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• New COVID variant XEC now in half of states. Here's what to know by Alexander Tin CBS News 

• New XEC Covid Variant Spreads To 27 Countries, Here's What We Know So Far by Bhavya Sukheja NDTV

• FDA Forced to Recant False Posts about COVID Treatment After Doctors Sued by Catholic Vote

• COVID-19 no longer means five days in isolation, CDC says by Mike Stubbe The Associated Press 

• Know Noma, story of COVID-19 vaccine delivery, and India's rural health clinics by World Health Organization

• Biden administration announces $600M to produce COVID tests and will reopen website to order them by Will Weissert The Associated Press

• COVID loneliness lingers, especially among young, report finds by CathNews

• New COVID variant 'Eris' infects Israelis by Tzvi Joffree The Jerusalem Post

• COVID-19 lockdowns had same effect on memory as serving jail time: study by Brooke Kato New York Post

• WHO says Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency by Jamie Gumbrecht, Jacqueline Howard and Deidre McPhillips CNN

• Court revives charges over COVID-19 outbreak at Massachusetts veterans' home by Nate Raymond and Brendan Pierson Reuters

• Covid reduces volunteers numbers in Dutch church by CathNews New Zealand

• Energy Department Concludes China Lab Leak to Blame for COVID by Joseph De La Cruz The Tablet

• Pandemic made poor poorer, rich richer by Father Shay Cullen Independent Catholic News

• Nasal irrigation may reduce COVID-19 severity by HealthDay News/ UPI

• One of Long COVID’s Worst Symptoms Is Also Its Most Misunderstood by Ed Yong The Atlantic

• For Some Patients, Long Covid Symptoms Mask Something Else by Wired’

• Scientists Honored for COVID-19 Tracker, Prenatal Test by The Associated Press/U.S. News

• “God, No, Not Another Case.” COVID-Related Stillbirths Didn’t Have to Happen. by Duaa Eldeib ProPublica

• How Misinformation About COVID Vaccines and Pregnancy Took Root Early On and Why It Won’t Go Away by Duaa Eldeib ProPublica

• Pandemic made poor poorer, rich richer by Father Shay Cullen Independent Catholic News

• Inside the race to bring coronavirus vaccines to the world by BioPharmaDive

• Covid-19 pandemic: 'Everything you should not do, Brazil has done' by Orla Guerin BBC News

• To Reduce Covid-19 Risks in Orchestras, Move Wind Instruments to the Sidelines by Theresa Machemer Smithsonian Magazine

• Seattle scientist digs up deleed coronavirus genetic data, adding fuel to the covid origin debate by Joel Achenbach, Ben Guarino and Yasmeen Abutaleb The Washington Post

• Will we ever know the real death toll of the pandemic? by Amruta Byatnal National Geographic

• Covid map: Coronavirus cases, deaths, vaccinations by country by BBC News

• Will we ever know the real death toll of the pandemic? by Amruta Byatnal National Geographic

• U.S. Report Found It Plausible Covid-19 Leaked From Wuhan Lab by Michael R. Gordon and Warren P. Strobel The Wall Street Journal

• The Latest: Germany hunts down possible fraud in virus tests by The Associated Press

• COVID-19 Severity Starts in Normal BMI Range, Especially in Young by Nancy A. Melville Medscape

• The race to avoid a possible "monster" COVID variant by Eileen Drage O'Reilly Axios

• LifeSiteNews removed from Facebook for violating COVID-19 misinformation policies by Jack Jenkins Religion News Service/National Catholic Reporter

• CDC issues new outdoor mask guidance for fully vaccinated people by Elizabeth Cohen, John Bonifield and Jacqueline Howard CNN

• Franciscan University studying herd immunity, coronavirus by Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report

• Countries worldwide hit new records for virus cases, deaths by Michelle R. Smith The Associated Press

• ‘I’m empty.’ Pandemic scientists are burning out—and don’t see an end in sight by Meredith Wadman Science

• Viganò, the Pandemic. The Suspect of a Disturbing Criminal Conspiracy. by Marco Tosatti Inside the Vatican

