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Judge: DeSantis Overstepped Authority on Mask Mandates

Florida judge says school districts can impose them

(Newser) - School districts in Florida may impose mask mandates, a judge said Friday, ruling that Gov. Ron DeSantis overstepped his authority by issuing an executive order banning the mandates, per the AP . Leon County Circuit Judge John C. Cooper agreed with a group of parents who claimed in a lawsuit that...

Defiant Siblings Banned From High School Over Masks

Drew and Victoria Nelson say wearing face coverings goes against their Christian beliefs

(Newser) - Students likely didn't expect their first day of school at Springs Charter School to kick off with a lockdown. But that's exactly what happened at the school in Temecula, Calif., after two siblings refused to wear face masks, a violation of the California Department of Public Health's...

KISS Concert Called Off Due to COVID Infection

Paul Stanley is fully vaccinated, band says

(Newser) - After a long break that started in March 2020, KISS resumed their 174-date "End of the Road" farewell concert tour last week—but the rock legends have now had to call off at least one show due to a COVID infection. The band announced Thursday that a concert in...

Supreme Court: Evictions Can Resume
Supreme Court:
Evictions Can Resume
Aug 27, 2021 12:21 AM CDT

Supreme Court: Evictions Can Resume

Conservative majority blocks Biden administration

(Newser) - The Supreme Court's conservative majority is allowing evictions to resume across the US, blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban that was put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic. The court's action late Thursday ends protections for roughly 3.5 million people who said they...

New Zealand Extends Lockdown
New Zealand 
Extends Lockdown
Aug 27, 2021 12:05 AM CDT

New Zealand Extends Lockdown

COVID outbreak is at nearly 350 cases

(Newser) - New Zealand’s government has extended a strict nationwide lockdown through Tuesday as it tries to quash its first outbreak of the coronavirus in six months, the AP reports. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Friday the government expects to keep Auckland, where most of the cases have been found, in...

America and COVID, 18-Plus Months Later
US COVID
Numbers Backtrack
to a Troubling
Benchmark
THE RUNDOWN
Aug 26, 2021 9:06 AM CDT

US COVID Numbers Backtrack to a Troubling Benchmark

New infections, hospitalizations surge in numbers not seen since January, before vaccine push

(Newser) - There's been renewed media focus on Florida as it grapples with COVID, with record-breaking numbers of infections, hospitalizations, and deaths. When it comes to hospitalizations, the country as a whole has taken a similar step back. The Washington Post reports that more than 100,000 people are now hospitalized...

Fla. Governor Just Earned a Dubious New COVID Honor

DeSantis is first governor whose state is seeing more deaths than at any other point in pandemic

(Newser) - While New York state reconciles its numbers on COVID deaths, Florida has a sobering new set of its own. Nearly a year and a half after the disease shut the world down, the Sunshine State is experiencing more coronavirus infections, hospitalizations, and deaths than at any other point during the...

Woman Gets Jail After 'Twisted' COVID Stunt in Supermarket

Margaret Ann Cirko gets 1 to 2 years for claiming she had virus, coughing on food

(Newser) - A Pennsylvania woman who pleaded guilty to coughing and spitting on food at a supermarket in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic was sentenced Tuesday to at least a year in jail, per the AP . Margaret Ann Cirko, 37, pleaded guilty in June to a felony count of making...

Hochul: Truth Is New York Saw Another 12K COVID Deaths

She ups New York's total from the 43K deaths Cuomo reported as of Monday

(Newser) - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul promised more government transparency on her first day in office, and her administration quickly delivered it by acknowledging nearly 12,000 more deaths in the state from COVID-19 than had been publicized by her predecessor, Andrew Cuomo. New York now reports nearly 55,400 people...

Unvaccinated Delta Workers to Pay $200 Monthly Charge

That's a health insurance surcharge

(Newser) - Delta employees don't have to be vaccinated like United employees do , but those who aren't will have to jump through some hoops. Specifically:
  • The company on Wednesday announced that as of today, unvaccinated employees will have to be masked in Delta's offices.
  • As of Sept. 12, unvaccinated
...

