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Cornell Takes 'Dispiriting' Steps After Finding Omicron Cases

UK expects 'quite staggering' case numbers

(Newser) - Cornell University says it is taking steps to protect students and the wider community after a COVID surge that appears to include a "very high percentage" of cases of the omicron variant. The main campus in Ithaca, NY, is being shut down, final exams have been shifted online, and...

Cops: Vigilantes Abduct Principal Over COVID Measures

Greek principal was driven to police station, where his alleged attackers were then detained

(Newser) - Police in northern Greece have jailed several people who allegedly handcuffed a principal, forced him into a car, then drove him to a police station, demanding he be arrested for enforcing COVID-19 restrictions. Instead, members of the group known as Guardians of the Constitution, who argue the restrictions violate constitutional...

Being Concerned About COVID Got Me Fired by Dave Ramsey: Suit

Employee says financial guru's company did not like him wearing mask, asking to work remote

(Newser) - Brad Amos asked to work from home at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and was denied that request by his supervisors at Dave Ramsey's Tennessee-based company. He then chose to distance himself from colleagues and wear a mask at work, and says he was mocked, demoted, and ultimately...

Epidemiologist: US COVID Toll Is a 'Terrible Tragedy'

'Almost all the people dying are now dying preventable deaths,' he says as toll tops 800K

(Newser) - The US passed the staggering figure of 800,000 confirmed COVID deaths Tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins University. The total, which the AP notes is equal to the populations of Atlanta and St. Louis combined, is by far the highest in the world, though almost 20 countries have a higher...

Mask Mandate Returns to California
Mask Mandate
Returns to California
Dec 14, 2021 3:02 AM CST

Mask Mandate Returns to California

Starts Wednesday and runs for one month

(Newser) - California is bringing back a rule requiring people to wear masks indoors, a move aimed at containing a new type of the coronavirus as people gather with family and friends during the holidays. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration announced the new mandate will start Wednesday and last until Jan. 15,...

Some Hospitals Are Ditching Vaccine Mandates

There has been an 'exodus' of nurses in recent months

(Newser) - Some hospitals facing staff shortages and surges in COVID cases have decided that unvaccinated workers are better than no workers. Hospital operators, including some of America's largest, have been dropping vaccine mandates to retain or attract workers, the Wall Street Journal reports. President Biden's workplace vaccine mandate has...

New COVID Milestone Bears Extra Bad News for Elderly

As US reaches 800K deaths, numbers show that 1 in 100 older Americans have died from virus

(Newser) - The New York Times reports that the United States is "on the cusp" of reaching 800,000 COVID deaths. By Reuters' tally, we're already there, with the news group noting that death toll is more than the entire population of North Dakota. Either way, additional stats accompanying that...

Fat Acts as a &#39;Reservoir&#39; for COVID
Fat Acts as a
'Reservoir' for COVID
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Dec 12, 2021 5:40 PM CST

Fat Acts as a 'Reservoir' for COVID

Research may show why obese, overweight people are at greater risk

(Newser) - A recent study found obese people with COVID-19 were 113% more likely to end up in a hospital, 74% more likely to be admitted to an ICU, and 48% more likely to die than people of a healthy weight, per Science . New research might explain why. The study, posted online...

US Just Passed Major Vaccination Milestone

200M are now fully vaccinated

(Newser) - Milestones associated with the pandemic are usually described as grim, but the US passed a more positive one Wednesday: Some 200 million people, around 60% of the population, are now fully vaccinated, the Washington Post reports. The 200 million mark was reached as worries about the omicron variant spurred more...

Senate Votes to Nullify Biden's Workplace Vaccine Mandate

But the House is unlikely to take up the resolution regarding businesses

(Newser) - The Senate narrowly approved a resolution Wednesday to nullify the Biden administration's requirement that businesses with 100 or more workers have their employees be vaccinated against the coronavirus or submit to weekly testing, the AP reports. The vote was 52-48. The Democratic-led House is unlikely to take the measure...

