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He Died of COVID Days Before Being Sworn In to House

Incoming congressman Luke Letlow was 41

(Newser) - Luke Letlow, Louisiana's incoming Republican member of the US House, died Tuesday night from complications related to COVID-19 only days before he would have been sworn into office, the AP reports. He was 41. Letlow spokesman Andrew Bautsch confirmed the congressman-elect's death at Ochsner-LSU Health Shreveport. “The...

2nd Vaccine OK'd in UK Is Cheaper, Easier to Store

AstraZeneca/Oxford shots will start to be administered in Britain next week

(Newser) - A big update in vaccination efforts from across the pond: In what Prime Minister Boris Johnson is calling a "triumph for British science," regulators in the United Kingdom have given the green light to a second vaccine there, this time for one from AstraZeneca and Oxford University. Why...

Nurse Gets Vaccine, Tests Positive 6 Days Later

Health authorities say they were expecting cases like this, and not to be alarmed

(Newser) - Six days after an ER nurse in San Diego was vaccinated for COVID-19, he became ill and tested positive for the coronavirus. But, though the story may sound alarming, health authorities say cases like this are to be expected and are no cause for panic. The 45-year-old got the Pfizer...

At This Pace, We Won't See Adequate US Vaccination Rate for a Decade

Public health officials say the pace is too slow

(Newser) - The goal of Operation Warp Speed is to have 80% of the US population vaccinated against COVID-19 by late June. That won't happen if the pace at which vaccinations are currently happening continues, NBC News reports. The rate necessary to meet that goal is 3 million people getting the...

Biden: Vaccination Effort Has Fallen 'Far Behind'

He vows to 'move heaven and earth' to up the pace

(Newser) - With December drawing to a close, the US is a long way behind on its goal of vaccinating 20 million people by the end of the month. According to the CDC, some 11.4 million doses of coronavirus vaccine have been distributed but only 2.1 million have been administered....

US Confirms First Case of New COVID Strain

Colorado man has no recent travel history

(Newser) - The new and more infectious variant of the coronavirus first detected in Britain has now reached the US—but officials aren't sure how. Health authorities in Colorado say the B117 variant was found in an Elbert County man in his 20s with no recent history of traveling to Britain...

Wuhan's Real Total Might Have Been Much Higher

500K might have had the virus, though study suggests containment efforts succeeded

(Newser) - In April, health officials reported 50,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, where the disease was first discovered. New data released Monday suggests the true total in the early days of the pandemic might have been 10 times higher in the city of 11 million people, Bloomberg reports. The study...

One of Nation's Biggest Anti-Eviction Laws Just Passed

New York landlords won't be able to boot most tenants for 2 months

(Newser) - With the governor's executive order barring most evictions due to expire at year's end, the New York Legislature called a special session Monday to pass "one of the most comprehensive anti-eviction laws in the nation," per the New York Times . The bill, which Gov. Andrew Cuomo...

Fauci, WHO Issue 2 Bleak Warnings
Fauci, WHO
Issue 2
Bleak
Warnings
Dec 29, 2020 9:20 AM CST

Fauci, WHO Issue 2 Bleak Warnings

Fauci fears January will be worse than December; WHO says COVID may not be 'the big one'

(Newser) - Anthony Fauci delivered some not-so-comforting words Tuesday on the state of COVID in the US, telling CNN that the current surge "has just gotten ... out of control in many respects." While December has been record-setting in terms of deaths, Fauci said he feared January will be worse, in...

COVID Is Turning Me Into a Mom I Don&#39;t Want to Be
I'm the Mom
Who Yells in
Public. Thanks,
COVID
OPINION
Dec 28, 2020 12:42 PM CST

I'm the Mom Who Yells in Public. Thanks, COVID

Psychotherapist writes an op-ed about her own struggles

(Newser) - Kristen Howerton isn't just a mom raising two teenage boys amid a pandemic. She's also a psychotherapist. Meaning, she gets it, she writes in a New York Times op-ed. She gets the struggles her teens are facing in these weird times, largely isolated from their friends and school...

