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More residents and staff at nursing homes are vaccinated than ever before, but still, some are seeing breakthrough COVID cases.

Massachusetts health officials on Tuesday reported more than 45,000 new breakthrough COVID cases over the past week, more than doubling last week's total, and...

Capitol hill despite rising cases. more than a dozen lawmakers announced breakthrough cases in recent weeks. unlike the house, the senate has not imposed mask mandates. cnns sunlen serfaty live on the capitol, you look around, you see people walking around without masks. >> reporter: thats right, john. it is very alarming, you know. d.c. has seen a huge surge in positive cases as well as up here on capitol hill. dozens of members and staffers testing positive. and we have observed numerous senat...

Data released Monday show 20,584 Hoosiers tested positive for COVID-19 between Friday and Sunday — despite limited testing opportunities due to the New Years holiday and severe winter weather.

Seth Meyers says he's canceling his late-night show this week after testing positive for COVID-19.

And we objection jen ate it and put it back into the body, those are scarce. who gets those? we are not having these types of discussions. but, yes, you are right, thats communal interest. even more to the point, what half of america thats unvaccinated, 30, 40% of america who is unvaccinated, what they are hearing is persuasive terminology is these vaccines dont work because there are breakthrough cases. turns out we need a different message. >> deaths are down. why is that? >> well, we are stil...

Different reality. this is where i put my lung doctor hat on and say vaccines against respiratory viruses contagious ones will never prevent positive tests or mild symptoms. thats just not what they do. i appreciate you always amplifying this message, nicolle. we have a great success story to tell. thats why headlines matter of, persuasion matters. we dont get taught in medical school how to be persuasive communicators at scale. we hopefully are taught to be good bedside communicators. persuasiv...

>> id rather wear it because i dont want to get covid. >> reporter: and our vocabularies expanded to include new terms, breakthrough cases, boosters, and by years end, omicron. as the pandemic raged, so did natures fury. >> were huddled under the blankets we had. >> reporter: in february a deadly ice storm paralyzed texas, leaving millions without power. wildfires continued to ravage the west while hurricane ida carved a path of destruction that stretched from louisiana to new york. and this mon...

>> airline policies over and above what the airlines require and in most cases, they are working with us right now. many of them have not put this new five day quarantine into place and many of them have kept the ten days, kept the continued sick leave that supports that. were talking about what they were advocating for which is only for breakthrough cases what they said is people vaccinated and boosted more like to have more of that virus stick around for a longer period beyond those five days ...

Massachusetts' seven-day average of positive tests rose above 18% Friday to the highest level it's been since April 29, 2020