The Covid-19 vaccines work to greatly lessen the chance of a person getting a symptomatic case, getting hospitalized or dying. Yet nearly a third of eligible Americans haven’t gotten a single dose and more than 40% have not been fully vaccinated. Source: CNN
What parents should know to keep kids safe from the Delta variant
The idea that kids don’t get hit hard by Covid-19 is losing steam — in part because of a variant more contagious than any we’ve seen before. Source: CNN
DeSantis' order on masks in schools faces its first legal challenge over constitutionality
Eight Florida attorneys have filed a lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis over his executive order on masks in schools, said Charles Gallagher, an attorney working on the suit. Source: CNN
GOP official who mocked masks and vaccine dies from virus
Texas Republican official H. Scott Apley, a raging critic of masks and the vaccine, died in the hospital from coronavirus. CNN’s Tom Foreman reports. Source: CNN
California hydropower plant forced to shut down as water levels fall at Lake Oroville
A major California hydroelectric power plant has been forced to shut down due to low water levels for the first time since it opened in 1967, officials said Thursday, as the state grapples with an unrelenting drought. Source: CNN
A crucial ocean circulation is showing signs of instability. Its shutdown would have serious impacts on our weather.
A crucial system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean that helps control temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere and has implications for the entire planet’s weather systems is showing signs of instability due to human-made climate change, scientists say. Source: CNN
California's Dixie Fire has destroyed more than 100 homes
Two Northern California wildfires have destroyed dozens of homes, left people unaccounted for or injured and prompted additional evacuations Thursday — all in less than 48 hours. Source: CNN
Surges likely will be all across US within weeks, ex-CDC chief says
Efforts to get more Americans vaccinated against Covid-19 are growing more urgent as an expert warns that if vaccination rates don’t increase, the dangerous Delta variant could continue to evolve. Source: CNN
Unvaccinated man documents his Covid-19 decline in series of emotional videos
A Virginia dad is chronicling his story of battling Covid-19 in a series of Facebook videos and says he made a mistake by not getting vaccinated. CNN’s Brianna Keilar reports. Source: CNN