Forbes - One Year Of The Covid-19 Pandemic

Plus: All living former presidents, except Trump, join vaccination campaign

Exactly one year ago, the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a global pandemic. Since then, more than 2.6 million lives across the globe have been lost to the virus, and more continue to get sick every day. However, there’s also hope in the form of new vaccines. So a year in, how are different parts of the world doing now? The European Union just approved Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine, though the countries involved have had a hard time getting vaccination programs off the ground. In Brazil, the P.1. variant continues to wreak havoc as the country’s president pushes unproven cures. And in the U.S. the pandemic seems to finally be turning a corner -- though 1 in 5 Americans lost someone close to Covid-19. More states are loosening restrictions, and Dr. Anthony Fauci says a return to normalcy could occur by mid to late summer or early fall.

Business

President Biden officially signed the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill today, clearing the way for a new round of $1,400 stimulus checks. 

CVS is expanding Covid-19 vaccines to drugstores in 29 new states.

Science & Health

A new study shows that cancer patients may be less protected by one shot of the mRNA Covid-19 vaccines. 

Here’s how the latest lung cancer screening guidelines impact women, race and Covid-19.

What Else We Are Reading

• One Year In, Our Biggest Lessons and Unsolved Mysteries about COVID-19 (LeapsMag)

• Covid-19 patients with cancer, HIV, may play a role in emergence of variants (Washington Post)

• Coronavirus Made It Clear: Our Health System Needs More Compassion (Elemental)