OVERVIEW: U.S. Military, Asia, South Pacific developments

 -- Members of the U.S. military who were vaccinated against COVID-19 showed higher-than-expected rates of heart inflammation, although the condition was still extremely rare, according to a study released on Tuesday.

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MASKS: Three articles on reconsideration of masks as precautions

 

Throughout the pandemic, masks have ranked among the most contentious public health measures in the United States, symbolizing a bitter partisan divide over the role of government and individual liberties.

Now, with a new variant of the coronavirus rapidly spreading across the globe, masks are again the focus of conflicting views, and fears, about the course of pandemic and the restrictions required to manage it.

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Supreme Court Upholds The CDC's Pandemic-related Moratorium On Evictions

TheHill.com Majority of US adults concerned about delta variant: poll

A majority of U.S. adults are concerned about the delta coronavirus variant but have not significantly changed their behavior because of it, according to the Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index.

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The simple text message seems to work best in encourging people to get vaccinated--new study

Delta variant continues to spread, prompting new restrictions worldwide

Webinar: Drones for use by first responders in emergencies, Wed, Jun 30, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT

Moderna says COVID-19 vaccine performed well in a small lab study against delta variant

Research indicating protecting people who are immuno-compromised from getting COVID is important not just for their sake – it could be critical in the effort to end the pandemic for everyone.

There's mounting research to suggest that protecting people who are immuno-compromised from getting COVID is important not just for their sake – it could be critical in the effort to end the pandemic for everyone.

The evidence comes from two separate strands of studies.

Dr. Laura McCoy has been doing the first type. She's an infectious disease researcher at University College London.

"The group of people that I'm particularly interested in are those living with HIV," she says.

She's been studying how well their immune systems respond to vaccines against COVID-19 — specifically the Pfizer vaccine.

So far, it's worked quite well for HIV-positive people.

But there's a catch. In her studies, "all of our participants had really quite well-controlled HIV."

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Russia's Sputnik V vaccine only slightly less effective against Delta variant, developers say

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 is around 90% effective against the highly contagious Delta variant of coronavirus, its developers said on Tuesday.

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EU aviation industry warns lack of coordination with COVID certificats could cause chaos at airports

White House scrambles to distribute housing assistance and avert August eviction wave

The Biden administration is rushing to avoid millions of evictions during a brutally hot summer with a push to get billions of dollars in rental assistance out to tenants and landlords.

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OVERVIEW: Australia, U.S. Europe, cruise line

Delta variant is prompting some officials to rethink Covid-19 measures

Three studies offered fresh evidence that widely used vaccines will continue to protect people against the coronavirus for long periods

Three scientific studies released on Monday offered fresh evidence that widely used vaccines will continue to protect people against the coronavirus for long periods, possibly for years, and can be adapted to fortify the immune system still further if needed.

Most people immunized with the mRNA vaccines may not need boosters, one study found, so long as the virus and its variants do not evolve much beyond their current forms — which is not guaranteed. Mix-and-match vaccination shows promise, a second study found, and booster shots of one widely used vaccine, if they are required, greatly enhance immunity, according to a third report.

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