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In Ann Arbor, Mich., as in many other cities across the country, you’d be hard-pressed to find a rapid Covid-19 test today — they’re not available at the nearby Walmart or at local pharmacies.

Beth Resnick and Tara Kirk Sell are quoted. 

A survey by Nature of more than 300 scientists who have given media interviews about COVID-19 — many of whom had also commented about the pandemic on social media — has found wide experience of harassment or abuse; 15% said they had received death threats (see ‘Negative impacts’).

With COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths dropping nationwide, doctors say trick-or-treating is one of the activities this fall that we can really engage in with lots of layers of protection against the virus.

Officials have closed a Prince William County elementary school after it became the site of a coronavirus outbreak, forcing more than 700 students to learn online for at least a week.

Americans will likely soon have access to more at-home rapid Covid tests, but people need to be savvy about them.

The FDA will review booster data from Moderna and J&J. A preview of what to expect from the FDA this week, and how vaccines are still holding up despite waning immunity.

Amesh Adalja and David Dowdy are quoted. 

Experts are split on whether the waning delta surge will be the last major COVID-19 wave to strike the U.S., as Americans grow eager for the pandemic to end after 19 months.

Pfizer is the first drug company to request emergency authorization use of its COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.

Experts say that steady inoculation rates are crucial to avoid a winter coronavirus surge. San Francisco is easing some mask restrictions for vaccinated people.
 

There’s a new campaign in Baltimore, using hip hop to build vaccine confidence in the city’s youth because Baltimore City is 20 percent below the state average on vaccinations for teens.
 

One in five Americans now say they're anti-vaxxers. As resistance expands beyond COVID, health experts call the potential impact 'extremely concerning.'

At some point, the pandemic emergency — both in its legal designation and its intense impact on daily life — will have to end. The U.S. is learning to live with an endemic virus, albeit one whose worst effects are blunted by the protection of vaccines and prior immunity.