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June 10, 2021

Why do some people get side effects after COVID-19 vaccines?
Why do some people get side ef...
Temporary side effects after COVID-19 vaccines are normal and a sign your immune system is revving up.
AP News
Monoclonal antibody therapy for COVID-19 safe for transplant patients
Monoclonal antibody therapy fo...
Mayo Clinic News Network
Coronavirus variants can evade antibodies by spreading via super-cells – new research
Coronavirus variants can evade...
Scientists have discovered that SARS-CoV-2 can evade neutralising antibodies by fusing cells.
The Conversation
10 Major Health Breakthroughs You Missed During the Pandemic
10 Major Health Breakthroughs ...
From HIV treatment to dengue fever prevention, here are the major health breakthroughs you missed during the pandemic
Time Magazine
73 Experts Offer a Blueprint for Preventing Another Pandemic
73 Experts Offer a Blueprint f...
TIME polled 73 public health experts, asking them to rate some 50 initiatives that could mitigate or even prevent another pandemic
Time Magazine
Half of the pandemic's unemployment money may have been stolen
Half of the pandemic's unemplo...
Axios
Coronavirus: Can countries pay back pandemic debt?
Coronavirus: Can countries pay...
Countries around the world have borrowed staggering amounts to deal with the pandemic. But where does a government borrow that money from - and can it ever be paid back?
BBC
Fauci brushes off GOP criticism and says attacks on him are 'attacks on science' he can debunk 'immediately'
Fauci brushes off GOP criticis...
Dr. Anthony Fauci told NBC News he could go through every single criticism of his COVID-19 decisions and debunk it 'immediately.'
Business Insider
Chinese researchers find batch of new coronaviruses in bats | CNN
Chinese researchers find batch...
CNN
Uncovering the origins of the virus that sparked a pandemic | CNN
Uncovering the origins of the ...
CNN
What we know about the Covid-19 Delta variant | CNN
What we know about the Covid-1...
CNN
The chipmaking factory of the world is battling Covid and the climate crisis | CNN Business
The chipmaking factory of the ...
CNN
Coronavirus has ‘energised’ science spending, says Unesco 
Coronavirus has ‘energised’ sc...
Global growth in R&D already evident before pandemic has now been turbocharged, led by China and US
Financial Times
Does vaccinating adults stop kids from spreading COVID too?
Does vaccinating adults stop k...
Mass vaccination drives in several countries are providing new data on the extent to which adult vaccination protects children — but the conclusions are mixed.
Nature
Viral infiltration of pancreatic islets in patients with COVID-19 - Nature Communications
Viral infiltration of pancreat...
New-onset hyperglycemia and complications of preexisting diabetes have been observed in COVID-19 patients, however, the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Here, the authors show that SARS-CoV-2 is detectable in both endocrine and exocrine cells of the pancreata of patients with COVID-19.
Nature
Community-level evidence for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine protection of unvaccinated individuals - Nature Medicine
Community-level evidence for S...
New data from a large healthcare organization in Israel reveal a reduction in new infections in an unvaccinated population in communities with rapid vaccination rollouts, suggesting that mass vaccination strategies confer cross-protection of unvaccinated individuals.
Nature
Leveraging artificial intelligence for pandemic preparedness and response: a scoping review to identify key use cases - npj Digital Medicine
Leveraging artificial intellig...
Nature
More young adults than expected have reported heart inflammation following Covid-19 vaccination
More young adults than expecte...
The condition, called myocarditis, is usually mild, but a handful of patients remain hospitalized.
NBC News
You Can Now Buy an Edible Face Mask Made Out of Bread
You Can Now Buy an Edible Face...
Newsweek
Child Labor Surges For The First Time In 20 Years. The Pandemic May Make That Worse.
Child Labor Surges For The Fir...
An estimated 160 million children were involved in child labor around the world at the beginning of 2020, according to a new report.
NPR
The Story of a Famous Covid Widow Published 2021
The Story of a Famous Covid Wi...
The New York Times
COVID-19 changed public transportation. Here's how.
COVID-19 changed public transp...
As more Americans get vaccinated and many start returning to workplaces, transit agencies see this transition to a post-pandemic society as an opportunity to fundamentally change how public transit works.
PBS
European Parliament backs patent waiver for coronavirus vaccines
European Parliament backs pate...
With this vote, MEPs from a wide range of groups are upping pressure on the Commission to change its strategy of opposing an IP waiver.
POLITICO.eu
German health minister faces more heat over coronavirus fraud claims
German health minister faces m...
Pharmacists received excess compensation for masks, while new intensive care beds worth €700 million are nowhere to be found, auditors say.
POLITICO.eu
UK health secretary hits back at Dominic Cummings over pandemic lying claims
UK health secretary hits back ...
Matt Hancock defends care home strategy and denies ‘national’ PPE shortage.
www.politico.eu
Biden says biggest vaccine donation ‘supercharges’ battle against coronavirus
Biden says biggest vaccine don...
Reuters
The COVID Lab-Leak Hypothesis: What Scientists Do and Do Not Know
The COVID Lab-Leak Hypothesis:...
Scientific American
As more kids go down the ‘deep, dark tunnel’ of long Covid, doctors still can't predict who is at risk
As more kids go down the ‘deep...
Long Covid is not an adults-only phenomenon, and it poses the same mystery in kids as in adults.
STAT
Green for hugs, red for no touching: US events introduce pandemic color coding
Green for hugs, red for no tou...
Event hosts are using stickers, lanyards or bracelets to differentiate who is comfortable with what kind of touch
The Guardian
The pandemic taught me how to maintain adult friendships: Just reach out
The pandemic taught me how to ...
Between Covid-19, work and all the other stressors of life, maintaining adult relationships is more difficult than I originally imagined.
TODAY.com
Two passengers test positive for COVID on Celebrity Millennium 'fully vaccinated' cruise
Two passengers test positive f...
USA Today
Big events are back
Big events are back...
After an 18-month hiatus, concerts, festivals, sports, and other big events are expected to return to their pre-pandemic glory.
Vox
Perspective | Only in our anti-truth hellscape could Anthony Fauci become a supervillain
Perspective | Only in our anti...
The Washington Post
Opinion | The covid vaccine did change my DNA. It turned me into a Trump Republican.
Opinion | The covid vaccine di...
The Washington Post
Covid-19 Deaths This Year Have Already Eclipsed 2020’s Toll
Covid-19 Deaths This Year Have...
WSJ
Opinion | The Pandemic’s Toll on Teen Mental Health
Opinion | The Pandemic’s Toll ...
WSJ