With Omicron Cases Rising, England Moves to 'Plan B'

New rules include COVID passes for nightclubs

(Newser) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, warning of the spread of the omicron variant and the "remorseless logic of exponential growth," announced Wednesday that England is moving to "Plan B" for limiting COVID cases. The new rules, like those already in place in Scotland and Wales, make masks...

Christmas Party Allegation Causes Boris Johnson Grief

Prime minister had denied his staff held such an event during last year's strict COVID lockdown

(Newser) - With the omicron variant posing new challenges around the globe as we head into the holiday season, an alleged Christmas party from last year is causing a headache for Boris Johnson. Despite his initial denials over the past week that there'd been such a gathering in 2020 at 10...

Study Finds 'All Our Efforts' on Vaccines Not 'Trash' After All

Pfizer vaccine does appear to offer some protection against omicron, researchers find

(Newser) - When the omicron variant of COVID-19 first surfaced, a South Africa virologist was concerned it had evolved a new way of infecting cells, making vaccine antibodies entirely worthless. "Then all our efforts would be trash," Dr. Alex Sigal tells the New York Times . But, fortunately, that didn't...

Zoo Hippos Test Positive for COVID
Zoo Hippos Test
Positive for COVID
Dec 6, 2021 1:21 PM CST

Zoo Hippos Test Positive for COVID

Zoo says only symptom was 'expelling snot'

(Newser) - Add hippos to the list of animals that can be infected with the coronavirus. In what zookeepers believe is a world first, two hippos at a zoo in Belgium tested positive for COVID-19 after workers noticed they had runny noses, the Washington Post reports. Keepers say that apart from "...

NYC Getting One of Nation's Toughest Vaccine Mandates

De Blasio imposes rule on private sector employers

(Newser) - All private employers in New York City will have to require their workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the mayor said Monday, imposing one of the most aggressive vaccine rules in the nation. The move by Mayor Bill de Blasio comes as cases are climbing again in the US and...

Dow Having a Strong Morning as Fears Ease
Dow Rises 600 Points
on Easing Omicron Fears
MARKETS
Dec 6, 2021 10:25 AM CST

Dow Rises 600 Points on Easing Omicron Fears

Investors in a better mood about the new COVID strain

(Newser) - Fears about omicron have helped hammer the stock market of late. Now, hopes that the new COVID strain won't be so bad appears to be doing the opposite, reports the Wall Street Journal . In early trading Monday, the Dow was up about 600 points, or 1.7%, while the...

Man Accused of Selling Fake Vax Cards: 'I'm Gonna Be Rich'

Amar Shabazz of Maryland is facing charges of mail fraud, obstruction of justice

(Newser) - In April, Amar Shabazz was released from prison after time served for possession of child porn. By October, Shabazz's Maryland residence had been raided by authorities, and the 23-year-old is now facing new charges, this time for allegedly selling hundreds of fake vaccine cards, reports the New York Post...

Analysis: Trump Came in Contact With 500 After Positive Test

Former POTUS has denied testing positive 6 days before announcement

(Newser) - Donald Trump's former chief of staff claims the former POTUS tested positive for COVID-19 six days prior to the positive test that was actually announced by the White House—and if that's true, the Washington Post estimates Trump came in contact with 500 people between that test and...

Cruise Ship With Infected Passengers Docks in New Orleans

At least 17 people on board tested positive for COVID

(Newser) - A Norwegian Cruise Line ship with at least 17 passengers and crew members infected with COVID-19 docked Sunday in New Orleans, where health officials said they were trying to disembark people without worsening the spread of the coronavirus illness, the AP reports. Local news outlets in New Orleans confirmed the...

California City Declares Itself a &#39;Constitutional Republic&#39;
California City Declares 
Itself a 'Constitutional Republic'
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Dec 4, 2021 5:20 PM CST

California City Declares Itself a 'Constitutional Republic'

Officials say Oroville residents, businesses are fed up with COVID mandates

(Newser) - A small city in northern California where many residents have grown weary of COVID mandates has declared itself a "constitutional republic." The declaration passed in a 6-1 vote this month by Oroville City Council states that the city will not enforce orders issued by the state and federal...

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