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Maps: Track hospital stress levels in your state
Higher numbers of Covid patients limit the ability of hospitals to provide a full range of services.
Liz Truss' short tenure as U.K. prime minister, in one chart
Truss will be the shortest-serving prime minister in U.K. history.
Map: Pedestrian fatalities in the U.S. reach four-decade high. See which states had the most.
More than 7,000 people were killed nationwide in 2021.
See the unusual places where monkeypox cases have popped up this month
Four times as many countries outside Africa have reported monkeypox this month as have in the previous 50 years.
Chart: Baby formula supply has been dwindling for months
Formula availability in stores tanked in March after the recall of major brands, data from NielsenIQ shows.
Map: See which states use solar panels the most
More than 3 million households and businesses have connected their solar panels to the grid, but fights over pricing stymie growth.
Have we reached the end of the remote work era? Here's what the data shows.
Less than 10 percent reported working remotely in April, down from more than 35 percent near the start of the pandemic.
Map: Kids under 5 could be eligible for a Covid vaccine. See where they live.
Alaska, Texas and Utah have the highest concentrations of children under 5 as Moderna seeks vaccine authorization for the age group.
26 states banned books as restrictive education laws spread. See which ones.
School districts in 26 states have banned more than 1,000 books in the past nine months.
Airline industry jobs are still below pre-Covid levels
The industry slashed jobs at the start of the pandemic. Two years later, those jobs still aren’t all back.
How many taxpayers are procrastinators? Nearly 1 in 3, IRS data shows
About 29 percent of all tax returns are filed in the three weeks leading up to Tax Day.
