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Omicron is outrunning vaccines
Summer is unofficially here, with people across the country going out, traveling, and dropping masks more than in months past. But case numbers over Memorial Day weekend were almost 6 times higher than at this time last year, and COVID vaccines aren't keeping up with the new variants that just keep coming.
- Plus, the golden age of remote work is ending.
- And, why it’s more important than ever to get enough Vitamin D.
Guests: Dr. Celine Gounder, editor-at-large for public health at Kaiser Health News and Axios' Hope King.
Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Erica Pandey, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Alex Sugiura, and Lydia McMullen-Laird. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.
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U.S. cities are combating extreme heat
A sweltering heat wave has made its way across the country over the past week, in a reminder of the drastic effects of climate change that just keep getting worse. Now cities are looking for new ways to keep people cool.
- Plus, how the war in Ukraine is causing global hunger.
- And, Canada proposes new gun legislation, in the wake of American mass shootings.
Guests: Axios' Jennifer Kingson and Emily Peck.
Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Alex Sugiura, and Lydia McMullen-Laird. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.
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