How Dangerous Is the Delta Variant, and Will It Cause a COVID Surge in the U.S.?

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June 29, 2021

Public Health How Dangerous Is the Delta Variant, and Will It Cause a COVID Surge in the U.S.? A new, more transmissible form of SARS-CoV-2 is rapidly spreading in the country and poses a threat to unvaccinated and partially vaccinated people By Tanya Lewis

Public Health WHO Urges Vaccinated People to Wear Masks; CDC Still Says No Need World Health Organization leaders advised caution as new variants threaten progress against the pandemic By Tanya Lewis

Biology See Bizarre Seeds and Fruits from around the Globe Photographer Levon Biss reveals the amazing world of plant reproduction By Leslie Nemo

Natural Disasters Extremely Dry U.S. West Is Ripe for Wildfires Moisture measured in trees, shrubs and grasses is lowest since records began in the 1970s By Thomas Frank,E&E News

Environment Rare Mantle Rocks in Oman Could Sequester Massive Amounts of CO2 Tests are underway to pull carbon from the air and turn it into minerals belowground By Douglas Fox

Climate Unprecedented Heat Wave in Pacific Northwest Driven by Climate Change Pacific Ocean cyclones are pumping up the high pressure system roasting the region By Anne C. Mulkern,E&E News

Public Health Why Uruguay Lost Control of COVID Complacency and a coronavirus variant help to explain why the country, once a pandemic success story, couldn't withstand the surge now rocking South America By Luke Taylor,Nature magazine

Behavior & Society We're Fumbling the Return to Physical Offices Many executives are falling victim to a number of well-known psychological biases in their push to end remote working By Gleb Tsipursky

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FROM THE ARCHIVE New Coronavirus Variants Are Urgently Being Tracked around the World Genomic sequencing efforts are limited in developing countries, but scientists are mobilizing to help By Charles Schmidt | June 2021

QUOTE OF THE DAY "It is the most hypertransmissible, contagious version of the virus we've seen to date, for sure--it's a superspreader strain if there ever was one." Eric Topol, professor of molecular medicine and an executive vice president at the Scripps Research Institution

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