US Philanthropists Getting Vaccine to Iran

Unidentified group aims to ship 150K doses of Pfizer vaccine to hard-hit country

(Newser) - An unidentified group of US-based philanthropists plans to send 150,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Iran in the coming weeks, Iranian media reported Monday, per the AP . Details remained scarce in the report by the semiofficial Tasnim News Agency. It quoted the chief of the country's Red...

Relief Checks Back on Track After Trump Signs Bill

Amount expected to be $600, though Congress will vote on raising it to $2K

(Newser) - After a delay of nearly a week , President Trump on Sunday night backed down, as many had begged him to do , and signed the COVID relief bill. That means the government won't shut down, as would have happened had he not signed by Monday night, Politico reports. It also...

COVID Has Taken 1 in 1K Americans
COVID's Death Toll:
1 in 1K Americans
Dec 27, 2020 10:30 AM CST

COVID's Death Toll: 1 in 1K Americans

'None of this has to happen,' one doctor says

(Newser) - The first COVID-19 deaths in the US took place in February, in California and Washington state. On Saturday afternoon, data from Johns Hopkins University show, the toll hit 331,116. That means 1 in 1,000 Americans have died of the illness, CNN reports. The US average is 1,000...

This Isn&#39;t a Kohl&#39;s Package You Want to Get in the Mail
Retailer: Sorry for 'Unusual
and Inexplicable' Package
in case you missed it
Dec 26, 2020 4:00 PM CST

Retailer: Sorry for 'Unusual and Inexplicable' Package

Illinois woman says she received someone's COVID test in an order of garden flags

(Newser) - A Christmas gift-wrapping session turned a bit alarming (and a lot weird) over the weekend when an Illinois woman found a surprise addition in the package she'd ordered from Kohl's. Andrea Ellis tells the Quad-City Times she was prepping presents at her aunt's house in East Moline...

They Golfed in Tournament Last Week, Then Got COVID

Greg Norman is hospitalized, while his son had milder symptoms

(Newser) - Golf legend Greg Norman has been laid low by COVID just a week after competing in a tournament with his son. The 65-year-old posted an image from his hospital room in Florida on Christmas Day, declaring, "On behalf of millions, f--- COVID." Norman had gone into self-quarantine the...

Hospitals Run Short of Oxygen as LA County Deals With Surge

'It's so much worse than before,' an ICU nurse says

(Newser) - Hospitals in Los Angeles County are running out of oxygen for treating COVID-19 patients, and they're already out of intensive care beds. With patients waiting for hours in ambulances outside the hospitals to be admitted, health officials are asking people to stay away from emergency rooms and not call...

Candace Cameron Bure Speaks Out on Kirk's Protests

She wasn't a part, but doesn't appreciate some of the responses

(Newser) - Candace Cameron Bure would like to make three things clear: No, she has not taken part in her older brother Kirk Cameron's infamous Christmas caroling protests involving throngs of people standing close together and singing, sans masks. Yes, she herself makes sure to practice social distancing and wear a...

US Takes a Step on Travelers From UK

Will now require a negative COVID test

(Newser) - The United States will require airline passengers from Britain to get a negative COVID-19 test before their flight, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced late Thursday. The US is the latest country to announce new travel restrictions because of a new variant of the coronavirus that is spreading...

California Reaches Unwanted Marker First

State is the first with 2M COVID cases

(Newser) - California has become the first state to record 2 million coronavirus cases, reaching the milestone Thursday as nearly the entire state was under a strict stay-at-home order and hospitals were flooded with the largest crush of cases since the pandemic began. A tally by Johns Hopkins University showed the state...

Black Doc Who Complained of Bias in COVID Treatment Dies

Dr. Susan Moore said she received unequal treatment at Indiana hospital

(Newser) - A Black doctor who said she was receiving unequal treatment at an Indiana hospital has died from coronavirus complications, weeks after posting a searing video on Facebook . As a medical doctor, Susan Moore knew exactly how to describe the symptoms she was experiencing—but she said a white doctor at...

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