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AstraZeneca Insists Vax Is Safe; Fauci Urges Trump to Speak Up; Post-Pandemic Angst

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After reviewing safety data on 17 million people, AstraZeneca said it found with its COVID-19 vaccine. (Reuters)

But not everyone is buying it: and joined the list of countries over those concerns. (Reuters)

Meanwhile, as the virus grows out of control in many countries, U.S. officials are resisting calls . (NBC News)

As of Monday at 8:00 a.m. EDT, the unofficial U.S. COVID-19 toll is 29,439,057 cases and 534,889 deaths, up about 440,000 cases and nearly 9,900 deaths, respectively, from a week ago.

The most recent CDC data indicates have now been administered in the U.S., with some 37 million people fully vaccinated; not quite two-thirds of those 65 and older have gotten at least one dose.

Where have healthcare workers been most at risk of contracting COVID-19? , that's a buzzer you're hearing. (Kaiser Health News)

NIAID Director Anthony Fauci, MD, said former President Trump -- who last week for making vaccines available -- should to drop their resistance to getting them. (AP)

A tale of two states: why are so similar, despite such different approaches to the virus? (AP)

Here are that may cause anxiety even in a post-pandemic world. (CNN)

Johnson & Johnson announced the its vaccine for emergency use.

Trump's COVID-19 Task Force coordinator, Deborah Birx, MD, has two new jobs: chief medical and scientific advisor to an with a focus on COVID infections, and . (Politico)

In other news:

  • Guinea's current Ebola outbreak was , who apparently had recrudescence of latent infection. (STAT)
  • for treating skin and skin structure infections, including those involving MRSA, said drugmaker Melinta Therapeutics.
  • Namaste: Alabama considers ending its 28-year ban on (New York Times)
  • Failed biotech company Theranos's founder, Elizabeth Holmes, is pregnant, which could for fraud. (CNN)
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    Molly Walker worked for ֱ from 2014 to 2022, and is now a contributing writer. She is a 2020 J2 Achievement Award winner for her COVID-19 coverage.