June 03, 2021
Why You Might Feel Weird When You Go Maskless

A vaccinated philosopher goes shopping, barefaced.
Slate
How COVID-19 Is Revolutionizing Healthcare Around the World

The pandemic has wrought immense suffering while simultaneously accelerating the adoption of new ways to improve global health.
Time Magazine
Fauci: Ending AIDS epidemic by 2030 may be achievable
Axios
COVID-19 cases hit lowest point in U.S. since pandemic began
Axios
Long Covid: 'Since I had virus, I smell rotten meat and chemicals'

Sally McCreith, 31, says her distorted sense of taste and smell has 'turned her life upside down'.
BBC
When Will Covid Pandemic Really End? Covax Says Poor Nations Need Vaccines
Bloomberg
Thousands of emails from and to Fauci during the pandemic’s early days were published. Here’s what they show about him | CNN Politics

CNN
Dr. Anthony Fauci says publicly released email about lab leak is being misconstrued | CNN

CNN
Dr. Fauci: We need to keep an open mind to possibilities

NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci joins Morning Joe to discuss the release of thousands of his work emails from March and April 2020 via FOIA requests. Dr. Fauci discusses the search for the origins of the coronavirus and what he expects from this summer.
MSNBC News
Sera proteomic features of active and recovered COVID-19 patients: potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

Nature
Drug repurposing screens identify chemical entities for the development of COVID-19 interventions - Nature Communications

Here, the authors perform repurposing screens of the ReFRAME drug library in two cell lines and identify inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Antiviral activity of prodrug MK-4482 is confirmed in hamsters.
Nature
A predictive score for progression of COVID-19 in hospitalized persons: a cohort study - npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine

Nature
Ensemble machine learning of factors influencing COVID-19 across US counties - Scientific Reports

Nature
NIH researchers identify potential new antiviral drug for COVID-19

Compound targets essential viral enzyme and prevents replication in cells.
National Institutes of Health NIH .gov
Millions Of Women Haven't Rejoined The Workforce — And May Not Anytime Soon

Millions of women who lost their jobs in the pandemic have yet to return to work, even though the economy has improved. What's keeping them back is a mix of factors that may not be resolved quickly.
NPR
5 Things We Learned From Anthony Fauci's Emails

Thousands of pages of Dr. Fauci's emails have been released to reporters. Here's what they tell us about his life and manner during the early months of the pandemic.
NPR
During The Pandemic Lockdown, Traffic Deaths Soared To The Highest Level In 13 Years

Safety regulators say a 7% spike in deaths last year, the biggest increase in 13 years, may have come from drivers speeding and taking other risks on less-congested roads.
NPR
Why Contact Tracing Couldn't Keep Up With The U.S. COVID Outbreak

Despite a massive hiring push last year, health agencies around the U.S. failed to contain the pandemic through contact tracing. Health leaders reflect on lessons learned and what's next.
NPR
How United Airlines Is Trying to Plan Around a Pandemic Published 2020
The New York Times
On the Post-Pandemic Horizon, Could That Be … a Boom? Published 2021
The New York Times
Beyond the jab: A need for global coordination of pharmacovigilance for COVID-19 vaccine deployment
The Lancet
California mandated masks. Florida opened its restaurants. Did any of it matter?

Which Covid-19 restrictions really worked — and which ones really didn’t?
Vox
Covid-19 lab-leak theory: China's bat researchers under scrutiny - The Washington Post
Washington Post
Anthony Fauci and the Wuhan Lab - WSJ
WSJ


