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Snow Leopards
Started Wheezing,
Coughing. Now,
Confirmation

Dec 12, 2020 7:30 AM CST

Snow Leopards Started Wheezing, Coughing. Now, Confirmation

At Lousville Zoo in Kentucky, 3 big cats test positive for COVID

(Newser) - Three snow leopards in a Kentucky zoo have come down with COVID-19, making it the latest type of animal to get sick after coming into close contact with humans. Per a filmed statement from Louisville Zoo Director John Walczak and a written statement from the zoo, zoo staff noticed within...

US Gives Green Light
to First COVID Vaccine

Dec 11, 2020 8:37 PM CST

US Gives Green Light to First COVID Vaccine

FDA grants emergency authorization to Pfizer shots

(Newser) - The US gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning of the end of an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans, the AP reports. Shots for health workers and nursing home residents are expected to begin in the...

US Cities That Need the
Most Vaccine Doses to Start

Dec 11, 2020 5:05 PM CST

US Cities That Need the Most Vaccine Doses to Start

Detroit, Cleveland top the list

(Newser) - With Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine possibly just days away from being shipped, the next order of business will be starting to divvy it up for distribution across the country. WalletHub looked at more than 90 cities across America to figure out which may need the most initial vaccinations. The site...

Cuomo Reinstates
City's Indoor Dining Ban

Dec 11, 2020 4:05 PM CST

Cuomo Reinstates City's Indoor Dining Ban

Growing hospitalization rates in New York concern governor, de Blasio

(Newser) - Rising hospitalization and coronavirus positivity rates have triggered a shutdown on indoor dining at New York City restaurants, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday. The ban will take effect Monday, WNBC reports. Mayor Bill de Blasio acknowledged that the suspension of indoor dining will be painful, saying resumption last month brought...

US Might Exceed
9/11 Deaths Daily
for Next 3 Months

Dec 11, 2020 11:33 AM CST

US Might Exceed 9/11 Deaths Daily for Next 3 Months

Impact of vaccinations will take awhile to materialize, says CDC director

(Newser) - The FDA is expected to issue emergency authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine as soon as Saturday, reports the New York Times . That means "we could see people getting vaccinated Monday, Tuesday," Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Friday on Good Morning America . Some 2.9...

FedEx, UPS Join Forces for a Vaccine 'Shipathon'

Amid COVID and the
Holidays, a 'Profound'
Move by 'Fierce Rivals'

Dec 11, 2020 11:11 AM CST

Amid COVID and the Holidays, a 'Profound' Move by 'Fierce Rivals'

UPS, FedEx are teaming up for a COVID vaccine 'shipathon' during holiday shopping season

(Newser) - With people hunkered down at home during the pandemic and doing even more of their holiday shopping than usual online, delivery companies like UPS and FedEx are already facing unprecedented shipping demands over the next few weeks. Now, what Axios calls another "heavy lift" has been added to that...

NH Governor Calls Speaker's Death a 'Cautionary Tale'

NH Republican
Blames Colleagues
for Speaker's Death

Dec 11, 2020 9:57 AM CST

NH Republican Blames Colleagues for Speaker's Death

Dick Hinch died from COVID a week after he was sworn in

(Newser) - A day before Dick Hinch was sworn in as the new speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, Democratic leaders strongly criticized him for failing to tell them about a coronavirus outbreak in his caucus. A week after the Dec. 2 swearing-in, the Republican died from COVID-19. The 71-year-old...

'Sometimes You Trip':
COVID Vaccine Is Abandoned

Dec 11, 2020 6:38 AM CST

'Sometimes You Trip': COVID Vaccine Is Abandoned

'We can’t have any issues with confidence right now,' says Australia's PM

(Newser) - For the first time, one of the dozens of potential COVID vaccines in development around the world has been abandoned. Australia announced Friday that a vaccine project has been terminated because volunteers in clinical trials received false positives in HIV tests, Business Insider reports. The $750 million project, a collaboration...

Teenagers, Allergies Gave
FDA Vaccine Panel Pause

Dec 10, 2020 7:15 PM CST

Teenagers, Allergies Gave FDA Vaccine Panel Pause

Members want more research on groups largely left out of Pfizer trial

(Newser) - After months of scientific discovery and debate, and waiting, the critical moment for FDA advisory panel members arrived about 5:30pm Thursday. The question put to them for an up-or-down vote was: "Based on the totality of scientific evidence available, do the benefits of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine outweigh...

FDA Panel Approves
Pfizer Vaccine for US

updated

Dec 10, 2020 4:51 PM CST

FDA Panel Approves Pfizer Vaccine for US

The agency is to announce its final decision in days

(Newser) - A federal government advisory panel has endorsed Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, in a major step toward an epic vaccination campaign that could finally conquer the outbreak. The Food and Drug Administration is expected to follow the recommendation issued Thursday by its expert advisers. The advisory group of outside experts, in...

