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The Ship Captain Died in April. A 'Grotesque Odyssey' Followed

No port was willing to accept the captain's body due to COVID restrictions

(Newser) - Shortly after setting sail on a cargo ship, a 61-year-old Italian sea captain came down with symptoms consistent with COVID. That was April 2, 2021. On April 8, MV Ital Libera captain Angelo Capurro was dead and his crew stranded in Indonesian waters. In a piece for CNN , Teele Rebane...

British Official Apologizes After Secret Kiss Photographed

Matt Hancock already has been criticized over contracts and the COVID-19 response

(Newser) - Already under pressure over his handling of the pandemic and possible cronyism in awarding government contracts, Britain's health secretary has apologized after cameras apparently caught him embracing an aide. "I accept that I breached the social distancing guidance in these circumstances," Matt Hancock said in a statement...

COVID&#39;s Toll on Sense of Smell Is Temporary
COVID's Toll on Sense 
of Smell Is Temporary
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Jun 25, 2021 12:15 PM CDT

COVID's Toll on Sense of Smell Is Temporary

Study of 97 patients shows 96% recovery rate after 1 year

(Newser) - It was four months after testing positive for COVID-19 that Julie Carte discovered an unfortunate complication: The food she put in her mouth tasted like "poison." What's worse, "my own sweet and innocent baby’s scent started to make me feel sick to my stomach,"...

Israel: 'We Are Seeing a Doubling Every Few Days'

Country brings back mask requirement just 10 days after it was lifted

(Newser) - With COVID cases surging, Israel has reimposed a mask mandate in indoor public spaces just 10 days after it was lifted. The country—which had the world's fastest vaccination program and lifted all other restrictions earlier this year—recorded two consecutive days with zero new cases earlier this month,...

Trump&#39;s COVID Treatment Needed Emergency OK by FDA
Trump Received Multiple
Emergency COVID Medicines
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Jun 24, 2021 2:00 PM CDT

Trump Received Multiple Emergency COVID Medicines

New book details a frantic weekend of treatment

(Newser) - The world knew Donald Trump was hospitalized for COVID treatment in October. Afterward, reports emerged that the former president was sicker than acknowledged . Now, a story adapted from a new book emphasizes the latter point and provides details on the all-out efforts made to treat Trump. Among the details in...

Scientist Recovers Deleted Early COVID Samples

Chinese scientists mysteriously removed them from database

(Newser) - An American researcher says files that could shed more light on the origins of COVID-19 were mysteriously deleted from a database last year. Seattle virologist Jesse Bloom says genetic sequences from more than 200 early COVID cases in Wuhan were submitted to an online database by Chinese researchers in March...

Sydney Now in 'Scariest Period' of Pandemic

Delta variant has infected dozens, including New South Wales government minister

(Newser) - Sydney is going through one the "scariest" times of the pandemic as a cluster of the highly contagious Delta variant infects more people, an Australian state leader said on Thursday. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she tested negative for the coronavirus after state Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall...

Watchdog Suggests Blame for 881 Secret Service Infections

Group says Trump put agents at risk of contracting the coronavirus

(Newser) - A nonprofit watchdog group has counted 881 Secret Service employees who tested positive for the coronavirus between March 1, 2020, and March 9, 2021. Of those, 477 belonged to the special agent division, whose duties include guarding the president, vice president, and their families, the Washington Post reports. In its...

Morgan Stanley to Bar the Unvaccinated

Only fully vaccinated people will be allowed inside New York offices starting July 12

(Newser) - Investment bank Morgan Stanley plans to lift mask and physical distancing requirements in its offices next month, but only after banning unvaccinated workers, clients, and visitors. The company told its workforce on Tuesday that employees and clients who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be unable to return to...

153 Houston Hospital Workers Are Out Over Vaccine Refusal

They either resigned or were terminated after judge dismissed lawsuit over the issue

(Newser) - More than 150 employees at a Houston hospital system who refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine have been fired or resigned after a judge dismissed an employee lawsuit over the vaccine requirement, the AP reports. A spokesperson for Houston Methodist hospital system said 153 employees either resigned in the two-week...

