1. Pfizer Accused of Holding Brazil for Ransom Over Vaccine Deal
2. Nearly 500 L.A. Unified employees lose their jobs for failing to get COVID-19 vaccine
3. UNICEF signs supply agreement for Clover COVID-19 vaccine
4. Arizona reports first confirmed COVID-19 omicron case
5. LDH: 13 more probable Omicron variant cases in Louisiana, one confirmed
6. Sajid Javid says Omicron Covid cases could exceed 1 million in a month
7. The AP Interview: CDC chief says omicron mostly mild so far
8. The Coronavirus Attacks Fat Tissue, Scientists Find
9. Fauci: It's 'when, not if' definition of fully vaccinated will change
10. Virus cases are rising among children in South African hospitals.
11. Omicron likely to weaken COVID vaccine protection. Early lab results suggest existing vaccines could be less effective against the fast-spreading coronavirus variant, but boosters should improve immunity.
12. California disciplining doctors over questionable medical exemptions for vaccines
13. South Africa reports nearly 20,000 COVID-19 cases, an Omicron-wave record
14. Pfizer CEO says fourth Covid vaccine doses may be needed sooner than expected due to omicron
15. Johnson announces Plan B measures in England
16. Omicron Wave Sees South Africa’s Weekly Excess Deaths Almost Double
17. Two years into this pandemic, the world is dangerously unprepared for the next one, report says
18. South Korea hospitals under intense pressure amid record 7,175 Covid cases in a day
19. 6 states account for more than half of the country’s recent Covid hospitalizations
20. Pfizer: 3 doses improves protection against omicron
21. Cities around the world are canceling Dec. 31 parties amid Omicron fears.
22. Omicron Covid cases ‘doubling every two to three days’ in UK, says scientist
23. UF researchers felt pressure to destroy COVID-19 data, not criticize DeSantis, report says
24. Omicron variant 'almost certainly' not more severe than Delta, Fauci tells AFP
25. Blood pressure climbed during coronavirus pandemic, especially among women