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Late-stage trials of one of the front-running coronavirus vaccine candidates are on hold after a serious illness from one participant, Stat first reported. AstraZeneca said the “standard review process triggered a pause to vaccination to allow review of safety data.”
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Opinion writers weigh in on these public health issues and others.
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Global news, mostly COVID, is from China, England, Greece, Spain, Gaza Strip and Brazil.
Media outlets report on news from Georgia, Florida, Hawaii, Montana, Michigan, Texas, West Virginia and Maine, as well.
What else can go wrong in California? The record temperatures and the fires are adding to the health problems on the West Coast.
News on the industry is from Mississippi, North Carolina, Georgia, California and Missouri, as well.
Gavreto, made by Blueprint Medicines, is the second treatment approved to treat lung tumors that harbor alterations to the RET gene. Other drug innovation news is reported as well.
Media outlets report on news from Brazil, Massachusetts, West Virginia, New Hampshire, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Arizona and North Carolina.
Sports and recreation news is from the U.S. and French Opens, the Big 10 Conference, NBA, and more.
While most reopening concerns are for students and teachers, The Atlantic examines how cafeteria workers are being treated. News is on reactions from pediatricians, learning hubs, vaccination concerns, and resort "learning'', as well.
Other stories about the effects of staying at home during COVID are on domestic violence, work-from-home injuries, housekeeping, your dog and more.
ABC News reports that Black Americans are 20% more likely to experience "serious mental health problems" than the general population and that Black youths who are exposed to violence are 25% more likely to experience PTSD.
Of more than 86,000 responders and survivors of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, there have been more than 1,400 cases of COVID-19, with nearly 200 hospitalizations and 44 deaths, data from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health show.
Weight and height are the subject of new studies.
Other public health news is on vaping risks, COVID symptoms in children, how the coronavirus has outsmarted us and more.
New state regulations require more testing for people with symptoms, as well as people who weren’t tested before they died. Other news about testing, as well.
Russian scientists published the first public data on the “Sputnik V” vaccine that purportedly shows it is safe and produces an immune response. There is no evidence on whether it prevents coronavirus infections.
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