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New warning about COVID misinformation as cases spike

New coronavirus infections have doubled in the U.S. as the pace of vaccinations gets cut in half. As Jericka Duncan reports, the Surgeon General warns misinformation may be playing a part. Then, Dr. Shad Marvasti, a family medicine physician and the director of public health, prevention and health promotion at The University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix, joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss the day's coronavirus headlines.

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FDA flags small risk of neurological disorder after J&J vaccine

Federal health officials flagged "a small possible risk" of developing a nervous system disorder after receiving Johnson and Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, after the CDC identified a very rare pattern of Guillain-Barré syndrome in some recipients of the shot. As Nikki Battiste reports, there have been about 100 cases, mostly in older men. Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease expert and senior scholar at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, joins CBSN to discuss vaccine concerns and a recent spike in new infections.

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