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Omicron could become dominant in some European countries by next week

by Rick Noack The Washington Post December 10, 2021

The U.K. Health Security Agency expects over a million infections in Britain before Jan. 1.

by KAREN MATTHEWS, MARINA VILLENEUVE and MICHAEL HILL Associated Press December 10, 2021December 10, 2021

A rising number of cases and hospitalizations is especially pronounced upstate.

by JILL LAWLESS Associated Press December 10, 2021

The claims are the latest in a string of allegations of ethics violations by government officials.

by LAURA UNGAR Associated Press December 10, 2021

Most believe the virus emerged in the wild and jumped from bats to humans, directly or through another animal.

New Hampshire delivered 800,000 tests to people’s homes in 24 hours as part of a federal pilot program that has quickly run out of funding.

As bad as the pandemic is now, Maine’s top public health official warned Friday that it’s going to get worse.

The Litchfield woman’s family remembers her giving nature and bemoan that she didn’t get vaccinated because she believed COVID-19 was a hoax.

by April Wallace Special To The Washington Post December 10, 2021December 9, 2021

Only in the U.S. would it seem to make more sense to have people buy tests, then get reimbursed by insurers.

by Jabbar Fazeli Special to the Press Herald December 10, 2021December 9, 2021

Omicron should trigger a shift of mindset in the West to start large-scale allocation of resources toward vaccinating the rest of the world.

by Carey Goldberg, Emma Court Bloomberg December 9, 2021December 9, 2021

‘It was so successful, we’re going to do it again,’ said Gov. Chris Sununu.