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Study indicates prior Omicron infection may not protect against future COVID-19 infection

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Prior Omicron infection may not protect against future COVID-19 infection People may assume that a COVID-19 infection protects them the next time they encounter the virus, but that's not necessarily true. Yahoo News

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Thousands flee huge wildfire closing in on capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories

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City empties as thousands flee huge wildfire closing in on capital of Canada's Northwest Territories Residents are heeding warnings to evacuate the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as a wildfire burns toward the city of 20,000. AP News

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Extroverts more likely to refuse vaccines, Canadian study finds

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Extroverts more likely to refuse vaccines, study finds - UPI.com Compared to other personality styles, extroverts were 18% more likely to refuse the COVID-19 vaccine, a new study found. UPI

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When studying which personality types were more likely to resist getting vaccines, researchers got a surprise.

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Canadian wildfire smoke hits more than a dozen US states

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Canadian wildfire smoke puts around 70 million US residents under air quality alerts | CNN Canadian wildfire smoke continues to plague the United States, triggering air quality alerts for more than a dozen states from Montana to Vermont. Caitlin Kaiser CNN
 
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Revive Therapeutics' experimental COVID treatment fails in late-stage study

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Revive Therapeutics' experimental COVID treatment fails in late-stage study Canada-based Revive Therapeutics said on Thursday its experimental COVID-19 treatment did not meet the main goal of a late-stage study. Reuters Reuters

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Climate change keeps making wildfires and smoke worse -- the ‘new abnormal’

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Climate change keeps making wildfires and smoke worse. Scientists call it the 'new abnormal' As smoky as the summer has been so far, scientists say it will likely be worse in future years because of climate change. AP News

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Advice on coping with wildfire smoke and heat wave

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How to minimize the health risks from wildfire smoke | CNN Millions of people in the US are under air quality alerts as smoke from Canadian wildfires sweeps through the Midwest and East Coast. Jen Christensen CNN
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Canada: COVID case rate 19 times higher than reported previously--new study

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Wastewater sampling in Canada suggests COVID case rate 19 times higher than reported Sampling suggested that Omicron COVID-19 cases were up to 19 times higher than reported because of changes in clinical testing. CIDRAP

 

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A hot, smoky summer expected in much of America.

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Expect a hot, smoky summer in much of America. Here's why you'd better get used to it Forecasters say the only break much of America can hope for anytime soon from eye-watering dangerous smoke from fire-struck Canada is brief bouts of shirt-soaking sweltering heat and humidity from a southern heat wave that has already proven deadly. AP News
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Canadian wildfires are causing unhealthy air quality again in parts of the US

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Canadian wildfires are causing unhealthy air quality again in Chicago and other parts of the US Drifting smoke from the ongoing wildfires across Canada is creating curtains of haze and raising air quality concerns throughout the Great Lakes region, and in parts of the central and eastern United States. AP News

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