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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A subvariant of omicron is spreading rapidly in Florida, and health experts say it will likely become the dominant strain of the virus in the state before the summer.

Newly released statistics by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention point to a sharp rise in 2020 gun homicides that disproportionately affected the nation’s poorest areas and Black communities — affirming what St. Louisans were able to see with their own eyes that year. It might also come as…

More than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, setting another tragic U.S. record

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating mysterious cases of hepatitis among young children.

The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic saw the highest firearm homicide rates since 1994, with substantial increases among Black and American Indian/Alaska Native males and young adults, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

It has now countered WHO’s COVID death estimate, saying methodology used is incorrect

The rate of U.S. gun homicides jumped nearly 35% in 2020 to the highest level in more than 25 years. And gaps widened for groups already at the highest risk, especially Black men and boys.

Rate was highest since 1994, US public health agency says, with 79 percent of all homicides in 2020 linked to guns.

In 2020, about 79% of homicides and 53% of suicides in the U.S. involved firearms.