Frontier Airlines Adds 'COVID Recovery' Fee

The $1.59 per customer charge covers COVID safety measures

(Newser) - Frontier Airlines, known for its fees, now has one more. The $1.59 per segment "COVID recovery charge" was added in May, a spokesperson tells USA Today . Per the airline's website , the fee "offsets added costs to Frontier due to implementing COVID-19 related measures, such as increased...

North Korea Gives All-Clear on New Cases

Experts are skeptical all 30,000 people tested were free of infection

(Newser) - North Korea has informed the World Health Organization that it tested more than 30,000 people for the coronavirus through June 10 but has yet to find a single infection. The WHO said in a monitoring report Tuesday that North Korea's testing figures included 733 people who were tested...

July 4 Goal on Vaccinations Won't Happen

Young people especially are bringing the national rates down

(Newser) - Vaccination reality has not kept up with President Biden's hopes for giving at least one dose to 70% of adults by July 4, so there will be a new goal. The target to be announced Tuesday will be at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine administered to 70% of...

US Daily COVID Deaths Hit Number Not Seen in 14 Months

They drop below 300 per day for first time since March 2020

(Newser) - For the first time since March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic was first declared, US daily COVID deaths have dipped below 300 per day. The average number of deaths per day is now 293, per Johns Hopkins data cited by the AP . That average had peaked at more than 3,...

Book: Trump Wanted to Send Infected Americans to Gitmo

'We import goods. We are not going to import a virus.'

(Newser) - In the early months of the pandemic last year, then-President Trump wanted to send Americans infected with COVID-19 to the same place his Republican predecessor sent enemy combatants, according to a new book from two Washington Post journalists. In Nightmare Scenario: Inside the Trump Administration's Response to the Pandemic ...

Vaxxed and Ready to Relax? These US Cities Are Waiting

San Francisco tops LawnStarter's list of best places for the vaccinated to enjoy summer vacation

(Newser) - Summer is here, and if you're cautiously starting to reemerge from the pandemic, you may wonder if it's possible to contemplate some well-deserved holiday time. LawnStarter answers that question for the fully vaccinated with its ranking of US cities ideal for "vaxcations." The site looked at...

NYC Takes a 'Huge Step': 'No One Seems Anything but Ecstatic'

Foo Fighters rocked full-capacity Madison Square Garden in front of thousands of vaxxed attendees

(Newser) - Madison Square Garden was rocking again over the weekend, for the first time in 15 months. In what CBS New York calls a "huge step for New York's reopening," the New York City arena saw 15,000 or so fans show up for the Foo Fighters concert...

What's Set to Be 'Biggest-Selling Medicine Ever' Had Bumpy Start

Inside Pfizer's journey to manufacture its COVID-19 vaccine

(Newser) - Pfizer is a household name thanks to its COVID-19 vaccine, of which it expects to produce as many as 3 billion doses this year. That would translate into $26 billion in sales, which would make it the "biggest-selling medicine ever," reports Christopher Rowland in a lengthy piece for...

One Trend Is Emerging About Vaccinations
One Trend Is Emerging
About Vaccinations
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Jun 19, 2021 8:00 AM CDT

One Trend Is Emerging About Vaccinations

States where COVID cases are rising tend to have lower vaccination rates

(Newser) - The COVID news has been indisputably good across the US in the last few weeks, but USA Today reports that eight states are now seeing an increase in cases. And it appears the spikes have a common denominator: Of those eight states—Alabama, Arkansas, Hawaii, Missouri, Nevada, Texas, Utah, and...

Olympic Athletes to Receive 160K Condoms. There's One Problem

Games organizers forbid sex in Olympic Village amid pandemic, tell athletes to bring condoms home

(Newser) - If Olympic athletes preparing to descend on Tokyo for the delayed 2020 Games were thinking of getting some side action while they're there (i.e., having sex), they'll have to rethink those plans. Per the Guardian , the International Olympic Committee has laid down the law for those staying...

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