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Over the past week, nearly 40 countries had record single-day increases in confirmed COVID-19 infections. / 1/22 | Reuters
Fauci: A coronavirus vaccine likely won’t be widely available until deeper into 2021. / 2/22 | CNBC
With just two drugs shown effective against COVID-19, the NIH will begin a “flurry” of large clinical trials to test more treatments. / 3/22 | STAT
Experts try to account for the low COVID-19 fatality rate in South Africa, and in most other African countries. / 4/22 | The Globe & Mail
This weekend, local TV stations owned by the Sinclair Group will air a segment on a conspiracy theory that Dr. Fauci created the coronavirus. / 5/22 | CNN
Related: “Around half of Americans with a high school diploma or less education (48%) say the theory is probably or definitely true.” / 6/22 | Pew Research
(Terrifying) headline of the week: “The World’s Most Technologically Sophisticated Genocide Is Happening in Xinjiang.” / 7/22 | Foreign Policy
An interactive migration model shows where people will go as the climate crisis forces mass movement. / 8/22 | ProPublica
“Your city might be next.” Everything you need to know about the Battle of Portland. / 9/22 | Bellingcat
See also: A video investigation shows how federal officers have escalated violence in Portland. / 10/22 | The New York Times
This week Congress passed veto-proof legislation to remove Confederate names from US Army bases. / 11/22 | POLITICO
Advances have been made in areas of racial equality, yes, but a Black doctor says it’s not always obvious in the emergency room. / 12/22 | ZORA
With its name change still undecided, this season the NFL will welcome the “Washington Football Team.” / 13/22 | The Washington Post
As COVID-19 shut down states, organized endurance races were canceled, but athletes are still setting new records. / 14/22 | FiveThirtyEight
A mosquito species that carries dangerous viruses prefers human blood because of how people store water, necessary to lay eggs in hot, dry climates. / 15/22 | NPR
The genome of a new Crispr calf turns up unexpected mutations, confirming the technology still has a long way to go. / 16/22 | WIRED
Back-to-school ads graded for how awkward they look this year. / 17/22 | Slate
Summer jobs—lifeguarding, mowing lawns, working retail—are a nostalgic relic for many of today’s young people. / 18/22 | Vox
“Every shoegaze song was Radiohead.” A Twitter thread on songs people thought were by other artists because of incorrect track info on file-sharing services. / 19/22 | Twitter
Watch: Amazing, oddball skate moves by Isamu Yamamoto. / 20/22 | The Morning News
“The practice has been prevalent in America for years.” Much ado when an author explains how to cheat the bestseller lists. / 21/22 | The Critic
“Another Dull Quarantine Weekend at Home, Target, Chipotle, Home Depot, and Our Niece’s Graduation Party.” / 22/22 | McSweeney’s
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