schools This Alabama School District is Going Remote Thanks to Omicron The school district in historic Selma, Alabama is going remote after many cases of COVID-19 among teachers and staff, and in the community. “We did not have the adults available [for in-person learning], because of either testing positive or having close contact with someone who tested positive,” said superintendent Avis Williams.
coronavirus pandemic Doctor Shares an Honest Look at Life Working in an ICU Right Now Dr. Jason Chertoff tries to focus on the positive and why he got into the medical profession: to help people. But at the Ohio ICU where he works, morale is rapidly depleting as the unit again fills with COVID-19 patients – most of whom are unvaccinated. Chertoff says he’s tried to convince people to get their shots – meanwhile, staffing...
Omicron Variant Omicron Has Peaked in the Northeast, But Cases May Not Drop Right Away Omicron has probably reached its peak in the northeast United States, says NBC medical contributor Dr. Natalie Azar. Cases are rising less quickly than before and could hopefully come down quickly too. But “we have to watch and wait and see what happens,” Azar says.
mental health How to Manage Your Pandemic Stress and Still Plan for the Future Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Americans were increasingly feeling angry, stressed and worried, according to data from Gallup. But the pandemic has many people looking wistfully at the past, says clinical psychologist Allison Kanter Agliata. She says we need to manage grief about the past while also forging a path for the future. And people struggling should know there are...
covid-19 vaccine Before Sending Her Kids to School, a Doctor Looked For These COVID Protocols Dr. Uché Blackstock looked at coronavirus prevention strategies like mask mandates ventilation, testing and rates of vaccination before deciding to sending them to New York City public schools. “This is a decision that no parent should have to make, but here we are having to make this decision,” Blackstock says.
covid-19 vaccine Omicron Makes COVID Case Counts Look Scary. But Hospitalizations Matter Most We should shift how we track the severity of the coronavirus pandemic, says Dr. Monica Gandhi at University of California San Francisco. Since Omicron is more infectious, it can cause higher case numbers. But with many people vaccinated or having some level of immunity, each case may not be a cause for panic – hospitalizations and deaths are better measurements...
covid-19 vaccine Former Head of CDC Under Trump: The Pandemic Is Too Politicized “You would like to think that we would come together as a nation and just look at the public health science side of this,” says Robert Redfield, who served as head of the CDC under former President Donald Trump. He joined LX News Now host Eric Alvarez to talk about the pandemic and getting kids back to school.
covid-19 vaccine Here's What It's Like to Get Sick With Omicron Dallas resident Thalía LeBlanc (@thalialeblanc on TikTok) has been making TikToks documenting her symptoms after getting infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Leblanc has talked at length about the disease after it killed her father, a north Texas pediatrician, in December 2020. We are also joined by Tulane University’s Dr. Susan Hassig who weighs in on the symptoms and...
coronavirus pandemic CDC Shortens Isolation Period For People Infected With COVID-19 As cases surge in many parts of the country due to the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, the CDC changed its guidelines for when vaccinated and unvaccinated people can return to work after an exposure. LX News Now Host Eric Alvarez explains why the change was made and what you need to know.
Omicron Variant Omicron is Hospitalizing Kids Who Can't Get Vaccinated Kids under age 5 are still not eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine — and now hospitals are seeing a spike in children infected with the Omicron variant of the virus. In New York City, pediatric hospitalizations have quadrupled. And data shows huge percentages of child COVID patients have not been fully vaccinated yet, either due to choice or because...