Ellen Suspends Show

Dec 10, 2020 3:29 PM CST

Ellen Suspends Show

DeGeneres tests positive for COVID

(Newser) - Ellen DeGeneres' talk show has been stop-and-go this year, and now it's stopping again. Ellen shut down early in the pandemic, then returned the air in early April, hosting from her living room. After an internal investigation into workplace mistreatment, it wasn't certain that the fall season would...

UN Warns Against
'Vaccine Nationalism'

Dec 10, 2020 12:22 PM CST

UN Warns Against 'Vaccine Nationalism'

Group's leader says COVID vaccines should be a 'global public good'

(Newser) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning that "vaccine nationalism" is moving "at full speed," leaving poor people around the globe watching preparations for inoculations against the coronavirus in some rich nations and wondering if and when they will be vaccinated. The UN chief reiterated his call...

Giuliani 'Better Than Ever' After
COVID, Heading to Georgia

Dec 10, 2020 9:25 AM CST

Giuliani 'Better Than Ever' After COVID, Heading to Georgia

Trump's lawyer thanks the president after being released from DC hospital

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani's Tuesday update that he was doing much better after being admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 now has a further update. The former New York City mayor, now a personal lawyer for President Trump, was spotted giving the thumbs-up as he left MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in...

So About the COVID Scare
on That Cruise Ship...

Dec 10, 2020 9:04 AM CST

So About the COVID Scare on That Cruise Ship...

Elderly man actually didn't have the virus, officials now say of false alarm off Singapore

(Newser) - That "cruise to nowhere" off of Singapore could have stayed out in nowhere for a little longer after all. Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas returned to port on Wednesday, a day earlier than the pleasure cruise was expected to, after an elderly man on board reportedly tested...

China: Cabin Crew
Should Wear Diapers
on Overseas Flights

Dec 10, 2020 7:47 AM CST

China: Cabin Crew Should Wear Diapers on Overseas Flights

Aviation authority warns that COVID risk in bathrooms could be high

(Newser) - Flight attendants on mainland Chinese airlines may soon be facing the prospect of working on long-haul flights where they're not allowed to use the bathrooms. New guidance from the Civil Aviation Administration of China suggests that cabin crew on flights to and from countries with high COVID infection rates...

'This Is the Worst Moment
of the Pandemic So Far'

Dec 10, 2020 6:24 AM CST

'This Is the Worst Moment of the Pandemic So Far'

US hits more than 3K deaths in one day

(Newser) - On Wednesday, 3,054 people died of COVID-19, per the COVID Tracking Project . That's the highest single-day total yet. "It is also the first time that US deaths surpassed the number of Americans killed on 9/11," Daily Intelligencer reports. The seven-day average of daily deaths, 2,276,...

Giuliani Updates the World
on His COVID Treatment

Dec 9, 2020 4:17 PM CST

Giuliani Updates the World on His COVID Treatment

Trump's personal lawyer says he's receiving a potent cocktail of experimental drugs

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani called into his own radio show Tuesday and revealed how his COVID-19 treatment is going—pretty well, it turns out. Speaking from his hospital room at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC, Giuliani said he's getting some of the same drugs that perked up President Trump: a...

3rd Country Gives Pfizer's
COVID Vaccine the Green Light

Dec 9, 2020 3:02 PM CST

3rd Country Gives Pfizer's COVID Vaccine the Green Light

Inoculations could begin next week in Canada

(Newser) - And then there were three. Canada on Wednesday became the third country, after the UK and Bahrain, to approve use of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, setting the stage for distribution to start there next week. The Wall Street Journal describes it as "racing ahead" of the US, where the...

Dad: Pandemic Isolation Drove
My Teen to Kill Himself

Dec 9, 2020 8:52 AM CST

Dad: Pandemic Isolation Drove My Teen to Kill Himself

Jay Smith says 16-year-old Spencer struggled with isolation, urges parents to talk to their kids

(Newser) - A high school sophomore and football player took his own life Friday in Maine, and his dad is now warning other parents to keep an eye on their kids' mental health during the pandemic. Jay Smith tells WMTW that his 16-year-old son, Spencer, whom he describes as a "fun-loving...

This Is Not the 2am Wakeup
Call You Want on a Cruise Ship

Dec 9, 2020 7:00 AM CST

This Is Not the 2am Wakeup Call You Want on a Cruise Ship

Passengers on Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas are stuck in Singapore port after COVID case

(Newser) - Passengers on a Royal Caribbean "cruise to nowhere" really can't go anywhere—they're not even allowed to leave their rooms after a fellow shipmate tested positive for COVID-19, the Straits Times reports. In a Wednesday statement, Singapore Tourism Board rep Annie Chang says the 83-year-old Singaporean man...