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July 07, 2021

From Wuhan to Paris to Milan, the search for ‘patient zero’
From Wuhan to Paris to Milan, ...
Washington Post
COVID-19: What you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic on 7 July
COVID-19: What you need to kno...
The World Economic Forum
How Boeing and Airbus Plan to Survive as Coronavirus Reshapes Aviation
How Boeing and Airbus Plan to ...
WSJ
SARS-CoV-2-specific immune response in COVID-19 convalescent individuals - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
SARS-CoV-2-specific immune res...
Nature
COVID and the brain: researchers zero in on how damage occurs
COVID and the brain: researche...
Growing evidence suggests that the coronavirus causes ‘brain fog’ and other neurological symptoms through multiple mechanisms.
Nature
China Spins Tale That the U.S. Army Started the Coronavirus Epidemic (Published 2020)
China Spins Tale That the U.S....
The New York Times
Single-cell transcriptomics reveals neuroinflammation in severe COVID-19 - Nature Reviews Neurology
Single-cell transcriptomics re...
Nature
Palestinian campaign of repression
Palestinian campaign of repres...
Palestinian security forces have intensified their crackdown on protesters since Nizar Banat's death
Amnesty International
Coronavirus: New 'Lambda' variant causes concern for WHO
Coronavirus: New 'Lambda' vari...
The Lambda Coronavirus variant is circulating in South America at high rates, and one study showed some vaccines to be less effective against it.
The Jerusalem Post
Unvaccinated San Diegans Account for Nearly All COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, Deaths
Unvaccinated San Diegans Accou...
Almost all COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths being reported in the region are occurring in San Diegans who are not vaccinated or are only partially immunized.
San Diego County News Center
COVID and schools: the evidence for reopening safely
COVID and schools: the evidenc...
After a school term filled with anxiety and vitriol, researchers assess the spread of coronavirus and the prospects for a return to normal.
Nature
Fighting COVID with COVID | Penn State University
Fighting COVID with COVID | Pe...
Researchers have designed a synthetic defective SARS-CoV-2 virus that is innocuous but interferes with the real virus’ growth, potentially causing the extinction of both the disease-causing virus and the synthetic virus.
Penn State University
The Downtown Office District Was Vulnerable. Even Before Covid. (Published 2021)
The Downtown Office District W...
With the future of office work deeply uncertain, the debate has sharpened about what downtowns should be.
The New York Times
Clinical characterization of dysautonomia in long COVID-19 patients - Scientific Reports
Clinical characterization of d...
Nature
New Study Shows Mathematical Models Helped Reduce the Spread of COVID-19 in Colorado
New Study Shows Mathematical M...
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
US zoos giving special animal coronavirus vaccine to tigers, bears and gorillas | CNN
US zoos giving special animal ...
CNN
Tennessee doctor accused of using wrong COVID-19 test to clear patients
Tennessee doctor accused of us...
FOX4KC.com
Coronavirus almost certainly came from an animal, not a lab leak, top scientists argue | CNN
Coronavirus almost certainly c...
CNN
Coronavirus: Vaccines & Variants with Céline Gounder, MD, and Ashish K. Jha, MD
Coronavirus: Vaccines & Varian...
The Washington Post
Behind China’s Twitter Campaign, a Murky Supporting Chorus (Published 2020)
Behind China’s Twitter Campaig...
The New York Times
In Pictures: Health workers vaccinate Kashmir nomads
In Pictures: Health workers va...
Many residents, mainly in remote areas, believe vaccines cause impotence, serious side effects and could even kill.
Al Jazeera
Maryland offers chance at scholarships for teens who get vaccinated
Maryland offers chance at scho...
The Washington Post
Protesters shut down a Utah school board meeting by yelling, ‘No more masks!’ Now 11 of them face charges.
Protesters shut down a Utah sc...
The Washington Post
Antibody epitopes in vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopaenia - Nature
Antibody epitopes in vaccine-i...
Alanine-scanning mutagenesis is used to identify the PF4 epitope that is recognized by anti-PF4 antibodies in patients with vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopaenia, revealing that the epitope corresponds to the heparin-binding site on PF4.
Nature
Infection and Vaccine-Induced Neutralizing-Antibody Responses to the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617 Variants
Infection and Vaccine-Induced ...
The New England Journal of Medicine
Biden’s Covid vaccine push crashes into reality
Biden’s Covid vaccine push cra...
Politico
A Pandemic Landscape of Optimism and Uncertainty
A Pandemic Landscape of Optimi...
Nationally, infection rates are close to their low point and many Americans are resuming their usual activities, but the more transmissible Delta variant is spreading and vaccinations are still low in some areas. We asked Yale SOM's Dr. Howard Forman where things stand now.
Yale Insights
7 ways to invest in better digital technology to fight pandemics
7 ways to invest in better dig...
The World Economic Forum
‘A vicious cycle’: Food workers speak out about confrontations during the pandemic
‘A vicious cycle’: Food worker...
Restaurant workers have dealt with increasing levels of bad behavior from customers amid the coronavirus pandemic.
TODAY.com
Wildlife and livestock a risk factor in future pandemics, say studies
Wildlife and livestock a risk ...
Researchers said risk factors also include human encroachment on wildlife habitats
The Guardian
Covid-19: School pupils lost a third of education time in pandemic
Covid-19: School pupils lost a...
A study by UK universities has found students have missed out loads of study time since pandemic started in 2020.
BBC
US Black and Latino communities often have low vaccination rates – but blaming vaccine hesitancy misses the mark
US Black and Latino communitie...
People who haven’t gotten vaccinated for COVID-19 often have complex reasons for their relunctance or may face other barriers. Lumping them all together undercuts the vaccination campaign.
The Conversation