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The new XBB.1.5. Omicron subvariant accounts of 80% of new COVID-19 cases in part of the Northeastern U.S., according to the CDC.

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The omicron offshoot’s ability to easily infect cells may be helping it spread rapidly in places.

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In Year Three of the coronavirus, the focus shifted from public health to individual health.

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The Biden administration attempted to end Title 42 earlier this year before a federal judge blocked the move. A different federal court has now ordered that the federal health order be lifted.

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The Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee report, delayed by more than three months, estimates that up to 90% of the deaths may have been preventable. Severe complications from pregnancy and childbirth also increased significantly.

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'Putting cannabis and slavery in the same category is patently offensive and flagrant,' Mayor Randall Woodfin fired back at the congressman during a U.S. House subcommittee hearing.

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