Parents, schools face another reckoning over COVID-19 cases.

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-new-york-education-kathy-hochul-4b670f52b0eb690cf766a7b99f5611f2?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Morning%20Email%2012-23-21&utm_term=us-morning-email

US coronavirus: Omicron ‘is going to take over’ this winter, and Fauci says Americans should brace for a ‘tough few weeks to months’ – CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/19/health/us-coronavirus-sunday/index.html

Europe gives US gloomy portrait of what’s to come with omicron.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/586384-europe-gives-us-gloomy-portrait-of-whats-to-come-with-omicron

Nursing homes scramble to get residents boosted.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/586379-nursing-homes-scramble-to-get-residents-boosted

THE WASHINGTON POST: Highly vaccinated countries thought they were over the worst. Denmark says the pandemics toughest moment is just beginning.

https://scottiesplaytime.com/2021/12/18/the-washington-post-highly-vaccinated-countries-thought-they-were-over-the-worst-denmark-says-the-pandemic-s-toughest-month-is-just-beginning/

Looming threat of Omicron wave triggers early pandemic dejavu.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/586420-looming-threat-of-omicron-wave-triggers-early-pandemic-dejavu

NYC announces new measures as cases spike: ‘We’ve never seen this before’ | TheHill

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/586212-nyc-announces-new-measures-as-cases-spike-weve-never-seen-this-before

U.S. faces a double coronavirus as omicron advances.

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-lifestyle-health-business-383358fabc484d2422aa4234c2221ba7?user_email=&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningWire_Dec16&utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers

Health officials ratchet up calls for boosters amid threat of omicron wave.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/585384-health-officials-ratchet-up-calls-for-boosters-amid-threat-of-omicron-wave

California has reported the first U.S. case of the Omicron variant.

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/01/1059835937/omicron-us-first-case?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20211202&utm_term=6054326&utm_campaign=news&utm_id=53133681&orgid=404&utm_att1=