This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareState and local officials in Colorado, Idaho, Massachusetts and Texas are imposing new restrictions on schools, businesses and social gatherings, responding to the fall surge in coronavirus infections and that threatens much of the country with a health emergency resembling what struck the Northeast in the spring.Although this has been a , some of the new restrictions are arising with no regard for local political inclinations: Liberal-leaning El Paso is under a nightly curfew, while conservative-leaning Coeur d’Alene,...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareState and local officials in Colorado, Idaho, Massachusetts and Texas are imposing new restrictions on schools, businesses and social gatherings, responding to the fall surge in coronavirus infections and that threatens much of the country with a health emergency resembling what struck the Northeast in the spring.Although this has been a , some of the new restrictions are arising with no regard for local political inclinations: Liberal-leaning El Paso is under a nightly curfew, while conservative-leaning Coeur d’Alene,...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareProgress in slowing the march of the novel has stalled in much of the United States, and the pathogen is spreading at dangerous rates in many states as autumn arrives and colder weather — traditionally — begins to settle across the nation, public health data shows.Organizations that track the virus, including The Washington Post, have logged in case numbers and test positivity rates — worrisome trends as the United States on Tuesday surpassed the grim milestone of . Hospitalizations and deaths remain lower nationally than...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareProgress in slowing the march of the novel has stalled in much of the United States, and the pathogen is spreading at dangerous rates in many states as autumn arrives and colder weather — traditionally — begins to settle across the nation, public health data shows.Organizations that track the virus, including The Washington Post, have logged in case numbers and test positivity rates — worrisome trends as the United States on Tuesday surpassed the grim milestone of . Hospitalizations and deaths remain lower nationally than...WW…