July hit a crucial warming threshold that scientists have warned the world should stay under | CNN The average global temperature in July was around 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than the pre-industrial era that ended in the mid-to-late 1800s, new report shows. Rachel Ramirez CNN

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Brain fog and other long COVID symptoms affect millions. New treatment studies bring hope The National Institutes of Health is starting some studies to test possible treatments for long COVID. Millions of people are estimated to have the mysterious condition. AP News

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CDC says new COVID variant is dominant, including strain some call "Eris" It is unclear which regions of the U.S. have the most EG.5 infections. Yahoo Life

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Prior infections influence opinions of COVID-19 vaccines Province of British Columbia / Flickr CIDRAP

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The results of the present study show many Americans still hold a dismissive view of COVID-19 vaccines. As of April 2023, 30% of the population have not been vaccinated with primary doses, and 83% of those eligible have not received a booster dose.

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EG.5.1 Nicknamed ‘Eris’ Is New Covid-19 Variant Spreading, Monitored By WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) has listed the EG.5 variants as variants under monitoring (VUM) ever since July 19. Bruce Y. Lee Forbes

...EG.5.1 doesn’t seem to be producing different, more or more severe Covid-19 symptoms.

A new Covid variant dubbed Eris has emerged as hospital admissions spike amid bad weather and waning immunity this summer.

A descendant of Omicron, Eris, or EG.5.1, was first classified as a variant in the UK on 31 July, but now accounts for one in 10 Covid cases.

It is now the second most prevalent variant in the UK, after Arcturus which makes up almost half of all infection cases at 39.4 per cent, according to UKHSA.

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