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How will the pandemic end? Omicron clouds forecasts for endgame

How will the pandemic end? Omicron clouds forecasts for endgame

Pandemics do eventually end, even if omicron is complicating the question of when this one will. But it won't be like flipping a light switch: The world will have to learn to coexist with a virus that's not going away.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota schools reopen, brace for COVID-19 surge

Minnesota schools reopen, brace for COVID-19 surge

As students return to classrooms on Monday, school leaders across Minnesota are readying themselves for what may be a spike in virus spread.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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A pediatrician's advice to parents of kids under 5 on omicron, travel and day care

A pediatrician's advice to parents of kids under 5 on omicron, travel and day care

Amid the omicron surge there is understandable anxiety among parents, particularly those with kids under 5 who can't yet get a COVID vaccine. Dr. Ibukun Kalu, a pediatric infectious disease doctor at Duke University, answers some of their questions.
by Jonaki Mehta, Mary Louise Kelly and Christopher Intagliata

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New year brings more canceled flights for air travelers

New year brings more canceled flights for air travelers

The new year is bringing more of the same old misery that air travelers in the United States have been enduring for more than a week. Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport reported more than 60 canceled flights as of mid-afternoon Saturday.
by The Associated Press

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New Year's Eve muted by omicron; many hoping for better 2022

New Year's Eve muted by omicron; many hoping for better 2022

In many places, New Year's Eve celebrations were muted or canceled for the second straight year due to a surge of coronavirus infections, this time driven by the highly contagious omicron variant.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota’s second year of COVID, by the numbers

Minnesota’s second year of COVID, by the numbers

This arms race between a more virulent virus and expanding population immunity made 2021 a somewhat different experience than the first year of the pandemic — the differences leap out from the COVID-19 statistics. 
by David H. Montgomery

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