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Most people in US want masks for travelers: AP-NORC poll

By Dave Kolpack | The Associated Press April 20, 2022 FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A majority of people in the United States continue to support a mask requirement for people traveling on airplanes and other shared transportation, a poll finds. A ruling by a federal judge has put the government’s transportation mask mandate on hold. The poll by The…

Americans ease up on masks, virus safeguards: AP-NORC poll

By Russ Bynum and Emily Swanson | The Associated Press March 29, 2022 Many Americans have taken significant steps back from once-routine coronavirus precautions, with less than half now saying they regularly wear face masks, avoid crowds and skip nonessential travel. Americans are letting down their guard even as experts warn a new wave of COVID-19 cases is coming. A…

On cusp of Biden speech, a state of disunity, funk and peril

By Calvin Woodward and Zeke Miller | The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — In good times or bad, American presidents come to Congress with a diagnosis that hardly differs over the decades. In their State of the Union speeches, they declare “the state of our union is strong” or words very much like…

Pandemic fears are fading along with omicron: AP-NORC poll

By Michael Rubinkam and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press February 28, 2022 Omicron is fading away, and so are Americans’ worries about COVID-19. As coronavirus pandemic case numbers, hospitalizations and deaths continue to plummet, fewer people now than in January say they are concerned that they will be infected after the rise and fall of the…

Biden approval hits new low at one-year mark: AP-NORC poll

By Aamer Madhani and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press January 20, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ends his first year in the White House with a clear majority of Americans for the first time disapproving of his handling of the presidency in the face of an unrelenting pandemic and roaring inflation, according to a new poll…