July 26, 2021
The mandate wave gathers speed. The Department of Veterans Affairs becomes the first federal agency to require COVID shots for its frontline health workers, and California announces that state employees and all health-care workers must show proof of vaccination or submit to weekly testing. The Washington Post frames the day as “a tipping point” as employers and health groups line up behind requirements.
Senator Rand Paul sends a formal criminal referral on Fauci to the Justice Department, accusing him of lying to Congress about gain-of-function funding. France’s parliament finalizes its health-pass law, while Mexico’s president pushes the other way, calling Europe’s curfews and similar rules “excessive” and saying his country will not “exaggerate with authoritarian measures.”
Provincetown, Massachusetts, reinstates a mask mandate after its Fourth of July outbreak, an early crack in the vaccinated-are-safe message. In Britain, where “Freedom Day” arrived a week earlier, infections keep falling rather than exploding as modelers had warned.
Doctors Worry That Memory Problems After COVID-19 May Set The Stage For Alzheimer's
Some patients who have had COVID-19 develop symptoms resembling early Alzheimer's. Researchers are trying to figure out whether these people are more likely to develop the disease itself.
NPR
Provincetown issues a new mask mandate amid Covid-19 case surge after Fourth of July | CNN
CNN
Improving prediction of COVID-19 evolution by fusing epidemiological and mobility data - Scientific Reports
Nature
Governor Cuomo Announces Allocation of $15 Million to Promote Vaccination in Communities Disproportionately Affected by COVID-19 Pandemic
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Clinical outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients with renal injury: a multi-hospital observational study from Wuhan - Scientific Reports
Nature
A modified age-structured SIR model for COVID-19 type viruses - Scientific Reports
Nature
Benchmarking the Covid-19 pandemic across countries and states in the USA under heterogeneous testing - Scientific Reports
Nature
California to require proof of vaccination for state workers, all health care workers
Those who don't show proof of Covid-19 vaccination must get tested weekly as officials aim to slow rising coronavirus infections among the unvaccinated.
NBC News
A new way to visualize the surge in Covid-19 cases in the U.S.
A new STAT analysis of Covid-19 case data reveals this new wave is already outpacing the spring and summer waves of 2020.
STAT
France Passes Law That Makes A Coronavirus Health Pass Required For Dining And Travel
The law requires a special pass to enter restaurants, trains, planes and other public venues. To get the pass, people must have proof they are vaccinated, tested negative or recovered from the virus.
NPR
After Just 3 Practices, U.S. Beach Volleyballers Notch A Big Win In Tokyo
When a U.S. beach volleyball player tested positive for coronavirus, his teammate needed to find another partner before their first Olympic match. So far, it's working.
NPR
‘A tipping point’: Government officials, health groups move to require coronavirus vaccines for workers
The Washington Post
How accurate are at-home rapid tests for COVID-19?
Here’s a rundown of how accurate each test is compared to PCR testing.
Nebraska Medicine
C.D.C. Will Not Investigate Mild Infections in Vaccinated Americans (Published 2021)
The New York Times
V.A. Issues Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers, a First for a Federal Agency (Published 2021)
The New York Times
Africa wants to produce a coronavirus vaccine — and Big Pharma’s not happy
A proposed mRNA tech transfer hub would let multiple manufacturers learn how to produce vaccines.
POLITICO.eu
Mexican president slams Europe’s ‘excessive’ anti-coronavirus measures
Andrés Manuel López Obrador says ‘we do not need to exaggerate with authoritarian measures like curfews.’
POLITICO.eu
How the Delta variant upends assumptions about the coronavirus
Reuters
Coronavirus: Irish pubs and restaurants resume indoor service
Many pubs, especially those that don't serve food, have been closed since March 2020.
BBC
Trust in health agencies and Fauci remains strong, a poll finds, but personal doctors score higher. (Published 2021)
The New York Times
At least 610,000 white flags will stand in D.C. in honor of those who died from coronavirus. A Coloradan is among those behind it.
Each flag in the memorial art installation will represent a person who has died from coronavirus
The Colorado Sun
Rand Paul sends official criminal referral on Anthony Fauci to DOJ
The Hill
In a Pandemic, Getting to the Triathlon Is as Hard as Finishing It (Published 2020)
The New York Times
Joy and grief will coexist as Americans return to pre-pandemic life – ‘everyday memorials’ will help
Many people are starting to celebrate the return to a pre-pandemic life. How does that feel to those who have suffered losses and are still grieving?
The Conversation
Opinion | The World Needs a Heavy Hitter on the Pandemic. Bush Has Done It Before. (Published 2021)
The New York Times
The Surprising Innovations of Pandemic-Era Sex
Many queer people are reimagining their own boundaries and thinking of this reentry period as a time for sexual self-discovery.
The Atlantic
Covid-19: Public artwork dedicated to pandemic NHS staff
The exhibition honouring key workers visits Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh and London.
BBC
COVID-19 could cause male infertility and sexual dysfunction – but vaccines do not
New studies show men who have had COVID-19 could face serious reproductive health issues.
The Conversation
COVID masks: how and when to ask someone to wear one – without getting into a fight
Just because face coverings aren’t mandatory doesn’t mean they’re not protective – so here’s how to ask someone to wear one.
The Conversation
The Latino Community in the Time of COVID-19: Prospects for an Equitable Recovery One Year Later
The COVID-19 pandemic has forever changed the Latino community. In the 16 months since the spread of COVID-19 was declared a national emergency on March
UnidosUS
Coronavirus infections continue to fall in UK
But any rise in cases linked to the 19 July unlocking is unlikely to show up in the daily data just yet.
BBC