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Some COVID shots may be linked to rare heart problems in teens: CDC

A CDC advisory panel says there is a "likely" connection between mRNA coronavirus vaccines and rare cases of heart inflammation. But as Omar Villafranca reports, health officials say the benefits still outweigh the risks and are urging young people to roll up their sleeves. Dr. Mati Hlatshwayo Davis, an infectious disease physician at John Cochran VA Medical Center, joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss vaccination efforts in the U.S. and abroad.

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Doctor on COVID-19 variant spreading in U.S.

Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are warning the Delta variant of COVID-19, which was first discovered in India, could become the dominant strain in the U.S. About 45% of the U.S. population has been fully vaccinated, but experts fear unvaccinated people could become carriers of the highly contagious strain. Dr. Ron Elfenbein, the medical director and owner of First Call Medical Center, joined CBSN to discuss the latest.

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SpaceX destroys boosters in dramatic abort test

SpaceX deliberately destroyed a Falcon 9 booster Sunday in a spectacular high-altitude conflagration moments after an unpiloted Crew Dragon astronaut ferry ship shot away in a critical test of its emergency escape system, propelled to safety with a rush of fiery exhaust from eight powerful abort engines. CBS News senior space consultant Bill Harwood joins CBSN's Omar Villafranca from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the latest.

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