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Omicron BA.2 subvariant is gaining ground in US

WASHINGTON: The omicron subvariant BA.2 is continuing to gain ground in the US, according to Covid-19 tests sequenced over the last two weeks.

The Times of India

A new COVID variant is spreading across the US. Here’s what you need to know about BA.2

Around the world, infections are largely due to the BA.2 version of omicron. In the U.S., BA.2 accounted for about a quarter (23.1%) of the cases for the week ending March 12, the CDC says. That’s up from 14.2% the week ending March 5.

Chicago Sun-Times

Growing concerns over £7m paid out to New Chinatown builders

Parent company behind the New Chinatown scheme recently entered into administration

Liverpool Echo

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The US maternal mortality rate peaked during the pandemic and was highest for Black women

The US maternal mortality rate is one of the highest among developed countries.

USAFacts

The US maternal mortality rate increased nearly 40% in 2021, was highest for Black women

The US maternal mortality rate is one of the highest among developed countries.

USAFacts

MRNA vaccines blocked worst outcomes as variants spread, CDC says

Messenger RNA vaccines were highly effective at preventing people from suffering the most severe outcomes from COVID-19 even as infectious new coronavirus variants spread, a U.S. study found.

Tribune News Service

Fauci warns Covid cases likely to rise as White House on edge amid European spike

Officials from the White House Covid task force and the CDC have discussed re-instituting mask mandates

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CDC retomará su papel como líder en datos de hospitales pandémicos

Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) planean recuperar su papel como principal organismo en la recopilación de datos hospitalarios acerca de las amenazas de enfermedades infecciosas, después de haber sido despojados de este trabajo a mediados de la pandemia debido a su lenta respuesta.

Tribune News Service

US adult smoking rate fell during first year of pandemic

The first year of the pandemic saw fewer Americans smoking

The Independent UK

Biden officials fear "mass migration event" if COVID border policies end

Title 42 has been used to rapidly expel migrants at the southern border.

Axios

Lawsuit from jetBlue pilots claims face masks cause claustrophobia and are ‘totally ineffective’

CDC considering revising mask mandate this year

The Independent UK

Biden's Plans To Fix the Pay Gap Won't Actually Help Women

Plus: A win for animal rights activists in Iowa, Republicans sue the CDC over air travel mask mandate, and more...

Reason

CDC moves to retake role as leader on pandemic hospital data

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to take back its role as the main agency collecting hospital data on infectious disease threats, after being stripped of the job mid-pandemic because of its slow response.

Tribune News Service

The TSA's Mask Mandate Is Just As Logical As All Its Other Arbitrary Impositions

The same agency that brought us security theater continues to enforce a rule that never made sense.

Reason

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The Independent UK

More than a dozen GOP lawmakers sue to force US government to end mask mandate for planes

‘The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not have the legal authority to force people traveling on commercial airlines to wear masks,’ the lawsuit claims

The Independent UK

What is potassium iodide? The drug is in demand as Russia’s invasion stokes radiation fears

Potassium iodide has become a hot commodity as the war in Ukraine raises fears of global nuclear conflict

Tribune News Service

After CDC order, Democrats ramp up push to end border expulsions

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers criticized the Biden administration’s decision to exempt only unaccompanied migrant children from a pandemic policy that closed the border to asylum claims, calling on the administration to shield families from the order as well.

Tribune News Service

US sewer data warns of a new bump in COVID cases after lull

A wastewater network that monitors for COVID-19 trends is warning that cases are once again rising in many parts of the U.S., according to an analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data by Bloomberg.

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Roll Call

After CDC order, Democrats ramp up push to end border expulsions - Roll Call

Unaccompanied minors will not be turned away at the border and denied a chance to seek asylum under the revised CDC order.

Benzinga

Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 Shot Moderately Effective Against Omicron In Kids Aged 5 to 15, CDC Study Shows

The Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) - BioNTech SE (NASDAQ: BNTX) vaccine is only moderately effective against the omicron variant when tested in children ages 5 to 15.

Los Angeles Times

'Deltacron’ is a hybrid of delta and omicron variants. How worried should we be?

LOS ANGELES — As the latest coronavirus surge fades, health officials are keeping watch on a new mishmash of the delta and omicron variants.

Reason

DC Circuit Issues Mixed Decision in Title 42 "Public Health" Expulsion Case

The court ruled the CDC can continue to use its public health power to expel migrants, but not to countries where they are likely to face persecution or torture.

The Guardian - US

One-third of all US child Covid deaths occurred during Omicron surge

Children seem to be facing increasing risks as mask mandates are abandoned and vaccination rates stall

Reason

Why Can't the CDC Tell the Truth About Smoking and Vaping by Teenagers?

The agency ignores downward trends in both kinds of nicotine use and obscures the huge difference in the hazards they pose.

Tribune News Service

Pressure builds to end pandemic-era border expulsions

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers upped pressure on the White House to scrap Title 42, a public health directive used to expel migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, noting a rollback of other pandemic restrictions along with a court decision last week limiting the policy.

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