U.S. Covid cases lowest in a year as Memorial Day travel picks up - by Nicolas Vega

The U.S. has reported the lowest number of Covid-19 cases in more than a year, as the nation’s airports over Memorial Day weekend experienced the largest number of travelers since the pandemic began.

The 11,976 new cases reported on May 29 were the lowest since March 23, 2020, when 11,238 new cases were reported, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The seven-day average of 21,007 is the lowest since March 31 of last year, when it was 19,363.

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Personal Data Breaches: How US companies could use patients’ data from Covid vaccine drive - by Jessica Glenza

Data rights organizations have warned that patients lack a clear understanding of how information about their health, employment, contact or location details may be used if it is collected by private entities during the Covid-19 vaccine drive.

Some advocates have already expressed concerns that the information could be used for marketing, targeted advertising or de-identified and sold into the multibillion-dollar health data industry.

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USA: SHOP TILL YOUR TABLET RUNS OUT OF JUICE: Cyber Monday was largest online shopping day in US history - by Lauren Thomas

Digital transactions on Monday reached a record $6.59 billion, Adobe Insights unveiled Tuesday in its final update on the holiday weekend.

That marks a 16.8 percent increase from a year ago, and makes Monday the largest online shopping day in U.S. history.

Mobile also had a record day, Adobe found, saying smartphones have become the "de facto device" for on-the-go shopping. Mobile sales on Cyber Monday reached $2 billion for the first time.

"This year, mobile shopping was dominant both in the morning and afternoon, and desktop only staged a comeback in the evening when people were home," Taylor Schreiner, director of Adobe's Digital Insights division, said.

Adobe measures 80 percent of online transactions from 100 major U.S. retailers.