Man's Response at Contentious School Board Meeting: Strip

James Akers made his point on masks by showing how he didn't want to follow other everyday rules

(Newser) - School board meetings around the country have been going off the rails on COVID safety protocols, and now it's Texas' turn. The San Marcos Daily Record notes that even though Monday's gathering for the Dripping Springs Independent School District was meant to focus on such mundane agenda items...

Results Are In on Biden's COVID Origin Report

Intel assessment is inconclusive on whether virus came from lab or jumped from animal to human

(Newser) - In June, Director of National Intelligence chief Avril Haines warned that sussing out the "smoking gun" on the origins of the novel coronavirus might not ever happen. Now, a report commissioned by President Biden three months ago from the intelligence community to figure out that mystery has brought her...

Johnson & Johnson: Booster Pumps Up Antibodies Big Time

Company says booster at least 6 months later caused bigger spike in antibodies than first shot

(Newser) - The Pfizer vaccine now known as Comirnaty has received full approval from the Food and Drug Administration, paving the way for booster shots. Moderna's full OK from the FDA is said to be just a few weeks away, and now Johnson & Johnson announced Wednesday that people who received...

Schwarzenegger Loses Sponsor Over Anti-Masker Comments

REDCON1 didn't like 'screw your freedoms' line

(Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger's feelings on anti-maskers have cost him a sponsor. Sports supplement brand REDCON1 announced it will be pulling out of the Arnold Classic bodybuilding competition next month, USA Today reports. The company's founder says REDCON1 is a "patriotic pro-freedom brand" and backs "freedom of choice....

Reba: Actually, I Didn&#39;t Have COVID
Reba Offers
Unusual
COVID
Update
Aug 24, 2021 12:15 PM CDT

Reba Offers Unusual COVID Update

Country star clarifies that she never had the virus after all

(Newser) - Reba McEntire gave her fans a surprise COVID update on Monday—turns out, she didn't have the virus after all. The 66-year-old, who announced earlier this month that she and her boyfriend had contracted COVID despite being vaccinated, apparently received a false positive on a test, reports Page Six...

Fauci Predicts Our Return to Normal
Fauci Predicts Our
Return to Normal
THE RUNDOWN
Aug 24, 2021 7:51 AM CDT

Fauci Predicts Our Return to Normal

'Degree of normality' could come in spring, if most unvaccinated Americans get their shots

(Newser) - The US could reclaim a "degree of normality" by spring if the "overwhelming majority" of unvaccinated Americans get vaccinated against COVID-19. So White House chief medical adviser and NIAID director Dr. Anthony Fauci said Monday on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 , though he warned continued spread could prompt...

Vaccine Name &#39;Comirnaty&#39; Is Not Going Over Well
Vaccine Name 'Comirnaty'
Is Not Going Over Well
THE RUNDOWN
Aug 24, 2021 6:59 AM CDT

Vaccine Name 'Comirnaty' Is Not Going Over Well

Still planning to call it the 'Pfizer vaccine'? You're not alone

(Newser) - Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine may have gotten full FDA approval Monday, but the reaction wasn't all good: Many were scratching their heads over the new name it will be marketed under, Comirnaty. "The person(s) who came up with this name should never be allowed to name anything ever...

Woman Tests Positive for COVID on Cruise, Dies Days Later

Carnival says the 77-year-old 'almost certainly' didn't get COVID on the ship

(Newser) - Marilyn Tackett was excited to go on her first trip outside the US when she boarded the Carnival Vista cruise ship before it disembarked from Texas on July 31, according to a GoFundMe set up for the 77-year-old Oklahoma woman's family. She went on an excursion with her family...

Vaccinated Mom Loses Both Unvaccinated Sons in 12 Hours

Meanwhile, South Florida doctors stage brief walkout to protest low vaccination rate

(Newser) - A Jacksonville mother and two of her sons all caught COVID. She was vaccinated, but they weren’t. She got a relatively mild case, but they died. "It’s a parent’s worst nightmare,” Lisa Brandon tells News4Jax . Brandon had three sons. David died five years ago. Aaron...

Positive COVID Test Lacks One Key Element

As of now, people can't be told which variant they have

(Newser) - When someone learns they've tested positive for COVID, they might also discover that the news is surprisingly incomplete. As Insider reports, patients almost certainly will not learn which variant of the virus caught up with them. It's not because the lab can't figure it out—it's...

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