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Reduced U.S. Covid-19 Data Reporting Worries Some Health Experts © cristobal herrera-ulashkevich/Shutterstock A growing number of states are slowing the pace of their reports on key pandemic data, including cases, deaths and hospitalizations, concerning some epidemiologists and researchers, who say such moves may be too soon given how crucial data is for spotting outbreaks. They worry lagging data will leave public-health leaders with blind spots as new variants of the coronavirus circulate a...

Year Ends With Record-Breaking Month in U.S. for Covid-19 © apu gomes/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images By nearly every measure, December was the worst month on record since the pandemic took hold in the U.S. Thanksgiving gatherings, cooler weather and general fatigue from nine months of restrictions contributed to an onslaught of new confirmed coronavirus cases across much of the country, bringing with it the subsequent surge in hospitalizations and deaths that public-health officials had wa...

WSJ.com Midwest Sees Some Respite From Prolonged Surge A nurse leaves an isolation room in the intensive care unit at a Chicago hospital.Shannon Stapleton/Reuters After weeks of surging coronavirus cases, states in the Midwest are seeing the curve begin to flatten, even as other parts of the U.S. experience a fresh rise and health experts warn the impact of Thanksgiving hasn’t been fully felt. The seven-day average of new cases in Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and the Dakotas has declin...