June 14, 2021
A white-knuckle ride of open COVID drug discovery

In early 2020, a spontaneous global collaboration came together to design a new, urgent antiviral treatment. There are lessons in what happened next.
Nature
As US COVID-19 death toll nears 600,000, racial gaps persist

The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 is approaching 600,000, with the virus taking advantage of inequalities across the country.
AP News
Anti-Vaccine Activists Use A Federal Database To Spread Fear About COVID Vaccines

The system is designed to provide early warning of what might or might not be actual side effects. But anti-vaccine groups are bending the data to their own ends.
NPR
Novavax Offers U.S. a Fourth Strong Covid-19 Vaccine Published 2021
The New York Times
Diverse and nonlinear influences of built environment factors on COVID-19 spread across townships in China at its initial stage - Scientific Reports

Nature
Using ‘big data’ to disentangle aging and COVID-19 - Nature Aging

Arthur et al. leverage different types of big data, either generated in house from cohorts of healthy aging and COVID-19, or downloaded from the ever-increasing public data archives, to disentangle the distinct cellular and proteomic mechanisms of COVID-19 and aging.
Nature
A long-term perspective on immunity to COVID

Clinical evidence for long-lasting immunity to SARS-CoV-2 infection
Nature
Novavax data suggests its COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective

While demand for COVID-19 shots in the U.S. has dropped off dramatically, the need for more vaccines around the world remains critical.
PBS
Another shipping crisis looms on Covid fears in southern China

Guangdong, a major shipping hub, accounts for about 24% of China's total exports and is home to the Shenzhen port and the Guangzhou port.
CNBC
CDC plans meeting on rare heart inflammation following COVID-19 vaccines
Reported cases represent just a tiny fraction of the nearly 130 million Americans who have been fully vaccinated with either Pfizer or Moderna's doses.
CBS News
Conspiracy Blames Christian Eriksen’s Collapse On Covid Vaccine—But He Hasn’t Even Been Vaccinated

Inter Milan director Giuseppe Marotta declared Eriksen was never vaccinated.
Forbes
Fifty-nine labs around world handle the deadliest pathogens – only a quarter score high on safety

The study of infectious diseases poses a serious risk of future global pandemics.
King's College London
UK health inequalities made worse by Covid crisis, study suggests

Data from major studies shows disadvantaged groups have faced greatest disruption to medical care
The Guardian
Delta variant Covid symptoms ‘include headaches, sore throat and runny nose’

Researchers warn that UK’s most widely established variant may be mistaken for milder illness
The Guardian
How the Virus Slowed the Booming Wind Energy Business Published 2020
The New York Times
U.K. Rejoices and Asks: Are Lockdowns Finally Finished? Published 2021
The New York Times
Pandemic Hangover: $11 Trillion in Corporate Debt
WSJ
Many turned to libraries during the pandemic for free Wi-Fi and other services. Will these venerable public institutions get the credit they deserve? | CNN

CNN
A Lexicon for the Late Pandemic

Brush up on your post-plague terminology: “Orca Face,” “Covalgia,” “Phantom-Mask Syndrome” (the feeling after you’ve taken off your mask that there’s still something covering your face that isn’t skin).
The New Yorker
Argument over mask at Georgia supermarket ends with fatal shooting

A sheriff's deputy was injured in the shooting.
NBC News
Anti-vax groups rack up victories against Covid-19 push
Politico
Banished by Trump but Brought Back by Biden, Fauci Aims to ‘Let the Science Speak’ Published 2021
The New York Times
Trump’s FDA commissioner takes job at Moderna backer
The Washington Post
CDC says vaccine link to heart inflammation is stronger than previously thought
The Hill
