Data from the federal government showed last year’s increase was the first since 2014 and followed a sharp drop in 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic hit.
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Omicron Subvariant BA.2.12.1 Becomes Dominant in U.S. Virus Cases
The development comes as the United States recently began averaging more than 100,000 new confirmed cases per day again, according to a New York Times database, for the first time since February.
As Monkeypox Cases Rise, Nations Are Urged to Examine Vaccine Stores
The United States has stockpiled millions of doses of two smallpox vaccines, also effective against monkeypox. But the outbreaks so far are clustered in other countries.
The Michigan Mink Mystery: How Did an Interspecies Outbreak Unfold?
The puzzling coronavirus cases highlight ongoing surveillance challenges and blind spots.
What Is Monkeypox?
There have been dozens of cases reported in recent weeks among populations not typically vulnerable to the disease.
Biden Orders Federal Flags to Fly at Half-Staff as U.S. Covid Toll Nears One Million
The president says in a formal statement that the United States must ‘remain vigilant’ against a virus that has ‘forever changed’ the country.
Biden Orders Federal Flags to Fly at Half-Staff as U.S. Covid Toll Nears One Million
The president said in a formal statement that the United States must ‘remain vigilant’ against a virus that has ‘forever changed’ the country.
Coronavirus Cases Are Rising Across the U.S., but Most Are Mild
Hospitalizations remain low, partly a reflection of greater immunity in the population.
Biden Says It’s ‘Up to Them’ Whether Americans Want to Wear Masks
The decision to wear a mask is “up to them,” President Biden told reporters during a trip.
BA.2 Accounts for Over Half of New U.S. Cases, C.D.C. Estimates
Scientists have been keeping an eye on BA.2, one of three genetically distinct varieties of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.