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>> reporter: you don't need to be a scientist to understand omicron is all of the covid out there in the united states. we all know someone that had it. theed if of experts is saying, hey, let's have a vaccine for the fall that will include omicron. so what it's looking like is it will be a vaccine that protection specifically tailored to omicron as well as the vaccine that we have all been getting over the past two years or so. >> let's talk about monkey pox as well. the white house is beefing up its response to this virus. just how bad is this virus going? >> reporter: let's look at the numb...

An increase in COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts is leading some health experts to call for a return to mask mandates.

Keep down case counts. if we start saying what we value is reducing hospitalizations and severe disease, we may need to think about changing some of our isolation guidelines and focus on protecting the most vulnerable. and also getting treatments to people. so instead of just focused on preventing infections, how do we prevent severe illness. if there is a surge in infection, we surge treatment, testing and other things, other tools we actually have readily available now. >> a conversation that does need to be happening. good to see you, dr. wen. thank you. coming up for us, the first funera...

Reporting health officials in the state's most populous county, the city of portland, now asking people to wear masks indoors until case counts start to fall. multnomah county has been averaging about 350 new cases per day. that is up from less than 100 early last month. oregon's governor ended the statewide mask mandate back in march. >> the san diego union tribune features a front page story about a federal appeals court triking down a california law that bans people under the age of 21 from buying semi-automatic rifles. the 2-1 ruling by a three judge panel of the ninth court of appeals cal...

Let's get important perspective from the associate dean at the brown university school of public health. also an emergency room physician. grateful to see you. sad the occasion that the president is marking. let's look at where we are now and look forward before i look back at the tragic number we're talking about. here's the case map now. we've talked a lot over the last two and a half years of this. and the case map even though they're starting from a lower baseline is in terrible territory. the case count in many states is much lower. what does it tell you that as we move through the spring...