Today's Headlines: Omicron Infections Seem to Be Milder, Three Research Teams Report

Biden Promised 500 Million Tests, but Americans Will Have to Wait
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Thursday, December 23, 2021

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Omicron Infections Seem to Be Milder, Three Research Teams Report

Omicron Infections Seem to Be Milder, Three Research Teams Report

By Carl Zimmer and Emily Anthes

The data offer a rare bit of good news. Still, hospitalizations are likely to increase simply because the variant is so contagious.

Biden Promised 500 Million Tests, but Americans Will Have to Wait

Biden Promised 500 Million Tests, but Americans Will Have to Wait

By Michael D. Shear and Sheryl Gay Stolberg

Contracts to purchase tests could be signed as soon as next week, but relief could be weeks away for people trying to buy the hard-to-find tests.

National Guard Empties Bedpans and Clips Toenails at Nursing Homes

National Guard Empties Bedpans and Clips Toenails at Nursing Homes

By Andrew Jacobs

In Minnesota, an ambitious initiative is training hundreds of Guard members to become certified nursing assistants and relieve burned-out nursing home workers.

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Carrie-Anne Moss on the 'Matrix' Movies and Playing an Action Hero in Her 50s

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Carrie-Anne Moss on the 'Matrix' Movies and Playing an Action Hero in Her 50s

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Sherrilyn Ifill: 'There Is No Guarantee We Make It Out of This Period as a Democracy'

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Today's Videos

1887 Time Capsule From Robert E. Lee Statue Opened

Video Video: 1887 Time Capsule From Robert E. Lee Statue Opened

By The Associated Press

A lead box that was embedded in a pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Virginia contained three books, a cloth envelope and a coin.

N.Y.C. Public Hospitals Limit Visitors as Omicron Surges

Video Video: N.Y.C. Public Hospitals Limit Visitors as Omicron Surges

By NEW YORK CITY MAYOR'S OFFICE

The head of New York City's public hospital system said its facilities began limiting visits after a coronavirus outbreak at one site that was linked to visitors.

England Lowers Covid Isolation Requirement

Video Video: England Lowers Covid Isolation Requirement

By Reuters

Health officials reduced the number of days people must isolate after showing Covid-19 symptoms to seven from 10, if they test negative on the sixth and seventh days. The move comes as a surge in the Omicron variant drives up cases.

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