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U.S. reports its highest rate of new coronavirus cases since start of pandemic

by Timothy Bella The Washington Post December 31, 2021

But there is hope of a swift decline in omicron like happened in southern Africa.

by Wayne Parry Associated Press December 31, 2021

But challenges lurk, with in-person gambling revenue down compared with 2019, before the pandemic hit.

by SYLVIA HUI Associated Press December 31, 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resisted tightening restrictions in England.

by DAVID KOENIG Associated Press December 31, 2021

The airlines have about 9 percent fewer workers than they had two years ago.

by BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press December 31, 2021

The annual New Year’s Eve ball drop in New York City will arrive with the pandemic clouding an already uncertain future.

Six additional deaths also were reported on Friday, and 334 people were hospitalized with COVID infections.

by Joel Achenbach The Washington Post December 30, 2021December 30, 2021

As seen in South Africa, a virus so transmissible tends to run out of human fuel – the susceptible portion of the population – quickly.

by KAREN MATTHEWS and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press December 30, 2021December 30, 2021

Mayor Bill de Blasio says New York City will ring in 2022 in Times Square as planned.

by CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press December 30, 2021

They do, but U.S. health officials say early data suggests they may be less sensitive at picking it up.

The unnamed health care workers filed their lawsuit in federal court in August seeking to overturn Maine’s vaccine mandate.