Anthony Fauci is set to rake in the highest-ever federal government retirement package in U.S. history with his annual payment exceeding $350,000, according to a Forbes estimate.
Delta Air Lines announced Monday it had to turn back a flight from Seattle to Shanghai as a result of the Chinese airport's new extensive COVID cleaning restrictions.
"The nationwide spike in Omicron cases this week has had a direct impact on our flight crews and the people who run our operation," states memo by United Airlines.
The Omicron variant has caused alarm particularly in the U.S., where it is now said to account for most of the new recorded cases of COVID. But new research suggests that the highly transmissible variant is less likely to result in hospitalizations among those who get it as compared to previous variants.
American corporate media love catchphrases that they all repeat in unison, across network and cable television and through social media. One recent example is “viral blizzard” referring to the omicron variant of COVID.