June 10, 2021
Why do some people get side effects after COVID-19 vaccines?

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
Mayo Clinic News Network
10 Major Health Breakthroughs You Missed During the Pandemic

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

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
Axios
Fauci brushes off GOP criticism and says attacks on him are 'attacks on science' he can debunk 'immediately'
Dr. Anthony Fauci told NBC News he could go through every single criticism of his COVID-19 decisions and debunk it 'immediately.'
Business Insider
A link between Covid-19 vaccination and a cardiac illness may be getting clearer | CNN

CNN
Uncovering the origins of the virus that sparked a pandemic | CNN

CNN
What we know about the Covid-19 Delta variant | CNN

CNN
The chipmaking factory of the world is battling Covid and the climate crisis | CNN Business

CNN
Does vaccinating adults stop kids from spreading COVID too?

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

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

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

Nature
More young adults than expected have reported heart inflammation following Covid-19 vaccination

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
Newsweek
Child Labor Surges For The First Time In 20 Years. The Pandemic May Make That Worse.

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 New York Times
COVID-19 changed public transportation. Here's how.

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
UK health secretary hits back at Dominic Cummings over pandemic lying claims

Matt Hancock defends care home strategy and denies ‘national’ PPE shortage.
www.politico.eu
The COVID Lab-Leak Hypothesis: What Scientists Do and Do Not Know
Scientific American
As more kids go down the ‘deep, dark tunnel’ of long Covid, doctors still can't predict who is at risk

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

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

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
USA Today
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
The Washington Post
Opinion | The covid vaccine did change my DNA. It turned me into a Trump Republican.
The Washington Post
Covid-19 Deaths This Year Have Already Eclipsed 2020’s Toll
WSJ
Opinion | The Pandemic’s Toll on Teen Mental Health
WSJ