And another day of resuming vaccinations, rising medical debt, independently investigating police conduct, a single dose to ease anxiety and depression, ‘study with me’ videos, and police slam boy with autism to the ground comes to a close:
“Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.” -- Anthony Burgess
Deaths
US: 585,075 (+849)
World: 3,099,315 (+14,320)
Cases
US: 32,735,704 (+66,583)
World: 146,226,350 (+903,797)
US to resume J&J COVID vaccinations despite rare clot risk. But ultimately, federal health officials decided that J&J’s one-and-done vaccine is critical to fight the pandemic — and that the small clot risk could be handled with warnings to help younger women decide if they should use that shot or an alternative.
Medical debt is engulfing more people as pandemic takes its toll. A survey published last month by LendingTree found that 60 percent of Americans who were polled faced medical debt, with 53 percent saying the debt was greater than $5,000 and 72 percent saying it prevented them from pursuing key financial milestones, like buying a home or having a child.
Rep. Ilhan Omar plans to reintroduce legislation next week that would create a new federal agency to independently investigate police killings, in-custody deaths and major use of force incidents.
Though Caitlyn Jenner is one of the most famous transgender people in America, the announcement of her candidacy for California governor was greeted hostilely by one of the state’s largest LGBTQ-rights groups. “Make no mistake: we can’t wait to elect a #trans governor of California,” tweeted the group, Equality California. “But @Caitlyn_Jenner spent years telling the #LGBTQ+ community to trust Donald Trump. We saw how that turned out. Now she wants us to trust her? Hard pass.”
Honda will phase out gas-powered cars by 2040. — Seems like it should happen a lot sooner than that.
Father says son with autism was slammed to ground, punched by officer. -- There’s video. Jesus Christ.
New study finds a single dose of one drug can ease anxiety and depression for five years. A 2016 study found that a one-time, single dose of psilocybin offered rapid improvements in the levels of anxiety, depression, and dread of death in cancer patients when combined with psychotherapy. A recent update found that the single dose, combined with psychotherapy, led to long-lasting improvements in these patients approximately 5 years later.
Study Buddies: South Korea’s ‘study with me’ videos bring back camaraderie of libraries amid COVID-19. People seem to enjoy watching total strangers study on YouTube. There is nothing fancy in these “study with me” videos. No suspense, no conflict -- just studying...“The videos give me a responsibility to keep the promised time of study hours every day,” Kang said. “Subscribers give me strength to keep up, as we root for each other online.” — And they livestream the video for 12 hours a day.
A vaccine against malaria has shown record efficacy in a Phase II trial, a pre-print study released on Friday by Oxford University shows, raising hopes that one of the world's most deadly diseases could be brought under control. — Science. It rocks.
Ticks that cause Lyme disease are as plentiful near beaches as they are in the woods, new research finds.
Mars helicopter shares first aerial color photo and preps for Sunday flight.
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.
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