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US buys more monkeypox vaccine, ramps up testing as cases rise

The U.S. has ordered another 2.5 million doses of Bavarian Nordic A/S’s Jynneos vaccine that will be available next year as monkeypox continues to spread with more than 1,400 cases reported nationally as of Friday.

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Ineffective Mask Mandates Could Be Returning in L.A. and Seattle

Evidence from the past two years suggests they won't make a difference.

Reason

Nearly 1,500 monkeypox cases identified across the US: CDC reveals

US public health system caught flat-footed by outbreak

The Independent UK

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We asked, you answered: NPR readers share how they handled COVID on vacation

Nearly 5,000 NPR readers told us how they dealt with COVID on a trip. Did they respect the CDC guidance to wait 10 days before flying? Or did they travel anyway? What lessons do they have to share?

WEKU

What is brain-eating amoeba and why does it kill

Only five people are known surivors of rare disease

The Independent UK

Doctors Say Federal Bureaucracy Is Keeping Them From Adequately Treating Monkeypox

One vaccination requires 100 pages of government paperwork to be processed before treatment.

Reason

First study of its kind reports on period changes post-Covid-19 vaccination

A survey of 39,000 people who currently or formerly menstruate found that 42 percent of respondents had irregular or breakthrough bleeding after a COVID vaccine.

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1 million fentanyl pills seized in record drug bust in California

‘Staggering number of teens and young adults are unaware that they are ingesting fentanyl in these fake pills and are being poisoned’

The Independent UK

Supreme Court Tells Cops To Stop Playing Doctor

The unanimous decision is a good first step for getting law enforcement out of prescription decisions.

Reason

Novavax (NVAX) Down As EU Adds Side Effects To COVID Jab Label

Shares of Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) fell 26.2% on Jul 14, after the European Medicines Agency's (TSE: EMA) Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee ("PRAC") updated the product label of Nuvaxovid, the company's COVID-19 vaccine, to include some potential side effects like severe aller

Benzinga

Central team rushed as Kerala reports first monkeypox case

Central team has been rushed to the State to adopt appropriate public health interventions

The Hindu

Massachusetts reports 18 new monkeypox cases, the highest 1-week jump yet

State health officials reported 18 new monkeypox cases on Thursday, the highest one-week count yet as the outbreak spreads across the country.

Boston Herald

CDC raises Dallas County COVID-19 level to red

DALLAS — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have raised Dallas County’s COVID-19 level to red as cases and hospitalizations continue to climb.

Tribune News Service

LA County on verge of indoor mask mandate as deaths, hospitalizations rise: ‘There is need to worry’

LOS ANGELES — Sustained jumps in cases and hospitalizations fueled by the hyper-infectious BA.5 subvariant pushed Los Angeles County into the high COVID-19 community level Thursday, a shift that could trigger a new public indoor mask mandate by the end of this month unless conditions improve.

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No, BA.5 isn't evading PCR tests

Rumors abound that BA.5, or "stealth omicron," is going undetected on hospital lab tests

The Independent UK

Does sunscreen expire, what does SPF mean and which type is best?

Keep your skin protected as temperatures rise this weekend

Los Angeles Times

California faces a high-risk summer as ultra-infectious COVID subvariants keep coming

LOS ANGELES — California’s summer is being complicated by a dizzying array of omicron subvariants that have emerged over the last several months.

Axios

U.S. COVID hospitalizations have begun to rise again

New hospital admissions of patients with COVID-19 are on the rise in the U.S., CDC data shows.

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WEKU

Many try to return to normal from COVID, but disabled people face a different reality

With COVID safety protocols rescinding around the country, many are returning to a sense of pre-pandemic normalcy. But disabled and immunocompromised people can't do so, and are being left behind.

Salon

Pesticide found in most Americans' urine

Glyphosate is a common pesticide ingredient and has been linked to a number of health conditions in humans

The Guardian - US

FDA authorizes protein-based Novavax Covid vaccine for adults

Approval of shot widens options against the virus as CDC will meet next week to decide whether to sign off on vaccine

The Independent UK

Novavax Covid vaccine becomes fourth to receive FDA approval

The protein-based vaccine still needs to be approved by the CDC before it can start to be administered

WEKU

Black gun owners have mixed feelings about the Supreme Court's concealed-carry ruling

The United States has often been hostile toward Black gun ownership, but African Americans are the fastest growing demographic of armed weapons buyers in the country.

The Independent UK

NYC monkeypox site crashes as city struggles to keep up with demand for vaccines

‘We apologise for the frustration caused and are working to build stable appointment infrastructure,’ the city health department said

The Independent UK

White House is teaming up with LGBT+ advocacy group GLAAD for a monkeypox briefing

Comes as many are concerned about the monkeypox vaccine and also stigmatisation

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