COVID Vaccines Offered to Attendees at Kanye West's Second 'Donda' Listening Event

Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Universal Music GroupKanye West’s album listening party offered his fans more than just the chance to hear his music.On Thursday night, the 44-year-old rapper held asecond listening eventfor his forthcoming tenth studio album,Donda. During the event, the rapper and Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium hosted a pop-up clinic where attendees were able to get vaccinated.Prior to the event, Mercedes-Benz Stadium announced on Twitter that COVID-19 vaccines would be available to attendees.

COVID Variant Found in India Has Spread to at Least 44 Countries

Health workers and relatives wearing personal protection equipment move the body of a COVID-19 fatality at a mortuary in New Delhi, India, on April 21, 2021.Photo: Amarjeet Kumar Singh/Anadolu Agency via Getty The COVID-19 variant that is responsible for an alarming number of infections and deaths in India has now spread to 44 countries worldwide, according to theWorld Health Organization(WHO). The B.1.617 variant has been identified in COVID-19 cases in 44 other countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, China and Singapore, according to WHO’s report.

COVID Variant Omicron Now Accounts for More Than 70 Percent of U.S. Cases, CDC Says

Thenew COVID-19 variant omicronaccounted for a majority of reported cases in the United States last week. This represents a significant increase in the spread of omicron across the country. The week prior, omicron accounted for just 12 percent of cases in the U.S., the CDC reported. Omicron makes up an even larger portion of COVID-19 cases in parts of the country including the New York region and the Pacific Northwest, where omicron accounted for more than 90 percent of cases last week.

COVID-19 Can Infect Cells in Monkey Penis, Testes and Prostate, According to New Research

Photo: Getty New research out of Louisiana suggests thatCOVID-19could infect tissues inside the male genital tract. Researchers at Tulane National Primate Research Center recently tested three male rhesus macaques (also known as rhesus monkeys) to see where the coronavirus was located within their bodies,according to a non-peer-reviewed study. Thomas Hope, a senior author of the paper and a professor of cell and developmental biology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, said researchers “had no idea we would find [COVID-19] there,” according toThe New York Times.

COVID-19 Hospitalizations Among Children Surge in New York

Photo: Getty Images New York is experiencing a massive surge in COVID-19 cases and COVID-related hospitalizations among children. On Friday, the New York State Department of Health revealed hospital admissions for children under 17 years old hasquadrupledsince Dec. 5 Last week, the Department recorded that no children between ages 5 and 11 who were hospitalized were fully vaccinated. During the same week, only one fourth of hospitalized children between ages 12 and 17 were fully vaccinated.