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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...

New COVID Variant Is 56% More Transmissible
New COVID Variant Is
56% More Transmissible
new study
Dec 24, 2020 6:24 AM CST

New COVID Variant Is 56% More Transmissible

Researchers say UK needs to increase vaccination rate tenfold due to B117

(Newser) - Britain has tightened lockdowns in response to a worrying new coronavirus variant—but unless it does more, 2021 may be an even deadlier year for the country than 2020, according to a new study . Researchers at the Center for Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases at the London School of Hygiene...

COVID Patient Allegedly Beaten to Death With Oxygen Tank

The man's roommate was apparently upset the victim, 82, was praying

(Newser) - An 82-year-old COVID patient was allegedly beaten to death by his roommate at a California hospital. Police say the suspect, Jesse Martinez, who was also being treated for COVID, became upset when his roommate, who was Catholic, started to pray in their shared room at Lancaster's Antelope Valley Hospital....

Here's How Many Americans Have Gotten the Vaccine

More than 1M so far

(Newser) - The US government wanted to vaccinate 20 million Americans against COVID-19 by year's end. That's probably not going to happen, Politico reports. The CDC announced Wednesday that more than one million Americans have gotten COVID shots so far, which it touted as an impressive figure over the span...

NBA Season Opener Scrapped Due to COVID

Houston Rockets didn't have 8 healthy players

(Newser) - Houston's opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night was scrapped after coronavirus cases and James Harden's violation of the NBA's COVID-19 protocols left the Rockets without the league-mandated eight players available. It was a dispiriting blow to the NBA on just the second night of...

Maskless Conga Line at Party Puts GOP Club on the Defense

'There's no pandemic clause in the Constitution,' the Whitestone Republican Club posted

(Newser) - Maskless holiday parties with exuberant conga lines aren't exactly de rigueur this year, but that doesn't mean there haven't been any. Per the New York Times , journalist Matt Binder posted a video online Monday that showed members of the Whitestone Republican Club—including club President Vickie Paladino,...

Worker's Decision Not to Take Sick Days Ends With 7 Dead

Oregon county warns of the dangerous effects of a single decision

(Newser) - With the coronavirus spreading as quickly as it does, many people can pay for one infected person's bad decision. Public health officials in Oregon are distinguishing the willful disregard of protocols that leads to superspreader events, such as large weddings , from an individual's poor decision, after a person...

New Jobless Claims Are, 'in Absolute Terms, Bad News'

They remain elevated at 803K

(Newser) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell by 89,000 last week to a still-elevated 803,000, evidence that the job market remains under stress nine months after the coronavirus outbreak sent the US economy into recession and caused millions of layoffs. The latest figure, released Wednesday by the...

Kirk Cameron Leads Yet Another Maskless Caroling Event

Dozens of people joined actor for event in Southern California

(Newser) - Kirk Cameron is ticked off about Southern California's pandemic stay-at-home order, and he's been using the most seasonal of ways to protest it: Christmas caroling. The Growing Pains star has already held two previous singalongs this month attended by hundreds, and on Tuesday he added a third. CBS...

Frustration Grows for Truckers Trying to Get Home for Holiday

Drivers scuffle with cops in Dover as France keeps them out due to COVID variant

(Newser) - In an attempt to slow down the "out of control" spread of a new coronavirus variant in the UK, various EU nations had banned travel from the island nation. That's now led to a backlog of truckers in the port city of Dover who want to get to...

Trump Shocks Aides With His Call for $2K

And some of his staunchest opponents agree

(Newser) - President Trump has a complaint—and some of his fiercest critics are on his side this time. In video posted to Twitter on Tuesday, the POTUS called the $600 figure arrived at by Congress for round two of coronavirus stimulus money "ridiculously low," calling on lawmakers to bump...

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