SEATTLE (AP) — The omicron-fueled surge that is sending COVID-19 cases rocketing in the U.S. is putting children in the hospital in close to record numbers, and experts lament that most of the youngsters are not vaccinated. "It's just so heartbreaking," said Dr. Paul Offit, an ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell below 200,000, more evidence that the job market remains strong in the aftermath of last year's coronavirus recession. Jobless claims dropped by 8,000 to 198,000, the Labor Department reported this morning. ...
SIBIU, Romania (AP) — As the fast-spreading coronavirus variant omicron rages through Western Europe, officials and experts in low-vaccinated Eastern Europe anticipate a post-holiday explosion of COVID-19 cases in much of the region. Many countries in Eastern Europe only recently emerged ...
Ohio could break its record for the most monthly reported COVID-19 cases as early as today. As of Tuesday, December had 265,186 reported COVID-19 cases. The record for a month is 279,317 in December 2020. But this month, with three days left, needs just 14,132 more COVID-19 cases to have the distinction of being the one with the most. The Ohio Department of Health reported 15,403 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday. That is the second most ever for a single day since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. The single-day record is 15,989 last Thursday. For the month, Ohio has ...
CHICAGO (AP) — More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to their highest level on record at over 265,000 per day on average, a surge driven largely by the highly contagious omicron variant. New cases per day have more than doubled over ...
TOKYO (AP) — European benchmarks opened mixed, with London's FTSE 100 at nearly a two-year high, after Asian shares mostly finished lower today. France's CAC 40 edged up 0.1 percent in early trading to 7,190.22, while Germany's DAX slipped 0.2 percent to 15,935.45. Britain's FTSE 100 rose ...
