Can’t Find an N95 Mask? This Company Has 30 Million That It Can’t Sell.

Health workers are still being forced to ration protective masks, but small U.S. manufacturers can’t find buyers, and some are in a danger of going under.

Myanmar protesters return to streets in huge numbers amid police defections

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Protests swell across country, with dozens of police officers choosing to join protesters in call for reversal of coup

Protesters have turned out in huge numbers across Myanmar, a day after police instigated the most violent scenes yet in demonstrations against a military coup that removed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

An estimated 100,000 people gathered in the commercial capital Yangon on Wednesday, according to witnesses, with many more marching across the country.

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Tokyo governor to boycott Olympics meeting over sexism row

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Yuriko Koike says attending meeting with under-fire Games chief would not send positive message

The governor of Tokyo has said she will not attend a key meeting of Olympic officials next week, as the row over sexist comments made by the head of the 2020 Games’ organising committee intensifies.

Yuriko Koike, who became the city’s first female governor in 2016, said she saw no merit in attending the meeting between the committee head, Yoshiro Mori, the president of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, and Japan’s Olympics minister, Seiko Hashimoto.

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Did Japan Throw Away Millions of COVID-19 Vaccine Doses? – VAXOPEDIA – (earlier story on wires not entirely accurate)

Yes, but the real story is likely different from what you are imagining from the above headlines. After all, they aren’t throwing out vials of COVID-19 vaccines! Instead, they aren’t able to take advantage of the fact that those vials contain an extra dose of vaccine if you use specialized, low-dead space syringes. Source: Did Japan Throw Away Millions of COVID-19 Vaccine Doses? – VAXOPEDIA

Massive Sahara dust cloud causes Europe’s air pollution to spike

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A massive dust cloud from the Sahara Desert has covered parts of southern and central Europe over the past few days and has caused a short, but sharp, spike in air pollution across the impacted areas. 

The European Commission’s Copernicus satellite monitoring program showed on Sunday that measured levels of particles smaller than 10 micrometers (PM10s) have increased in cities such as Barcelona, Lyon, and Marseille.  

PM10 particles can cause breathing difficulties by entering the lungs, give asthma attacks, or lead to other health problems. Fortunately, the concentration levels of Sahara Dust did not increase enough to be considered harmful.