CDC sharply drops estimate of Omicron prevalence in U.S.



The Omicron proportion of cases was revised down by the agency due to additional data and the rapid spread of the variant that caused the discrepancy. There was a reduced proportion of Omicron, according to the CDC. We are still seeing an increase in the proportion of Omicron.

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Because omicron is so infectious, it may not be around for long, and people who are fully vaccined tend to see few symptoms.

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He is against making anyone get a vaccine. President Trump told one of the most outspoken anti-vaxxers in Congress that he supports the vaccine but doesn't want to make the shots mandatory. He is against the mandates, but still encourages everyone to get the vaccine and booster, according to a lengthy Twitter thread after.

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Dan Brown and his ex-wife have agreed to a settlement in a lawsuit in which she claimed he led a secret life during their marriage. The attorney for Blythe Brown said that her and Dan Brown had reached an agreement and would not comment further. In her lawsuit filed last year, Brown accused the bestselling author of secretly swindling funds to pay for gifts to an unnamed horse trainer.

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The D.C. region went into Christmas weekend with record-setting coronaviruses case rates. The rapidly spreading omicron variant is tearing through the region, leaving overturned holiday plans, canceled flights and sports events and performances, and scared and sick residents. D.C., Maryland and Virginia all set records on Monday.

A simple blood test that would have warned Lametra Scott and her husband Rickey Buggs that they each had a genetic condition that could cause a baby to be born with a disease was never given to them. She only learned she had the gene after a blood test. Buggs was discharged from the Marines around the same time and was told he was a carrier. The Morning newsletter is for you.

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The lieutenant said that she didn't go inside the Capitol on January 6 and that she wasn't part of the siege, but she praised the day on social media.

Military health care workers and the National Guard are being activated by the president and state leaders to help with spikes in COVID.

Senator Elizabeth Warren urged U.S. regulators to hold the financial services industry to account for its role in climate change.

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Eric Holland had been driving a truck that was stolen, police said. The victim is thought to be a man who was last seen in November.

A thread with nearly 15K comments looks at how COVID-19 changed lives in unexpected ways.

Crawford noted that coronaviruses poses a low risk to children, but also that they have suffered and sacrificed the most.