NBC News | All signs point to a rise in COVID (Jodie Guest and Marlene Wolfe quoted)

USA Today | Blood cancer multiple myeloma, once a death sentence, is now highly treatable. Here’s why (Sagar Lonial quoted)

Daily Beast | This device spots autism in kids by looking at their eyes (Warren Jones and Ami Klin quoted) | HealthDay | UPI | U.S. News & World Report

WXIA-TV 📺 | Redistricting trial could decide House seat (Andra Gillespie quoted)

WJBF-TV 📺 | Mark Meadows pleads not guilty (Andra Gillespie quoted)

MDEdge | Sepsis too often neglected in hospitals (Raymond Dantes quoted)

Washington Post | 4 million have enrolled in Biden’s new student loan repayment plan

Science | As shutdown looms, will U.S. Congress cut spending and restrict research?

Inside Higher Ed | Report shows gaps and successes in immigrant student support

Washington Post | Losing weight on a diet or Ozempic? Here’s why you still need exercise

Scientific American | Blood clotting proteins might help predict long COVID brain fog

USA Today | New data says the latest COVID variant is less worrisome than first imagined. Vaccines are helping protect against it.