Tag: politics
What can we expect in politics in 2022?
The BBC's political team talk through what stories might make the headlines in 2022.
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Omicron hospitalization risk upside, vaccine protection good: U.K. study
A government advert on a bus stop in London encourages people to get their COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, as the Omicron variant of coronavirus sp [...]
What airlines owe you if they cancel your flight
Travelers make their way through Miami International Airport on December 28, 2021 in Miami, Florida.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesTravel in 2021 ended o [...]
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Cartoon Carousel
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to ca [...]
Employers moving faster than states to raise hourly pay
Activists with Our Revolution hold $15 minimum wage signs outside the Capitol complex on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, to call on Congress to pass the $ [...]
Fauci warns against large New Year’s Eve parties as Covid cases hit pandemic high
Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks about the Omicron coronavirus variant during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, December 1, 2021.Kevin Lam [...]
JetBlue cuts hundreds of flights through mid-January, expecting more omicron sick calls
JetBlue Airways Airbus A320 passenger aircraft landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.Nik Oiko | LightRocket | Getty Ima [...]
WHO warns vaccine-resistant Covid variants could emerge amid pandemic
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus talks during a daily press briefing on COVID-19 virus at the WHO headqu [...]
Fauci says data suggest omicron less severe than delta
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press B [...]
WHO says omicron has not spread widely among vulnerable, severity unclear
A Covid-19 rapid PCR test site sign at Cape Town International Airport in Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021.Dwayne Senior | Bloomber [...]
Fauci predicts omicron Covid wave will peak in U.S. by end of January
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday predicted that the latest wave of the coronavirus pandemic may hit its peak in the U.S. by the end of January."It's [...]
U.S. Covid cases rise to pandemic high as delta and omicron circulate
U.S. Covid cases have hit their highest level of the pandemic as two highly infectious variants circulate throughout the country and health officia [...]
Why the Pentagon failed another audit
The Pentagon has failed another audit this year. But with $770 billion expected to be budgeted for 2022, the Department of Defense says it is worki [...]
Nebraska omicron cluster suggests faster symptom onset
Healthcare workers prepare Covid-19 tests at a Nomi Health testing site in Omaha, Nebraska, on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021.Dan Brouillette | Bloomberg [...]
Omicron appears to protect against delta and could displace it, study says
A person performs a self-swab test for COVID-19 in the Brooklyn borough of New York, the United States, Dec. 17, 2021.Michael Nagle | Xinhua News A [...]