[ad_1] High levels of Covid-19 deaths hurt fourth-quarter results in MetLife Inc.’s MET 0.65% business of providing employer-sponsored life insurance as the Delta variant persisted in the U.S., but the outsize payouts were more than offset by unusually strong investment gains. The New York company’s net income soared to $1.18 billion, up from $124 million […]
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[ad_1] Omicron surge fallout: non-COVID patients wait for essential procedures NPR [ad_2] Source link
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[ad_1] KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The COVID-19 pandemic started two years, but Missouri and Kansas endured the highest infection rate for any month during the outbreak last month — and it’s not particularly close. With the arrival of the highly transmissible omicron variant and with the delta variant still circulating, nearly 27% of all confirmed […]
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[ad_1] The World Health Organization chief says 90 million cases of coronavirus have been reported since the omicron variant was first identified 10 weeks ago, amounting to more than in all of 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press February 1, 2022, 6:38 PM • 3 min read Share […]
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[ad_1] SYDNEY, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Australia’s prime minister faced up to criticism of his leadership on Tuesday, saying his government had been too optimistic about the impact of coronavirus vaccinations leading to disappointment and exhaustion when the Omicron variant hit. Scott Morrison faces an approval rating falling to its lowest level in two years […]
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[ad_1] Omicron is in retreat across the Houston area, new data shows, even as hospitals continue to feel the strain of January’s post-holiday bump in COVID-19 cases. After a brutal month in which the highly contagious variant of the coronavirus swept the city with ferocious speed, sickening more than 100,000 people, Monday’s figures confirmed the […]
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[ad_1] California college students are headed back to classrooms just as new COVID-19 cases in the state are starting to decline from the peak of the omicron surge. But that doesn’t mean it’s an easy road ahead for the university administrators tasked with keeping them safe. How many isolation beds are needed on campus? Should […]
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[ad_1] The omicron variant of Covid-19 was discovered less than three months ago, but it rocketed case numbers to record highs. Yet almost as rapidly as they rose, new infections plummeted in countries like the United Kingdom, South Africa, and now the United States. Omicron caused some of the pandemic’s tallest, sharpest spikes in Covid-19 […]
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[ad_1] As with communities outside their doors, coronavirus cases in long-term care facilities in Michigan increased in the surge fueled by the omicron variant, and a state updatelast week indicates it is “crucial” to get residents and staff up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations. While cases are starting to decrease, the COVID-19 data response and modeling update states “case counts […]
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[ad_1] SAN ANTONIO – Schools across the country and in the San Antonio community are facing many obstacles due to the omicron COVID-19 surge. The latest pandemic wave has led to staff shortages, temporary school closures and has presented many challenges in the classroom with in-person learning. Superintendent of Schools for Southside ISD Rolando Ramirez […]
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