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Headline Roundup March 30th, 2021

Biden and CDC Director Warn of Possible Virus Rebound

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President Joe Biden and CDC Director Rochelle Walensky are warning of a possible rebound of the COVID-19 virus if people ease off of mask requirements and other restrictions. The warnings came on Monday as President Biden also announced new steps to expand coronavirus vaccination, with all adults becoming eligible over the next five weeks as the number of pharmacies administering vaccines expands.

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'We're skating on a knife's edge right now': Scientists worry US could be headed for yet another COVID-19 surge
'We're skating on a knife's edge right now': Scientists worry US could be headed for yet another COVID-19 surge

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As COVID-19 cases creep up again across the country, federal officials and epidemiologists say they're worried we could hit another tipping point, leading to a fourth significant surge of infections, hospitalizations and deaths.

"We're skating on a knife's edge right now," said Nicholas Reich, a biostatistician at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Average daily reported cases are up 10% compared to a week earlier, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows, with more than 30 million COVID-19 cases reported since early last year. Hospitalizations and deaths, which...

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As Covid-19 numbers rise, the CDC chief says she's scared about where US is headed. But it's not too late to change country's course
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New Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are beginning to rise in the US again, one of the country's top health leaders said Monday.

The latest findings, shared by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, may just be the start of what experts have for weeks warned about: another surge.
A surge that could come just as the country inches closer to a return to normalcy and officials nationwide race to get as many Covid-19 vaccine shots into arms as possible.
So far, about 28.6% of the...

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Biden: 'The War Against COVID-19 Is Far From Won.' CDC Director: 'I'm Scared,' 'Feeling...of Impending Doom'
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Vaccinations are proceeding, even accelerating, but COVID-19 cases are rising, and Americans should remain very concerned, President Biden and members of his administration warned on Monday:

"Our work is far from over. The war against COVID-19 is far from won. This is deadly serious," President Biden said.

"We share the sentiment of Dr. Walensky, the head of the Center for Disease Control and--and Prevention. The CDC expressed earlier today this is not a time to lessen our efforts. That's what she said. We could still see a setback in the...

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