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Philadelphia's indoor mask mandate is being reinstated, effective April 18, following an increase in coronavirus cases.

School officials have been in contact with their colleagues in places with similar...

The BA.4 and BA.5 strains have additional mutations that need to be further studied to see if they are more infectious or dangerous.

The nations capitol where new infections jumped 89 percent in two week, including a high profile outbreak among lawmakers. health officials say the ba-2 sub variant accounts for up to 72 percent of cases but says its milder symptoms paired with the closing of many testing sites could lead to underreporting. >> i think that were dramatically undercounting cases so if you see cases going up in your local community, that say pretty good indication that there is more infection than what we are measy...

Public health officials have said that daily U.S. cases are dramatically undercounted.

Health experts say now is the time to act. >> starting today students at columbia university in new york city were required to start wearing masks again in class. despite rising cases of ba-2 here in new york city, a new poll shows covid doesnt even rank among the top five most pressing issues for americans. the theyre more concerned about the economy and inflation. norah. >> odonnell: meg oliver, thanks. well china largest city remains under a strict covid lockdown tonight affecting more than 2...

U.s >> i am concerned that ba-2 could drive another surge in hospitalizations. >> plus the em tree streets of shanghai except for robot dogs, the latest lockdown. severe weather outbreaks, the fourth straight week of tornado threats plus the blizzard warning in april. were tracking the storm. ghost guns crackdown. what president biden is doing to take untraceable guns off the streets. sticker shock. its no yolk as egg prices surge ahead of easter. ♪ imagine all the people. ♪. >> and imagine,...

Ones. >> spring has sprung with the bounce of ba-2, now accounting for more than 72 percent of new covid case, up nearly 10 percent from a week ago. for now hospitalizations and deaths are on the decline. >> i am concerned that ba-2 could drive another surge in hospitalizations in parts of the country where vaccination rates are so low, especially among the elderly. >> just 70 percent of the eligible population is fully vaccinated. the top health officials encourage boosters. a preliminary cdc r...

There has been an uptick in cases over the last few weeks, official say likely the result of the BA.2​ subvariant.

Central New York continues to see much higher infection rates than the rest of the state,...