>Two Save the Children staff, missing in eastern Myanmar after a deadly attack on civilians allegedly carried out by government soldiers, have been confirmed dead, the non-profit organization said on Tuesday."

[https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/01/health/us-omicron-variant-confirmed-case/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/01/health/us-omicron-variant-confirmed-case/index.html) "The United States' first confirmed case of the Omicron coronavirus variant has been identified in California."

>"It could become "handy" later, however."

A warning is issued for people in the Atlanta area after a radar-confirmed tornado touches down and moves toward the city.

>"Domestic vaccine passports are fine on the surface, but they don’t provide help to the people who need it most."

The other big question is what role variants of concern are playing in Michigan. Our genomic surveillance remains limited, but the CDC reports that Michigan has the second-most confirmed cases of the B.1.1.7 variant, after Florida.

Republican attempts to contest the results of the election served only to delay the inevitable. Vice President Mike Pence officially pronounced Biden the President-elect and Kamala Harris the Vice President-elect. They will be sworn in and _...Read More_

[https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/09/health/us-coronavirus-wednesday/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/09/health/us-coronavirus-wednesday/index.html) >"The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the US were greatly undercounted, mostly because of a lack of testing, a new study shows."

India has recorded more than 2 million total coronavirus cases, only three weeks after announcing it had hit 1 million confirmed infections, as the country's healthcare systems buckle under the pressure of the escalating pandemic.