July 09, 2021
Quarter-dose of Moderna COVID vaccine still rouses a big immune response

Using only one-quarter of the usual amount of Moderna’s vaccine in each of two jabs triggers lasting production of antibodies and T cells.
Nature
China ‘cannot relax Covid-19 controls’ amid threat from Delta variant

Health official says authorities will continue to focus on preventing imported cases from spreading locally after recent outbreaks.
South China Morning Post
Pfizer says it’s time for a Covid booster; FDA and CDC say not so fast | CNN

CNN
Fully vaccinated people don't need Covid boosters, health agencies say

"We are prepared for booster doses if and when the science demonstrates that they are needed," the FDA and the CDC said.
NBC News
But ‘it’s break!’: Thousands of D.C.-area kids head to summer school, sometimes reluctantly
The Washington Post
Hayes: Right-wing engineers outrage over vaccine ‘coercion’

“This is an active choice by an almost incalculably cynical set of political actors to harness the power of backlash politics in pursuit of more sickness and more death,” says Chris Hayes on the right-wing mobilization against the vaccine.
MSNBC News
POLITICO-Harvard poll: Most Americans believe Covid leaked from lab
Politico
CDC issues guidance on masks in classrooms, but here’s what California schools will do
Sacramento Bee
Virginia woman recounts 'massive brain bleed' from COVID vaccine, as Fauci tells hesitant folks 'Get over it'

Barbara Orandello told "The Ingraham Angle" she was rushed to two different hospitals only 18 hours after receiving the second installment of her vaccine and underwent an emergency craniotomy.
Fox News
Masks don't need to be on the back-to-school supply list for fully vaccinated students

The new guidance from the CDC falls in line with its previous advice on masks for vaccinated adults.
NBC News
American Airlines flight disrupted by teens who refused to wear masks
Flight crew were forced to reschedule the flight after high school students flouted federal mask rules.
CBS News
Tomi Lahren is latest to compare pandemic rules to Nazism in critiquing flight attendants’ mask enforcements
The Washington Post
How great is the threat of a new vaccine-resistant Covid variant?

Experts voice fears over England’s lockdown-lifting ‘experiment’
The Week
Changes in political trust in Britain during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: integrated public opinion evidence and implications - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Nature
Covid-19 pandemic: 'Everything you should not do, Brazil has done'

Brazil has the second highest Covid death toll in the world, with pressure growing on its leader.
BBC
COVID-19: Eleven people dying from hunger a minute as pandemic fuels starvation crisis, warns Oxfam

The economic fallout of the public health emergency, conflict and climate change has deepened the plight in existing hotspots and established "new epicentres of hunger", a report finds.
Sky News
Telehealth: A quarter-trillion-dollar post-COVID-19 reality?

Telehealth has helped expand access to care for patients restricted from seeing their doctors. Actions taken today will determine if its full potential is realized after the crisis is over.
McKinsey & Company
mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against the B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 variants and severe COVID-19 disease in Qatar - Nature Medicine

A matched test-negative, case-control study using real-world data from a predominantly working-age population demonstrates efficacy of the mRNA-1273 vaccine to be 100% and 96.4% against the B.1.1.7 (Alpha) and B.1.351 (Beta) SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, respectively.
Nature
How COVID taught America about inequity in education — Harvard Gazette

This installment of the Unequal series looks at the how the pandemic called attention to issues surrounding the racial achievement gap in America.
Harvard Gazette
Where Are The Newest COVID Hot Spots? Mostly Places With Low Vaccination Rates

As the delta variant takes over in the U.S., new, localized outbreaks are emerging. Those surges are likely driven by pockets of dangerously low vaccination rates.
NPR
Pfizer, BioNTech to seek authorization for COVID booster shot as Delta variant spreads
Reuters
Managing the uncertainty of COVID-19 | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine

The COVID-19 pandemic has created mental health challenges for people of all backgrounds.
NIH MedlinePlus Magazine (.gov)
Public mental health problems during COVID-19 pandemic: a large-scale meta-analysis of the evidence - Translational Psychiatry

Nature
Body composition predictors of outcome in patients with COVID-19 - International Journal of Obesity

Nature
Cameroon: Conflict and COVID won't keep these children from school

“I want all children to go to school, especially girls who are told that they should stay home.” Meet 10-year-old Anastasie and other children now back in class.
International Rescue Committee
How Mask Guidelines Have Evolved (Published 2021)
The New York Times




