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TRENDING TOPICS, MOST CREDIBLE STORIES | | #1 in U.S. News • 12 articles Will there be a surge in covid cases this winter? |  | |
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US passes 760,000 coronavirus deaths; cases rise in many states; holidays could bring new surge.
USA Today (Moderate Left) • Factual Grade 75% • 4 min read
Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays could bring another surge, according to data from experts. That's primarily because mask use has been subsiding and family reunions and holiday dinners put people close together around tables, often without masks. The virus that causes Covid-19 thrives in cool, dry air, and when people gather indoors, especially unmasked, they are more likely to transmit it.
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"Delta and waning immunity — the combination of these two have set us back," said Ali Mokdad, a professor of health metrics sciences at the University of Washington. But even for those who track cases, it is hard to predict where the virus is going.
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Meanwhile, in Europe, cases rose over 10% in the past week as the World Health Organization said the continent was "back at the epicenter of the pandemic." "I think the era of locking people up in their homes is over because we now have tools to control COVID — the testing, vaccines and therapeutics," Devi Sridhar, University of Edinburgh, said.
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What's next for Covid-19 in US? Coronavirus hot spots may provide a grim preview.
The Oregonian (Moderate Right) • Factual Grade 67% • 4 min read - Selected long-read
How the world learns to live with covid-19. [Free read link]
The Economist (Center) • Factual Grade 70% • 12 min read
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Experts were able to identify Theodore Conrad, who worked at the Society National Bank in Cleveland in 1969, as the since-deceased Thomas Randele by comparing his signature from the 1960s to a bankruptcy case in...
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| | #1 in World News • 6 articles What is the US' explanation for a 2019 airstrike that killed women and children in Syria? |
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| | #2 in World News • 11 articles What are the prospects for Libya's presidential election next month? |
As civil war engulfed the country, eventually splitting Libya between rival eastern and western governments, Mr. el-Qaddafi remained captive, wanted — as he is still —...
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The origins of a certain near-Earth asteroid — about the size of a Ferris wheel — has stumped scientists for years. Now, astronomer...
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