June 22, 2021
Almost 900 Secret Service employees were infected with COVID

Records obtained by a government watchdog show that roughly 900 U.S. Secret Service employees tested positive for the coronavirus.
AP News
Fed's Powell says high inflation temporary, will 'wane'

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that he expects recent price spikes will soon subside and reduce inflation to a sustainable level.
AP News
Watchdog: Nursing home deaths up 32% in 2020 amid pandemic

A government watchdog says that deaths among Medicare patients in nursing homes soared by 32% last year amid the coronavirus pandemic.
AP News
Doctors Debunk Popular COVID-19 Vaccine Myths and Conspiracy Theories

Medical experts break down 9 of the most common COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theories and myths to explain the science that proves why these claims are false.
Healthline
Acute macular neuroretinopathy following COVID-19 vaccination - Eye

Nature
‘Super-antibodies’ could curb COVID-19 and help avert future pandemics - Nature Biotechnology

Companies are designing next-generation antibodies modeled on those taken from unique individuals whose immune systems can neutralize any COVID-19 variant—and related coronaviruses, too.
Nature
Mobility-based real-time economic monitoring amid the COVID-19 pandemic - Scientific Reports

Nature
Delta variant is 'greatest threat' to eliminating Covid in U.S., Fauci says

Cases of the more contagious variant have doubled in the United States in the past two weeks.
NBC News
NIH study suggests COVID-19 prevalence far exceeded early pandemic cases

Researchers estimate nearly 17 million undiagnosed cases in the U.S. by mid-July 2020.
National Institutes of Health NIH .gov
Opinion: Vaccine Hesitancy In The U.S. Is A Peculiar Privilege

That's Dr. Junaid Nabi's perspective as an immigrant when he hear Americans say they're going to 'watch and wait' — while his family and colleagues abroad are desperate for a COVID-19 vaccine.
NPR
Fauci Warns Dangerous Delta Variant Is The Greatest Threat To U.S. COVID Efforts

More contagious than other variants, and maybe more likely to cause severe disease, Delta is spreading so fast in the U.S. it could cause another surge this summer or fall, according to new research.
NPR
Virus May Have Arrived in U.S. in December, but Didn’t Spread Until Later Published 2020
The New York Times
U.S. Nears 600,000 Virus Deaths Despite Progress From Vaccines Published 2021
The New York Times
Virus Cases Surge Again in Russia, Many From Delta Variant Published 2021
The New York Times
The pandemic changed how we vote. These states are making the changes permanent.
Politico
Mandatory mask rules extended in Sydney as COVID-19 cluster grows
Reuters
How the pandemic has reshaped collaboration — and competition — in science

The pandemic showed the world what’s possible when scientists put collaboration first.
STAT
Wuhan lab’s classified work complicates search for pandemic’s origins
The Washington Post
Opinion | Are Covid Vaccines Riskier Than Advertised?
WSJ
Opinion | Dr. Fauci and the Mask Disaster
WSJ

