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Germany warns of rise in COVID-19 cases going into fall BERLIN (AP) — Germany's health minister warned Friday that the country is seeing a steady rise in COVID-19 cases as it goes into the fall, and urged older people to get a second booster shot tweaked to protect against new variants. AP NEWS

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Other European countries such as France, Denmark and the Netherlands are also recording an increase in cases, Karl Lauterbach told reporters in Berlin.

“We are clearly at the start of a winter wave,” he said.

People experienced some key personality changes during the pandemic, study finds | CNN Many people have felt on edge since the US shut down in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Not only is it normal, but it may be a nationwide change in personality, experts say. How long it lasts and what the impacts are still remain uncertain, they added. Madeline Holcombe CNN

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Mounting evidence shows autoimmune responses play a significant role in long Covid Recent research suggests people with long Covid are more likely to have markers of autoimmune disease in their blood a year after infection. NBC News

Disease experts say it has become increasingly clear that an autoimmune response, in which antibodies attack the body’s own healthy cells and tissue, plays an important role in some long-Covid cases.