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Omicron Variant Surge Trending Down
COVID-19 hospitalizations have plateaued in the state of Florida as the Omicron surge appears to be trending down. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports
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PolitiFact: Fact-Checking COVID Vaccine's Effectiveness
PolitiFact assesses the accuracy of White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki’s claims regarding the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine. NBC 6’s Phil Prazan reports
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Omicron Hospitalizations Much Shorter Than Delta and Less Severe, Study Finds
A study of 70,000 COVID-19 patients in a large hospital system found the median omicron patient was in hospital for 70% less time than with delta
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After Soaring Cases and Hospitalizations, Omicron May Head for Rapid Drop
The reason: The variant has proved so wildly contagious that it may already be running out of people to infect, just a month and a half after it was first detected.
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Child COVID Hospitalizations Are Up, Especially in These 5 States
Children have been hospitalized at nearly twice the rate of adults in the past 4 weeks, an NBC News data analysis shows