• 1 report, 4 theories: Scientists mull clues on virus’ origin by Dania Litvinove and Jamey Keaten The Associated Press

• How The AIDS Crisis Prepared Us For COVID — And Shaped Our Response by Samantha Allen them

• The curious case of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine by Matthew Herper STAT

• China approves a fifth Covid-19 vaccine. by Sui-Lee Wee The New York Times

• Dark history of deceptive sterilization of thousands of Latinos weighs on COVID-19 vaccinations by Anagha Srikanth The Hill

• As vaccinations lag, Italy’s elderly again pay a price by Xollwwn Bary The Associated Press

• A rapid COVID-19 vaccine rollout backfired in some US states by Carla K. Johnson and Nickey Corester The Associated Press

• COVID-19 pandemic worsening gender inequalities for refugee women and girls by The UN Refugee Agency

• In 2018, Diplomats Warned of Risky Coronavirus Experiments in a Wuhan Lab. No One Listened. by Josh Rogin Politico

• Traumatized and tired, nurses are quitting due to the pandemic by Scottie Andrew CNN

• G-7 vows ‘equitable’ world vaccine access, but details scant by Jill Lawless The Associated Press

• Hospitals still ration medical N95 masks as stockpiles swel by Jason Dearen, Juliet Linderman and Martha Mendoza The Associated Press

• CDC says masks must fit tightly – and two are better than one by Scott N. Schiffres The Conversation

• The COVID19 Threat And Sports by Henry Karlson Patheos

• Ask an Infectious-Disease Doctor: What’s the Deal With Double-Masking? by Dharushana Muthulingam Vogue

• Coronavirus Variants: How Much Do You Need to Worry? Here's what experts think. by Tara C. Smith, Ph.D. SELF

• COVID Fatigue, Life in an intensive-care unit by Ebtesam Attaya Islam Commonweal

• If I’ve already had the coronavirus, can I get it again? by The Associated Press

• 95-year-old interrupts mask making by surviving COVID-19 by Andrew Welsh-Huggins Associated Press

• COVID Patient Killed By Hospital Roommate Who Was Angered by His Prayers by Hemant Mehta Patheos

• After experts criticized its approach, Facebook overhauls its Covid-19 misinformation policy by Erin Brodwin StatNews

• ‘Such is life’: In virus wards, death is a foe but a fact by John Leicester Associated Press

• Can I stop wearing a mask after getting a COVID-19 vaccine? by The Associated Press

• COVID-19, an unexpected jubilee experience by Jennibeth Saba Global Sisters Report

• Biden picks Xavier Becerra to lead HHS, coronavirus response by Ricardo Alanso-Zaldivar , Michael Balsamo and Jonahan Lemire Associated Press

• Learning From Our Mistakes: 3 Lessons the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Can Teach Us About COVID by Brian Strassburger The Jesuit Post

• Keeping indoor air clean can reduce the chance of spreading coronavirus by Shelly Miller The Conversation

• Q & A with Sr. Astridah Banda, 'unsung hero' for educating on COVID-19 by Doreen Ajiambo Global Sisters Report

• The EPA Refuses to Reduce Pollutants Linked to CoronavirusDeaths. Particulate matter kills people. That was true before the pandemic, and new research has tied it to coronavirus deaths. But the EPA is ignoring scientists who say stricter particulate matter limits could prevent tens of thousands of early deaths. by Lisa Song and Lylla Younes ProPublica

• The stories of COVID-19: a future and a hope by Ann Marie Paul  Global Sisters Report

• A path forward in the pandemic by Father Pablo Migon Patheos

• Rising COVID-19 Responsibility by Fellow Dying Inmate  Patheos

• At 12, She’s a Covid ‘Long Hauler’ Although most young people recover quickly, doctors are seeing some children and teens with lingering fatigue and other chronic problems. by David Tuller  The New York Times

• COVID Has Caused Millions to Lose their Sense of Smell—One Writer’s Journey to a Scentless Life and Back by Leslie Jamison Vogue

• The COVID-19 pandemic is revealing the regressive business model of college sports by Craig Garthwaite and Matthew J. Notowidigdo Brookings

