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Indian Variant a Global Risk; Good News on U.S. Cases; Baylor Expert Gets Threats

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the triple-mutant SARS-CoV-2 variant widely circulating in India as a global "variant of concern." (CNBC)

As of Tuesday at 8:00 a.m. EDT, the unofficial U.S. COVID-19 toll reached 32,744,471 cases and 582,162 deaths, increases of 36,478 and 407, respectively, since this time yesterday.

Weekly cases have now dropped for a month straight, with last week's count representing since September, and weekly deaths have declined to July levels. (Reuters)

Novavax is FDA emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine before July. (Washington Post)

An FDA advisory committee to discuss what data the agency would require to authorize COVID-19 vaccines in kids.

New jab side effect? An elected official in Arizona that COVID vaccines have turned some people into "potted plants," but provided no evidence of the plant people. (Insider)

Anti-vaxxers have been with Nazi imagery to Peter Hotez, MD, a vaccine expert at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, who is also Jewish. (KHOU)

Long COVID may to a higher degree than others, researchers and clinicians fear. (STAT)

In Italy, a 23-year-old woman was hospitalized over the weekend after she six doses of Pfizer's vaccine after a healthcare worker filled a syringe with an entire vial; the woman was discharged on Monday. (CNN)

Medics are offering COVID shots in Romania, the castle some believe inspired the Dracula novel, as part of the nation's push for vaccination. (BBC News)

After vaccinating some 60% of its population, mostly with China's Sinopharm, the small island nation of Seychelles is . (Wall Street Journal)

In other news:

  • Are FDA-approved like MDMA and psilocybin only a few years away? (New York Times)
  • The Biden administration announced that a new will meet for the first time on Friday, with the aim of keeping politics away from government science. (AP)
  • One million people have signed up for the Affordable Care Act during the special enrollment period, .
  • Nursing and residential care facility by 19,500 in April, while about 21,000 new ambulatory care positions were added; healthcare overall lost a net 4,100 jobs. (Axios)
  • The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than 50,000 payments totaling $59 million to consumers duped in a for opioid addiction.
  • Nearly 18,000 people die annually in the U.S., according to new research from the National Academy of Sciences. (Washington Post)
  • Starting later this month, Prince Harry and Oprah Winfrey will about mental health issues on Apple TV+. (Reuters)
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    Ryan Basen reports for ֱ’s enterprise & investigative team. He often writes about issues concerning the practice and business of medicine, nurses, cannabis and psychedelic medicine, and sports medicine. Send story tips to r.basen@medpagetoday.com.