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Abbott’s COVID-19 test sales dive by nearly 90%

Abbott Laboratories’ sales of COVID-19 tests fell by a whopping 89% during the second quarter of this year compared with the same time last year — a drop that comes as the world attempts to move on from the pandemic.

Chicago Tribune

Dems rip RFK Jr. at "censorship" hearing

Republicans gave Democratic candidate claiming "censorship" a national stage. It didn't go well

Salon

You know those folks who had COVID but no symptoms? A new study offers an explanation

Everybody knows someone — maybe it's you — who got COVID but never got sick or who thinks they never got COVID at all. A new study found one possible reason, involving a certain gene and common colds.

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Debate over PoP versus clay idols resurfaces ahead of Ganeshotsav

MUMBAI: As the Ganesh festival arrives September 19-28, the BMC has renewed its efforts to implement the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) ban on plaster of paris (PoP) idols. The state government had permitted relaxation twice -- once owing to the Covid lockdown, and secondly, after mandals sought more time…

The Times of India

Hyper-femininity can be subversive and empowering – just ask Barbie

I found Barbie again during 2020’s COVID lockdown. Indoors, confined to Juicy Couture tracksuits, I was missing excuses to express my hyper-femininity through clothing, as I had done pre-pandemic. Collecting Barbie dolls became a way to display my love of femininity in all it’s fun, ridiculous and pink-saturated possibilities.

The Conversation

Florida family convicted of selling bleach as fake cure for Covid-19 via online church

Prosecutor says family ‘created a fake church to make it harder for the Food and Drug Administration and government to stop them from selling snake oil’

The Independent UK

Issuance of notice is mandatory prior to launching prosecution for violating Disaster Management Act guidelines: HC

HC Karnataka: Notice to accused for DM Act violation must be issued 30 days prior to prosecution. Justice M. Nagaprasanna quashed case against Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar for violating COVID-19 guidelines. Court noted Section 60(b) of DM Act & Rule 3 of DM (Notice of alleged offence) Rules mandate notice…

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The Williams F1 juniors vying to become its next British stars

Zak O’Sullivan and Luke Browning are old rivals. The compatriots have plenty of history, with tensions first coming to a head in the 2020 British Formula 4 finale. As COVID lockdowns left circuits without spectators, O’Sullivan and Browning headed to Brands Hatch tied. By the final race, Browning had a…

Autosport

Protective gene may help some dodge Covid-19 symptoms, study suggests

Researchers believe that new treatments and vaccines could be developed as a result of the findings

The Independent UK

Pandemic healthcare disruptions led to more preventable hospital admissions – new research

It’s well known that the COVID pandemic created unprecedented disruption in how healthcare was provided and delivered globally. With the emergency phase of the pandemic now behind us, it’s important to understand if and how these disruptions affected people’s health.

The Conversation

Huw Edwards and the question of ‘public interest’

Many important things happened last week, said John Simpson in The i Paper. The US sent a consignment of cluster bombs to Ukraine. The Nato summit was held in Vilnius. We learnt that Boris Johnson had failed to hand over his WhatsApp messages to the Covid Inquiry because, he claimed,…

The Week

How a combination of COVID lawsuits and media coverage keeps misinformation churning

Public health has had its day in court lately. And another day. And another day.

Tribune News Service

Why Did Scientists Suppress the Lab Leak Theory?

Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Eastern for a discussion with Matt Ridley of new documents that reveal how and why scientists downplayed the possibility of a COVID lab leak scenario.

Reason

Biden administration cuts funding for Wuhan coronavirus lab

The lab in Wuhan, China suspected by some to be the source of the COVID-19 pandemic will no longer receive U.S. government funding.

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India eases COVID-19 guidelines for international travellers

The new guidelines shall come into effect from midnight of July 20.

Inverse

This Gene Mutation May Hold the Clue to Why Some People Don't Get Covid-19

A team of researchers identified a gene mutation protective against Covid-19, with carriers up to eight times more likely to experience asymptomatic infection.

Los Angeles Times

Did you get COVID but never feel sick? New study hints at why

As the coronavirus emerged, so did a mystery: Why did some who got infected never develop symptoms?

The Independent UK

‘I don’t trust any of them’: How Boris effect is hitting Tory hopes of keeping Uxbridge seat

Will this Tory town change its colours after Boris Johnson’s dramatic departure from the Commons? Maryam Zakir-Hussain visits Uxbridge ahead of Thursday’s crunch by-election

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The Guardian - UK

A nation off-guard: what the UK Covid inquiry has revealed

Six weeks of hearings have seen arguments about pandemic planning bound up with old battles over Brexit and austerity

The Guardian - UK

UK Covid inquiry hears call for more cash for public health

Science advisers demand creation of ‘cohort’ of community health workers to run test and trace

The Conversation

COVID: a gene mutation could help explain why some people don't get symptoms – new research

One aspect of the COVID pandemic that has fascinated both scientists and the public alike is how the infection affects people differently.

The Conversation

Asymptomatic COVID-19 is linked to a gene variant that boosts immune memory after exposure to prior seasonal cold viruses

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The Independent UK

RFK Jr’s ‘horrific antisemitic and xenophobic views’ detailed in explosive report

Report comes after Kennedy said that Covid-19 was ‘ethnically’ targeted in a way that protects Jewish people

LiveScience

Genetic quirk could explain why not everyone shows symptoms of COVID-19

In a large cohort of people infected with SARS-CoV-2, a specific gene variant was more common in people who didn't show symptoms, compared to those who did.

The Guardian - AU

Findings from Australian-led US study may explain why some don’t get Covid-19 symptoms

Research published in journal Nature uncovers first genetic link to strong immunity against the illness

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