Hannah Knowles

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Omicron slammed essential workers. So the National Guard became teachers, janitors and more.

The Guard’s latest wave of assignments shows how the omicron variant slammed crucial parts of the U.S. workforce, with employees calling out sick like never before.

Nurses made $1.5 million selling fake vaccination cards, prosecutors say

Julie DeVuono and Marissa Urraro, of New York, were arrested last week and charged with forgery after making more than a million dollars in less than three months, authorities said.

Omicron snarls some Christmas travel plans; 3,800 flights canceled worldwide

Cancellations are modest, but ‘if your flight is the one that’s been canceled, the world has just ended,’ says analyst.

You’re vaccinated and boosted. How should omicron affect your plans?

Should you still go out to a party? What about a restaurant? How can you keep people safe at gatherings?

Hospitals overwhelmed by covid are turning to ‘crisis standards of care.’ What does that mean?

Some places have adopted statewide crisis standards of care, in which health systems can prioritize patients for scarce resources — based largely on their likelihood of survival — and even deny treatment.

A doctor called coronavirus vaccines ‘fake.’ Now he sits on an Idaho regional health board

Cole’s elevation to a public health role is to critics an extreme example of GOP-driven resistance to not only mandates but basic medical guidance, as the pandemic overwhelms Idaho’s hospitals like never before.

County mandates security at vaccine clinics after reports of fireworks attack and slashed signs

The harassment has grown more frequent and more threatening, said Jefferson County Public Health Executive Director Dawn Comstock.

Doctors dismayed by patients who fear coronavirus vaccines, but clamor for unproven ivermectin

Promoted by conservative talk show hosts, politicians and even some physicians as an effective treatment for covid-19, the medication has soared in popularity despite having no proven anti-viral benefits — and also some clear harms.

A hospital refused to give ivermectin to a covid patient. Then a judge ordered doctors to administer it.

Butler County Judge J. Gregory Howard ordered West Chester Hospital to treat Jeffrey Smith, 51, with ivermectin for three weeks, as requested by his wife.

A GOP official’s covid-19 death went viral. Then came calls for vaccination — and bitter divides.

“Everyone already has an opinion, and it didn’t change because of Scott.”