in Tuscaloosa amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

A handful of states in the Midwest, Northeast and the southwest reported the highest number of coronavirus deaths per 100,000 people.

The number of hospital beds needed across the country is projected to peak in just over a week, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.

Over 4.5 milion Americans have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, as of Monday, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

America's top infectious disease expert tells Newsweek it has yet to be determined whether those vaccinated against COVID-19 can still pass the virus onto others.

America's top infectious diseases expert tells Newsweek: "We can end this outbreak…we know what the end game is, we've just got to implement it."

The 70-year-old served as the mayor of Dearborn Heights since January 2004 and was a longtime member of the Dearborn Heights City Council.