- A New York judge endangers public health, rules that the state’s mask mandate is unconstitutional and can’t be enforced (nytimes.com)
- The C.D.C.’s New Challenge? Grappling With Imperfect Science (nytimes.com)
- Students, seeing lax coronavirus protocols, walk out and call in sick to protest in-person classes (washingtonpost.com)
- Lawmakers begin discussing government spending deal as Democrats eye virus aid, paid leave (washingtonpost.com)
- Omicron May Be Peaking in Parts of U.S., but Hospitals Are Strained (nytimes.com)New York and other north-eastern US states see a rapid fall in Covid cases (theguardian.com)
- Novak Djokovic deported, leaves Australia after court upholds visa cancellation (theguardian.com)
- UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologises to Queen over lockdown parties (bbc.com)
