1. 111 Ontario schools reporting staff and student absence rates above 50%
2. The strain of isolation is like 'skin hunger'
3. L.A. County is seeing more fatalities from omicron variant as COVID death toll rises
4. Omicron dominant in South Korea
5. Free N95 masks arriving at pharmacies and stores around the country
6. UK open for travel with all restrictions removed for eligible vaccinated arrivals
7. Vaccine Skeptic Eric Clapton Claims ‘Subliminal’ Messages Are Convincing People to Fall In Line
8. COVID-19: endemic doesn’t mean harmless
9. WHO chief warns against assumption that omicron is the 'endgame' of the pandemic
10. Michigan reports 39,372 new COVID-19 cases, 36 deaths over 3 days
11. Hawaii Likely To Start Requiring Booster Shots For Entry From February 18
12. Coronavirus tests from the U.S. government have begun to arrive at some homes
13. At California hospitals, many children are coming in with COVID — not for COVID
14. Robert F Kennedy Jr ‘exploited tragedy’ of Nazism in anti-vax speech, says Auschwitz memorial
15. US to begin distributing 400m free N95 masks to pharmacies and health centers
16. Not so mild? Hospitalizations exploding among Utah infants, children with COVID-19′s omicron strain
17. [Epic Health Research Network] Myocarditis Risk 17 Times Higher for Unvaccinated Patients Ages 12-30 Who Get COVID-19 Than COVID-Vaccinated Patients
18. Yes, you can catch the flu and Covid. No, 'flurona' isn't real.
19. All California schoolchildren must be vaccinated against COVID-19 under new bill
20. World Health Organization Says COVID-Related Travel Restrictions Should Be Lifted
21. NY COVID Hospitalizations Drop Below 10,000 as Numbers Improve Quickly
22. COVID-19 tests for fully vaccinated travellers arriving in England to be scrapped, PM confirms
23. America Gave Up on Vaccine Incentives
24. Italian doctors, dentists not fully vaccinated are suspended
25. Graduation rates dip across US as pandemic stalls progress