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  Sandra Clark

  

  The next epidemic may be here. The U.S. isn't ready for it

  STAT - David C. Harvey

  As if dealing with continued waves of Covid-19 isn’t enough, the U.S. is facing a new outbreak — monkeypox — that highlights just how close the U.S. …

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  Sandra Clark

  

  “Don’t You Work With Old People?”: Many Elder-Care Workers Still Refuse to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

  propublica.org - Jenny Deam, Ryan Gabrielson, Bianca Fortis

  Amid a “pandemic of the unvaccinated,” more than 40% of the nation’s nursing home and long-term health care workers have yet to receive …

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  Sandra Clark

  

  The Delta variant's message to anti-vaxxers: It's your funeral

  theweek.com - Noah Millman

  The Delta variant is here. It's now responsible for the majority of COVID-19 infections in the United States and is driving a rapid rise in cases, …

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  Sandra Clark

  

  Alcohol especially increases the risk of cancer for one group, study reveals

  Inverse - by Katie MacBride

  New research suggests alcohol is behind 4 percent of 2020 cancer cases. The nectar of the gods has a problem. While evidence suggests a moderate amount …

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  Sandra Clark

  

  CDC Warns Doctors About a Mystery Bacterial Outbreak With No Clear Origin

  Gizmodo - Ed Cara

  It's unknown how three people in three states caught the often-fatal tropical disease melioidosis, which isn't normally transmissible between …

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  Sandra Clark

  

  Vaccine Piliing Up In Red States As Republicans Reject Science, Endanger Nation

  nationalmemo.com - Mark Sumner

  Reprinted with permission from Daily Kos As of Thursday, Civiqs showed 41 percent of Republicans saying that they would definitely not accept a …