September 6, 2021

The Intercept publishes more than 900 pages of records obtained through a FOIA lawsuit on U.S.-funded coronavirus research at a lab in Wuhan. The documents revive questions about gain-of-function work and its oversight, a line of inquiry that officials and much of the press had waved off as a conspiracy theory a year earlier. China, for its part, pushes a counter-story pointing at a lab in North Carolina.

Hospitals across the South stay under strain. NPR reports that ECMO, the highest level of mechanical life support, is nearly impossible to find as waitlists grow, and CNN quotes doctors surprised to see record hospitalizations in places hit hard the year before. Nearly 350 children are hospitalized with COVID-19 in Texas.

The pandemic unemployment benefits lapse over the holiday weekend, affecting an estimated 7.5 million people, and The Economist notes that Americans remain unusually skeptical of the vaccine, trailing only Russians in expressed doubts.

When will I need my COVID vaccine booster shot? And can I switch to a different brand?

You’ll read lots of different figures on this — six months, eight months, more — and that’s because the research is ongoing. We don’t yet have a concrete answer.

The Conversation

Vaccination rate nearly double than it was in mid-July

ABC News

New Details Emerge About Coronavirus Research at Chinese Lab

More than 900 pages of materials related to U.S.-funded coronavirus research in China were released following a FOIA lawsuit by The Intercept.

The Intercept

Coronavirus: More than half of Larne High School pupils out of class

At least 400 pupils from Larne High School in County Antrim could not come to class on Monday.

BBC

‘Surprised and disappointed.’ Doctors in Covid-19 hotspots last year are seeing new record hospitalizations | CNN

CNN

US school nurses shortage turns dire as students return to classrooms | CNN

CNN

America has remained unusually vaccine sceptical

Only Russians are more likely to express reservations about the covid-19 jab

The Economist

Network analysis of depressive symptoms in Hong Kong residents during the COVID-19 pandemic - Translational Psychiatry

Nature

Emergency dental care triage during the COVID-19 pandemic - British Dental Journal

Nature

Socio-demographic correlates of wildlife consumption during early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic - Nature Ecology & Evolution

By surveying ~5,000 citizens across five Asian countries/territories, the authors show that increased awareness of the COVID-19 pandemic reduced self-reported propensity to consume wildlife products. A behavioural intervention simulation also suggests that increasing awareness of zoonotic risks could reduce future wildlife consumption.

Nature

Outcomes of COVID-19 patients intubated after failure of non-invasive ventilation: a multicenter observational study - Scientific Reports

Nature

Pandemic unemployment benefits just expired. What will families do now?

An estimated 7.5 million people will be affected.

NBC News

Brazil-Argentina soccer match suspended in coronavirus dispute

Game featuring Lionel Messi and Neymar was stopped in the 7th minute as local health officials walked onto the pitch in a bid to remove the players.

NBC News

Across The COVID-Ravaged South, High-Level Life Support Is Difficult To Find

ECMO, the highest level of mechanical life support, functions as a temporary heart and lungs for some of COVID-19's sickest patients. But the waitlist is too long for many patients who need it.

NPR

Coronavirus in N.Y.: Will a Surge in Patients Overwhelm Hospitals? (Published 2020)

The New York Times

The 1,000-Bed Comfort Was Supposed to Aid New York. It Has 20 Patients. (Published 2020)

The New York Times

Virus cases are surging at crowded immigration detention centers in the U.S. (Published 2021)

The New York Times

Texas Hospitals Are Already Overloaded. Doctors Are ‘Frightened by What Is Coming.’ (Published 2021)

The New York Times

Kentucky’s schools struggle as coronavirus outbreaks close entire districts. (Published 2021)

The New York Times

India 'prepares for the worst' ahead of possible COVID-19 third wave

Reuters

What an enormous global study can tell us about feeling better during the pandemic

Hundreds of psychologists looked for ways to make people feel better during the pandemic — and they found one.

Vox

China pushes UNC conspiracy about origin of coronavirus

WNCT

September 6, 2021

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