Life Expectancy Plunge; Booster Shot for Variant; COVID Misinfo Crimes?
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. U.S. life expectancy dropped by a year in the first half of 2020, due to COVID-19 and overdose deaths, according to the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. Pfizer plans to test a booster shot to address the South African coronavirus variant. ( Reuters) The Hill) Washington Post) Rich countries may end up with a billion more COVID-19 vaccine doses than they need, according to anti-poverty advocacy group ONE Campaign. ( Reuters) As of 8:00 a.m. ET on Friday, the unofficial COVID-19 count in the U.S. stood at 27,896,700 case...