Why the term “breakthrough infections” is misleading

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<p>The <a href="https://apple.news/Aw_bdPHv4RrGG1wbKViyImQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> explains why the term &ldquo;breakthrough infections&rdquo; may be creating confusion about just how well the COVID-19 vaccines are working.</p> <p>Families are starting to get the new child-tax-credit payments. The <a href="https://apple.news/AWhIwwZR0T4GqjOSzWdVFSg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> breaks down a program that&rsquo;s being called the biggest anti-poverty effort in decades.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/Ai1PHNKPTSquUGFWtU9XM9A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> has an update on the deadly flooding in Europe, where dozens of people are dead and hundreds missing.</p> <p>Venus is relatively close to Earth, but we know surprisingly little about our &ldquo;sister planet.&ldquo; <a href="https://apple.news/A0pDPP0LURly0bvtZB99vzg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Popular Science</a> spoke with scientists working on the first NASA-funded missions to Venus in decades.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/Az9vsezIBQzSBrLGBrVR9XQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Gizmodo</a> reports on new research that has identified 14 living descendants of Leonardo da Vinci.</p>