UUP COVID-19 Weekly Digest - Week of 7/11/22

Welcome back to the UUP COVID-19 Weekly Digest! In this week's edition, we'll be diving into information surrounding the more recent monkeypox virus, a rapid increase in COVID cases, mental health updates, and much more. To learn more, refer to the links posted below. We hope you enjoy and see you next week!

New Jersey News: 

• This New Jersey mom and daughter were exposed to monkeypox. Here's what happened next
• N.J. reports 3,129 COVID cases, 7 deaths. Most of state in high-risk category, CDC says.

National News: 

• Why the Omicron offshoot BA.5 is a big deal
• The new 988 mental health hotline is live. Here's what to know

Global News: 

• WHO warns covid ‘nowhere near over’ as variants spike in U.S., Europe
• The hard choices Sri Lankans must make now

Vaccination and Treatment News: 

• The hunt for drugs for mild COVID: scientists seek to treat those at lower risk
• ‘Ghost heart’: Built from the scaffolding of a pig and the patient’s cells, this cardiac breakthrough may soon be ready for transplant into humans

​Thank You For Reading!