• Commentary: Why is anyone still talking about herd immunity? Herd immunity is a reckless, lethal and ineffective strategy that should never be an option, says an observer. by William A HaseltineChannel News Asia

• Face masks: what the data say by Lynne Peeples  Nature

• A Covid-19 Alternative Within America's Reach by Wamara Mwine  Profiles in Catholicism

• Doctors Tell Me I Have COVID. Why Won't the Tests? by Julia Joffee GQ

• Drawing From Courage, Compassion, Hope in Pandemic Response by Nathaniel Blanton Hibner Catholic Health Association of the United States

• The Pandemic, From the Virus’s Point of View/ The career of the coronavirus so far is, in Darwinian terms, a great success story. by David Quammen  The New York Times

• Wearing a Mask is an Act of Love and Justice by Patrick Saint-Jean, S.J.The Jesuit Post 

• The tragedy of Paola De Simone dying of coronavirus while teaching online raises uncomfortable questions for those who teach in the age of Covid19 by Leah D. Schade Patheos

• Dealing with grief in a time of coronavirus by Mary Farrow Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report

• I Was Hit Hard By COVID-19 — And I’m Still Not Afraid by Msgr. Charles Pope National Catholic Register

• First, lasts and heeding the coronavirus realities by Joshua J. McElwee  National Catholic Reporter

• Weaknesses and the Pandemic by Thomas Carothers and David Wom Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• We All Must Change to Defeat Covid-19 by Father Shay Cullen Profiles in Catholicism

• Unmasking theTruth: Public Health Experts, the Coronavirus, and the Raucous Marketplace of Ideas by Victoria Smith and Alicia Wanless The Carnegies Endowment for International Peace

• Q&A: BHL.The Nouveau Philosophe on ‘The Genius of Judaism,’ the lessons of Jonah, the ‘human excellence’ of cities, and the futility of the fight against global anti-Semitism by Davide Samuels  Tablet

• What You Need to Know About the New Coronavirus and HIV by Mathew Rodriguez and Myles Helfand  The Body

• Fauci calls Covid-19 a ‘pandemic of historic proportion,’ like 1918’s flu by Juan Carlos Ramirez, Catholic News Service/America

• Mounting poisonings, blindness, deaths as toxic hand sanitizers flood market by Ars Technical

• Covid-19: UN warns pandemic could push 130 million into hunger by Devin Watkins VaticanNews

• The Pandemic Experts Are Not Okay by Ed Yong  TheAtlantic

• Covid-19 Fueling Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia Worldwide byHuman Right Watch

• WHO Experts Admit COVID-19 Can Spread Through Air by VOA News

• A Divided World Struggles With COVID-19 – Analysis by Yale Global Online

• COVID Isn’t an Excuse to Let the Disabled Die by Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC.Patheos

• Here’s What Recovery from Covid-19 May Look Like for Many Survivors byNew YorkTimes\

• What To Look For In A Face Mask, According To Science by Kaleigh RogersScience

• COVID-19 Public Health Restrictions Shouldn’t Mean Dying Alone by Barbara Pesut  Epoch Times

• Mutation in new coronavirus increases chance of infection: study by Manas Mishra Reuters

• COVID-19 worsens danger, hardships that people face in conflict zones by Chris Herlinger  Global Sisters Report

• COVID-19 to slash global economic output by $8.5 trillion over next two years by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

• I had Covid-19. Ballet renewed my faith in the human body. by Elyse Durham  America

• The first wave of Covid-19 is not over – but how might a second look? by Michael Safi The Guardian

• Coronavirus May Be a Blood Vessel Disease, Which Explains Everything by Dana G Smith  Medium

• Pia Wurtzbach on how she is helping the response to COVID-19 by UNAIDS

• Modelling the extreme—COVID-19 and AIDS-related deaths by UN AIDS

• Exclusive: Russian ventilators reached U.S. states without FDA oversight by Marisa Taylor and  Gleb Stolyarov Reuters

• Has corruption made international humanitarian assistance for COVID-19 less effective? by Paul FaganMcCain Institute/We HoldTheseTruths

