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The COVID-19 History Project is a curated archive of the events and policy decisions surrounding the emergence of COVID-19. Visit us at covid19-history.com
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On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:

Surgeon General Warns of Youth Mental Health Crisis (Published 2021)

Source: The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/science/pandemic-adolescents-depression-anxiety.html
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:

New Covid Pills Offer Hope as Omicron Looms (Published 2021)

Source: The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/science/merck-pfizer-covid-pill-treatment.html
December 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:

The NIH director on why Americans aren't getting healthier, despite medical adva...

Source: NPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/07/1061940326/the-nih-director-on-why-americans-arent-getting-healthier-despite-medical-advanc
December 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:

Data analysts proved what Black Pittsburgh knew about COVID's racial disparities

Source: NPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/07/1061099570/covid-race-disparities-exposed-by-data-analysts-and-community-leaders
December 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:

Omicron Covid Va...

Source: NBC New York

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/business/money-report/omicron-covid-variant-has-spread-to-more-than-50-countries-and-19-u-s-states-cdc-director-says/3438269/?os=httpadfdfplan.mycloudshare.org&ref=app
December 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:

CDC zeroes in on anime convention to understand omicron variant

Source: NBC News

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/cdc-zeroes-anime-convention-understand-omicron-variant-rcna7956
December 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:

'A discipline issue': With vaccine deadlines passing, thousands in military remain unvaccinated

Source: NBC News

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/military-service-members-miss-covid-vaccination-deadlines-rcna7785
December 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:

Covid outbreak aboard cruise ship highlights difficulty of keeping virus at bay

Source: NBC News

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/covid-outbreak-cruise-ship-highlights-difficulty-keeping-virus-bay-rcna7874
December 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:

Impact of mobility reduction on COVID-19 mortality: absence of evidence might be due to methodological issues - Scientific Reports

Source: Nature

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02461-2
December 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:

SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections in vaccinated individuals: measurement, causes and impact - Nature Reviews Immunology

Source: Nature

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-021-00662-4
December 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:

A single-cell transcriptomic landscape of the lungs of patients with COVID-19 - Nature Cell Biology

Source: Nature

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41556-021-00796-6
December 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:

Beyond Omicron: what’s next for COVID’s viral evolution

Source: Nature

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03619-8
December 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:

Large Field Hospital Study Shows Rapid Covid-19 T...

Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/2021/12/large-field-hospital-study-shows-rapid-covid-19-test-compares-solidly-with-pcr-detection
December 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:

Top US scientist Fauci: Omicron ‘almost certainly not more severe’ than Delta variant

Source: France 24

https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20211207-top-us-scientist-fauci-omicron-almost-certainly-not-more-severe-than-delta-variant
December 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:

Diagnosed with a heart defect in the womb, baby had two heart surgeries and then ...

Source: www.heart.org

https://www.heart.org/en/news/2021/12/07/diagnosed-with-a-heart-defect-in-the-womb-baby-had-two-heart-surgeries-and-then-got-covid-19
December 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:

Some teens may get a Covid-19 vaccine booster soon, but younger kids might not get one at all | CNN

Source: CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/07/health/covid-19-vaccine-boosters-for-kids-wellness/index.html
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:

Covid: How vaccines changed the course of the pandemic

Source: BBC

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-59569026
December 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:

Old wounds from past conflict fuel vaccine hesitancy in Aceh

Source: Al Jazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/7/distrust-sown-during-acehs-conflict-fuels-vaccine-hesitancy
December 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:

Amanda Gorman shares new poem on pandemic life

Source: The Hill

https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/584670-amanda-gorman-shares-new-poem-on-pandemic-life/
December 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:

Cuba’s COVID vaccines: the limited data available suggests they’re highly effective

Source: The Conversation

https://theconversation.com/cubas-covid-vaccines-the-limited-data-available-suggests-theyre-highly-effective-172725
December 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:

Vaccine co-creator: The next pandemic could be worse | CNN

Source: CNN

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2021/12/07/next-pandemic-vaccine-cocreator-covid-19-warning-ovn-intl-hnk-vpx.cnn
December 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:

Time of day matters when getting COVID vaccine

Source: Harvard Gazette

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/12/time-of-day-matters-when-getting-covid-vaccine/
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:

South Africa prepares hospitals as COVID cases surge

Source: Al Jazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/6/south-africa-prepares-for-unprecedented-spike-in-covid-cases
December 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:

In India, as the virus abates, a hunger crisis persists

Source: The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/06/india-hunger-coronavirus/
December 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:

Coroners in England issue rare warnings over avoidable deaths in pandemic

Source: The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/06/coroners-in-england-issue-rare-warnings-over-avoidable-deaths-in-pandemic
December 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM