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June 22, 2021

Almost 900 Secret Service employees were infected with COVID
Almost 900 Secret Service empl...
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'
Fed's Powell says high inflati...
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
Watchdog: Nursing home deaths ...
A government watchdog says that deaths among Medicare patients in nursing homes soared by 32% last year amid the coronavirus pandemic.
AP News
Coronavirus: Delta variant now represents 20% of new US cases, Fauci says - as it happened
Coronavirus: Delta variant now...
Financial Times
Delta coronavirus variant: scientists brace for impact
Delta coronavirus variant: sci...
The rapid rise of the highly transmissible strain in the United Kingdom has put countries in Europe, North America and Africa on watch.
Nature
Acute macular neuroretinopathy following COVID-19 vaccination - Eye
Acute macular neuroretinopathy...
Nature
‘Super-antibodies’ could curb COVID-19 and help avert future pandemics - Nature Biotechnology
‘Super-antibodies’ could curb ...
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
Mobility-based real-time econo...
Nature
Delta variant is 'greatest threat' to eliminating Covid in U.S., Fauci says
Delta variant is 'greatest thr...
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
NIH study suggests COVID-19 pr...
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
Opinion: Vaccine Hesitancy In ...
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
Fauci Warns Dangerous Delta Va...
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
Virus May Have Arrived in U.S....
The New York Times
U.S. Nears 600,000 Virus Deaths Despite Progress From Vaccines Published 2021
U.S. Nears 600,000 Virus Death...
The New York Times
Virus Cases Surge Again in Russia, Many From Delta Variant Published 2021
Virus Cases Surge Again in Rus...
The New York Times
The pandemic changed how we vote. These states are making the changes permanent.
The pandemic changed how we vo...
Politico
Mandatory mask rules extended in Sydney as COVID-19 cluster grows
Mandatory mask rules extended ...
Reuters
How the pandemic has reshaped collaboration — and competition — in science
How the pandemic has reshaped ...
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
Wuhan lab’s classified work co...
The Washington Post
Opinion | Are Covid Vaccines Riskier Than Advertised?
Opinion | Are Covid Vaccines R...
WSJ
Opinion | Dr. Fauci and the Mask Disaster
Opinion | Dr. Fauci and the Ma...
WSJ