A return to normalcy after almost two years of the COVID-19 pandemic appeared to be within reach, that is, until the emergence of the dangerous variant Dubbed Omicron.

British health officials are saying that a newly identified coronavirus variant which has spread in South Africa has double the number of mutations of the Delta variant.

The US economy grew at its slowest pace in more than a year in the third quarter as a resurgence in COVID-19 infections put more strain on global supply chains.

The Delta variant is “crippling our healthcare system. It’s impacting everything from heart attacks to strokes to our children if they get in a bike accident,” Dr. Anne Zink says.

Millions of Americans have depended on federal unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic. But they have lost those benefits even as the job market has slowed amid a resurgence of infections driven by the Delta variant.

Republicans and libertarians are vowing to fight US President Joe Biden’s new vaccine mandate covering big companies, healthcare workers and federal employees.

Millions of unemployed Americans who have depended on federal aid as a financial lifeline during the COVID-19 pandemic will lose those benefits on Monday.