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US has reached ‘inflection’ point in public health crisis as infections climb

Washington (AFP) - By February of this year, 58 percent of the US population -- more than 190 million people -- had been infected with Covid, according to an antibody survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published Tuesday.

Administration appeals lower-court rulings that required controversial border asylum program to be reinstated

The percentage of people with antibodies increased from 34 percent in December to roughly 58 percent in February, the CDC said.

COVID-19 caught the United States unprepared and unwilling in some ways to defend itself against the viral pandemic that has now taken nearly a million American lives. More than 400,000 had been lost by the time Joe Biden, on his first day as president, ordered face-masking across an array of…

Measurements of illnesses and vaccinations haven’t kept up with the changing nature of the pandemic.

The Biden administration's main priority seems to be leaving the agency's authority vague enough to allow future interventions.

Now's your time to sail to Alaska!

Some implications of the government's decision not to seek a stay of the district court ruling. Plus, the low quality of the trial judge's opinion doesn't necessarily mean there are no good arguments against the mandate's legality.