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

Harris, who is not displaying symptoms, according to her office, is the latest top US official to contract the virus.

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.

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.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Here we go again?

Ashish Jha says spreading variant unlikely to have much effect on the nation’s pandemic recovery

The role that the federal government plays in containing future epidemics will hinge on the outcome of an appeal of last week’s court ruling that overturned the mask mandate for travelers on airlines, trains and the nation’s mass transit systems.