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Just 2% of the United States population -- about 7 million people -- lives in a county where the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still recommends universal indoor masking, according to the latest Covid-19 community level data, updated by the CDC on Thursday.

North Carolina Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn recently called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a "thug" and the Ukrainian government "incredibly evil," criticizing the country and its leader as Russia invades it.

While there is no equivalency between the laws passed in Russia criminalizing calling Russia's war just that, a war, and what's happening in Florida as the government there seeks to restrict speech, it's striking nonetheless to see freedom of expression under assault in the United States.

The flu vaccine has not been a great a match for the predominant viruses this season, preliminary data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows -- but the season isn't over, and the estimate could change, the agency told CNN on Thursday.

Latino, Black and Native American populations were significantly undercounted in the 2020 census, officials announced Thursday.