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July 09, 2021

Quarter-dose of Moderna COVID vaccine still rouses a big immune response
Quarter-dose of Moderna COVID ...
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
China ‘cannot relax Covid-19 c...
Health official says authorities will continue to focus on preventing imported cases from spreading locally after recent outbreaks.
South China Morning Post
Spectator ban at Tokyo Olympics as coronavirus resurges | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Spectator ban at Tokyo Olympic...
The Japanese government has announced it will impose a fourth coronavirus state of emergency for the capital starting next week and covering the duration of the Tokyo Olympics. This has prompted Olympic organizers to ban spectators from venues.
NHK
Coronavirus: Hospital visiting at two Derry hospitals paused
Coronavirus: Hospital visiting...
Altnagelvin and Waterside hospitals are in the area with the highest Covid infection rate in NI.
BBC
Euros: England team to donate prize money to NHS coronavirus heroes
Euros: England team to donate ...
England have said they will donate a chunk of their winnings from the Euros to the NHS
BBC
Pfizer says it’s time for a Covid booster; FDA and CDC say not so fast | CNN
Pfizer says it’s time for a Co...
CNN
Fully vaccinated people don't need Covid boosters, health agencies say
Fully vaccinated people don't ...
"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
But ‘it’s break!’: Thousands o...
The Washington Post
Hayes: Right-wing engineers outrage over vaccine ‘coercion’
Hayes: Right-wing engineers ou...
“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-Harvard poll: Most Am...
Politico
CDC issues guidance on masks in classrooms, but here’s what California schools will do
CDC issues guidance on masks i...
Sacramento Bee
Virginia woman recounts 'massive brain bleed' from COVID vaccine, as Fauci tells hesitant folks 'Get over it'
Virginia woman recounts 'massi...
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
Masks don't need to be on the ...
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
American Airlines flight disru...
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
Tomi Lahren is latest to compa...
The Washington Post
How great is the threat of a new vaccine-resistant Covid variant?
How great is the threat of a n...
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
Changes in political trust in ...
Nature
Covid-19 pandemic: 'Everything you should not do, Brazil has done'
Covid-19 pandemic: 'Everything...
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
COVID-19: Eleven people dying ...
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: A quarter-trillion...
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
mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine eff...
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
How COVID taught America about...
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
Where Are The Newest COVID Hot...
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
Pfizer, BioNTech to seek autho...
Reuters
Managing the uncertainty of COVID-19 | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine
Managing the uncertainty of CO...
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
Public mental health problems ...
Nature
Body composition predictors of outcome in patients with COVID-19 - International Journal of Obesity
Body composition predictors of...
Nature
Indonesia to widen coronavirus curbs to 15 locations
Indonesia to widen coronavirus...
Reuters
Cameroon: Conflict and COVID won't keep these children from school
Cameroon: Conflict and COVID w...
“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
Coronavirus Delta variant throwing NI a curveball
Coronavirus Delta variant thro...
The Delta variant is now the dominant form of the virus in NI, with cases on the rise.
BBC
Coronavirus: Iran is locking down amid the fear of a fifth wave
Coronavirus: Iran is locking d...
Egypt manufactures vaccine doses of China’s Sinovac and Oman announces lockdown for Eid Al Adha.
The Jerusalem Post
Malaysia Reports Record Daily Coronavirus Cases Amid Lockdown
Malaysia Reports Record Daily ...
Bloomberg
Coronavirus: 'Personal responsibility needed to live with Covid'
Coronavirus: 'Personal respons...
NI's first minister also questions the "logic" for wearing face masks in settings where people are seated.
BBC
How Mask Guidelines Have Evolved (Published 2021)
How Mask Guidelines Have Evolv...
The New York Times