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• Should Deferrals Be Lifted for Gay Blood Donors? Researchers are trying to determine if assessing personal risk for gay men -- instead of ordering a blanket deferral -- would keep the blood supply just as safe.
  WebMD Health News, July 26, 2021
• California to Require Vaccine or Testing for State Workers 'An individual's choice not to get vaccinated is now impacting the rest of us in a profound and devastating and deadly way,' Gov Gavin Newsom said in announcing the new policy.
  Associated Press, July 26, 2021
• Louisiana's COVID-19 Surge Starts to Stall Other Surgeries One of Louisiana's largest hospitals announced Monday it has temporarily stopped taking inpatients for nonemergency surgeries as it grapples with a steadily increasing influx of COVID-19 patients.
  Associated Press, July 26, 2021
• White House Sees YouTube, Facebook as 'Judge, Jury & Executioner' on Vaccine Misinformation The White House has YouTube, not just Facebook, on its list of social media platforms officials say are responsible for an alarming spread of misinformation about COVID vaccines.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• Onsite Contraceptive Services Curb Unintended Pregnancies in Women With Opioid Use Disorder For women with opioid use disorder at risk for unintended pregnancy, onsite contraceptive services are likely more effective than usual care, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• IAS 2021 Supporting Young Women to Take HIV PrEP Previous trials of HIV prevention drugs in young people and women have shown that women who are not in relationships with men with HIV struggle to stay on PrEP.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2021
• Cancer Therapy and Myocardial Dysfunction: 5 Things to Know An expert overview of some key aspects to preventing, monitoring, and managing cardiac dysfunction related to cancer therapy.
  American College of Cardiology & Medscape , July 26, 2021
• Fauci Says US Headed in 'Wrong Direction' on Coronavirus Dr Anthony Fauci responds to accusations by Sen Rand Paul, R-Ky, as he testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.
  Associated Press, July 26, 2021
• Genes Have Role in Common-Cold Protection Against COVID-19 In some people, past exposure to common-cold coronaviruses seems to prepare the immune system to fight the COVID-19 coronavirus. Genes may play a role, according to a paper posted on bioRxiv ahead of peer review.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• Separate Unvaccinated Healthcare Staff From Unvaccinated Patients, Researchers Advise With COVID-19 vaccination coverage incomplete among residents and staff at long-term care facilities, researchers have come up with a way to limit transmission in those settings: keep unvaccinated staff away from unvaccinated patients.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• WHO Urges Collaboration on Virus Origin After China Rejects Inquiry Plan The World Health Organization called on Friday for all countries to work together to investigate the origins of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• Dispute Over Italian Coronavirus Study Shows Challenges of Probing Origins A dispute over blood tests has raised questions about an Italian study that suggested the coronavirus was circulating outside China much earlier than expected, highlighting the challenges of trying to determine when the virus emerged.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• Blistering Eruptions, Including Bullous Pemphigoid, Seen After COVID Vaccine SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines may trigger subepidermal blistering eruptions, particularly bullous pemphigoid and most often in older adults, US clinicians report.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• Vaccinated People Make Up 75% of Recent COVID-19 Cases in Singapore, but Few Fall Ill Vaccinated individuals accounted for three quarters of Singapore's COVID-19 infections in the last 4 weeks, but they were not falling seriously ill, government data show.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• Want a Bigger Raise? How About $50? US Companies Push COVID Shots for Staff Kevin Kelly is hitting his anti-vax workers where it may hurt them most: their paychecks.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• As Americans Navigate Conflicting COVID-19 Mask Advice, 'Everyone Is Confused' A COVID-19 surge ignited in parts of the United States by the highly contagious Delta variant and vaccine hesitancy has led to new mask mandates and deep confusion among some people about which guidance to follow.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• Parts of Europe Raise Defences and Push Vaccines as Delta Advances Looking to counter the increasing menace of the coronavirus Delta variant, a growing number of European countries are raising their defences and trying to pressure more people to get vaccinated to stay safe.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• NFL to Enforce Forfeits for COVID-19 Cancellations If a game can't be rescheduled during the regular 18-week season, the team with the outbreak will forfeit the game and receive a 'loss' in standings, the league announced.
  WebMD Health News, July 26, 2021
• A Boomer's Plea: Get Vaccinated, Millennials Why is the generation bent on changing the world reluctant to get vaccinated against COVID-19?
  Medscape Blogs, July 26, 2021
• Spacing Pfizer COVID Shots Boosts Antibody Levels in Long-Term Study A longer gap between doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine leads to higher overall antibody levels than a shorter gap, a British study found on Friday, but antibody levels are not sustained for long after the first dose.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021