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Rate of daily U.S. cases grows as highly contagious omicron variant spreads rapidly

We get the latest on the highly contagious omicron variant as continues to spread across the country with Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the center for vaccine development at Texas Children’s Hospital.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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