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Three new cases of the omicron variant have been detected in New York City, bringing the number of cases in the Big Apple to seven on top of the previously confirmed case out on Long Island. The three additional cases announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Saturday morning join New Jersey’s first case confirmed one day prior, bringing the...

Gov. Phil Murphy confirmed the first known case of the omicron variant in New Jersey, detected in a female traveler from Georgia.

More states are detecting cases of the omicron variant, including New Jersey, who confirmed its first case on Friday. NBC’s Kathy Park reports.

New Jersey health officials confirmed the state’s first case of the omicron variant late Friday in a fully vaccinated traveler, Gov. Phil Murphy announced. The Garden State appears to be the tenth in the country to detect the new variant, and it comes on the heels of five cases discovered in New York City and Long Island. Tri-state governors...

Some New Yorkers are rushing to get their COVID boosters as five cases of the omicron COVID variant are now in New York. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

The new variant’s emergence comes at a time when core COVID rates across New York are rising. Daily case totals Thursday and Friday both topped 11,200, the highest single-day numbers since late January, and hospitalizations are up 64.5% this month alone.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said four of the five cases are in the city, and all five are downstate. NBC New York’s Gilma Avalos reports.

New York has confirmed five omicron variant cases, including in New York City — just mere hours after the U.S. confirmed that its second overall omicron variant case in a Minnesota resident who recently traveled to New York City for a two-day convention at the Javits Center in Manhattan.

New York’s health commissioner expects omicron to be detected locally “within days.” But hospitalizations and deaths are already on the rise once again.

New York’s health commissioner expects omicron to be detected locally “within days.” But hospitalizations and deaths are already on the rise once again.

The U.S. has now confirmed its second omicron variant case — in a Minnesota resident who recently traveled to New York City for a two-day convention at the Javits Center in Manhattan, the state’s Department of Public Health said Thursday. Romney Smith reports.

New York officials say they will not overreact to Thursday’s development, but “we should assume there is community spread of the variant in our city.”

NBC New York’s Romney Smith reports.

The emergence of the new omicron variant and the world’s desperate and likely futile attempts to keep it at bay are reminders of what scientists have warned for months: The coronavirus will thrive as long as vast parts of the world lack vaccines

The court order said that the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid had no clear authority from Congress to enact the vaccine mandate.

Mayim Bialik wants to straighten a few things out — starting with accusations of her being an “anti-vaxxer.”

“CDC speaks Latin,” Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday. “I can’t figure out who is eligible, who’s not eligible.”

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul issued her sternest words yet on rising COVID-19 rates in parts of the state, vaccine holdouts and inoculation for kindergarteners, cautioning that if the situation doesn’t improve, tighter protocol could come next. “At some point, if the numbers don’t start on a downward trend, we’ll have to talk about larger protocols, which we know...

In just over a week since the city has started offering the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to children 5- to 11-years-old, more than 72,000 doses have been administered, with one third of these vaccinations happening in pop-up school sites. Stressing the success of the city’s COVID-19 inoculation program that brought the Pfizer vaccine to elementary schools last week, Mayor Bill de…

New York residents rush to get booster shot after the city’s announcement allowing all adults, 18 and older, to get a booster shot. Jessica Cunnington reports.