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Officials from Provincetown to the White House are stressing that July’s outbreak should be a cautionary tale less for the vaccinated than for the millions of Americans in parts of the country far less prepared for the delta variant.

South Korea has detected its first two cases of a virus variant known as “delta plus.” Health officials are on alert.

While much of the country wrestles with new masking guidance, public health authorities and doctors in the states hit hardest by the delta variant surge are confronting a new stage of the pandemic unlike anything they’ve seen.

They are the top sources of vitamins and disease-fighting nutrients that can help reduce the risk of several age-related conditions. Here’s how to shop for them and store them.

‘We will work towards getting this across the finish line as rapidly as possible,’ vows the agency’s top vaccine official, but declines to offer timetable.

Drowning death rates have dropped in the past decade, federal health officials say. But for children, such fatalities are the second leading cause of death after birth defects.

Poor families’ ability to get and keep cash assistance through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families depends on the state where they live.

Conservationists say a man-made version is just as effective. But others, including an independent scientific board, dispute that finding.

Experts say our ability to sweat has allowed us to thrive in hot climates, and to be able to be physically active during daytime hours.

The peak could reach 90 to 100 shooting stars an hour, though you won’t see that many.