• Covid-19: UN urges actions on mental health by Robin Gomez  Vatican News

• Dr. Luc Montagnier reveals how Covid-19 is an accident by Life With No Fears

• From Zoom Meetings To Face Masks, Deaf People Face Extra Struggles During Coronavirus Pandemic by Mikaela Lefrak PBS NewsHour

• Emergency Responder by Michael Greenberg New York Review of Books

• Fight the Coronavirus, not each other by Tony Magliano Association  of U.S. Catholic Priests

• Hozier performs chilling rendition of the Parting Glass in honor of COVID-19 victims by Shane O'Brien Irish Central

• Cardinal Tagle urges leaders to ensure healthcare for all in coronavirus crisis by CNA Daily News/The Catholic World Report

• Coronavirus: WHO chief urges end to 'politicisation' of virus\ byBBC News

• Covid-19 and our work with the UN by Jillian AbballeAnglican Communion News Service

• A conversation with Father James Martin: 'Why did God let this happen?' by Bill Baker Religion News Service

• Pandemic Journal by Nicole Rudick, Ali Bhutto, Jamie Quatro, Edward Stephens, and Carl Elliott, et al .NYR Daily

• Pandemic economics create widespread upheaval, opportunities for reform by Don ClemmerNational Catholic Reporter

• 'Zoombombing' comes for houses of worship by Aysha KhanReligion News Service

• Global ceasefire could save world from COVID-19 byCathNews

• Trump Gets a Reality Check on Coronavirus by Calvin Woodward and Hope Yen  Associated Press

• As public fears spiral, living in the day is time-tested wisdom by Ken Briggs National Catholic Reporter

• Global ceasefire could save world from COVID-19 byCathNews

• ‘Since I Became Symptomatic’ by Leslie JamisonNYR Daily

• Virus exposes glaring inequalities between rich and poor by Winnie ByanyimaBusiness Day

• Pandemic Journal by Keija Parssinen, E. Tammy Kim, Adam Foulds, Tom Bachtell, and Ivan Sršen, et al. NYR Daily

• Irish American astronaut shares self-isolation advice by IrishCentral Staff IrishCentral

• British singers go viral with ‘Psalm in a time of coronavirus’ video by Charles Collins Crux

• Coronavirus Essentials: How the Church Is Applying Public-Health Directives by Father Raymond J. de Souza National Catholic Register

• Living With Someone Who Tested Positive for the Coronavirus by New Evangelization Television (NET) i

• The science behind social distancing by Mark Coughlan RTÉ

• Our response to the coronavirus pandemic reveals who we truly are by John Carr America

• How to survive a plague by David France Reviewed by Rebecca Tinsley Independent Catholic News

• Pope, Christian leaders around the globe join in prayer for pandemic's end by Cindy Wooden Religion News Service/The Pilot

• Caring more for each other could have ameliorated the pandemic. It’s not too late. by Thomas J. Reese America

• The coronavirus and sitting quietly in a room alone by Bishop Robert Barron Echoes/The Pilot

• Coronavirus vignettes from the global epicenter of the crisis by John L. Allen Jr. Crux

• Coronavirus Photos of the Week by Kit Doyle Religion news Service

• When Coronavirus and Moral Relativism Collide by Jennifer Roback Morse  National Catholic Register

• Coronavirus vignettes from the global epicenter of the crisis by John L. Allen Jr. Crux

• The Virus – and Other Moral Hazards  by Hadley Arkes  The Catholic Thing

• Pandemic Journal by Lauren Groff, Christopher Robbins, Elisa Gabbert, Ian Jack, and Vanessa Barbara, et al. NYR Daily

• We are all in this together! by Tony Magliano Acting Franciscan

• Fleeing coronavirus and finding our mortality by Tara Isabella Burton Religion News Service

• The Spirituality of Coronavirus by Dwight Lee Wolter Patheos

• Coronavirus: How worried should we be? by James Gallagher BBC News

• The Revenge of Nature- Coronavirus? by Father Shay Cullen Preda Foundation/Asian Journal

• Claiming our common humanity- by Cardinal Blase Cupich Chicago Catholic

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