December 23, 2021 Biden is taking a 'nonchalant' attitude to science: Carson Dr. Ben Carson examined the Biden administration's response to coronavirus therapeutics and natural immunity on "Fox News Primetime."
December 23, 2021 UK data suggests hospitalization is less likely with omicron Preliminary data suggests that people with the omicron variant of the coronavirus are 50% to 70% less likely to be hospitalized than those with the delta strain, Britain's public health agency announced Thursday in a finding that one researcher called "a small ray of sunlight."
December 23, 2021 McEnany: Biden's 'secret' campaign plan to defeat COVID has failed on all fronts "Outnumbered" co-host Kayleigh McEnany ripped President Biden on Thursday for his failure to anticipate the COVID-19 variant omicron's rapid spread, saying it reveals fatal mistakes made by the administration.
December 23, 2021 China puts city of 13 million in lockdown ahead of Olympics China plunged a city of 13 million people into lockdown on Thursday to stamp out an increase in coronavirus infections
December 23, 2021 Fauci warns Americans not to invite unvaccinated relatives for the holidays Dr. Anthony Fauci stated that people should keep unvaccinated friends and families away from holiday gatherings due to the “serious situation” around the Omicron variant.
December 23, 2021 Sen. Coons announces he tested positive for COVID-19 Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) announced on Twitter Thursday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus.
December 23, 2021 The NBA has agreed to lessen quarantine period to six days The NBA and NBAPA have agreed to lessen the quarantine period for COVID-positive players from 10 days to six, ESPN’s Adrain Wojnarowski reports.
December 23, 2021 NFLPA president, Browns' Tretter tests positive for COVID-19 Cleveland Browns center JC Tretter, the NFL Players Association president who has been pushing the league for daily COVID-19 testing all season, tested positive for the virus on Thursday.
December 23, 2021 Rutgers to replace Texas A&M in Gator Bowl vs. Wake Forest Rutgers will replace Texas A&M in the Gator Bowl against Wake Forest after an NCAA committee decided Thursday to adhere to an existing policy for making teams with 5-7 records bowl eligible.
December 23, 2021 SEC, Big East alter basketball policies as COVID cases spike The Southeastern and Big East conferences have updated their policies for basketball game postponements, cancellations and rescheduling to provide more leniency for teams that are unable to play because of spiking COVID-19 cases.