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27 Dead After 'Completely Irresponsible' Santa Visit

Residents at Belgian nursing home were seen in pics not wearing masks during holiday event

(Newser) - Authorities in Belgium say a 27th elderly person has died in an outbreak at a nursing home from a superspreading St. Nick party last month, but they hope the situation is now under control. The Hemelrijck home in the northern Belgium city of Mol had organized an early December visit...

Critics: Hospital CEO's Response to Black Doctor's Death 'Ridiculous'

Dennis Murphy cites a 'complex picture' leading to death of Dr. Susan Moore, but others push back

(Newser) - The head of an Indiana hospital has addressed the allegations of Dr. Susan Moore, a Black medical doctor who died last month from coronavirus complications after accusing a doctor and other hospital staff of being biased in their treatment of her—but his comments have only fueled the controversy. In...

42 People Accidentally Got COVID Treatment, Not Vaccine

Regeneron vials were apparently mixed with Moderna vaccine at distribution hub

(Newser) - They thought they were being inoculated against COVID-19; instead, 42 people in West Virginia were mistakenly administered Regeneron's experimental monoclonal antibody treatment. The West Virginia National Guard, which is at the helm of the vaccine distribution effort in the state, confirmed that the goof occurred Wednesday in Boone County....

Police Arrest Pharmacist Over Spoiled Vaccine Doses

He allegedly left them out of refrigeration twice

(Newser) - Authorities arrested a suburban Milwaukee pharmacist Thursday suspected of deliberately ruining hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine by removing them from refrigeration for two nights. The arrest marks another setback in what has been a slower, messier start to vaccinate Americans than public health officials had expected. Police in Grafton,...

China OKs COVID Vaccine for General Use

It could be widely used in developing countries

(Newser) - China authorized its first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine for general use Thursday, adding another shot that could see wide use in poorer countries as the virus surges back around the globe. The Sinopharm vaccine had already been given to groups such as health care professionals and essential workers under emergency-use guidelines...

Guess What Word No One Wants to Hear Ever Again

Michigan college puts 'COVID-19' at top of its annual list of words, terms that should be banished

(Newser) - Even as vaccines are being rolled out to battle COVID-19, wordsmiths at Lake Superior State University in Michigan say they want to kick any trace of the term from the English language. Seven of the top words or phrases selected for 2021 for the school's annual lighthearted compilation of...

Worker Deliberately Spoils 500 Doses of Vaccine

Wisconsin health system originally thought it was an accident

(Newser) - A Wisconsin health system said Wednesday that 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine that had to be discarded after they were left unrefrigerated now appear to have been deliberately spoiled by an employee, the AP reports. Aurora Medical Center first reported on the spoiled doses on Saturday, and said they had...

'Really, Really Bad': Scientists Worry About COVID Variant in US

The variant has been identified in Colorado and California

(Newser) - The coronavirus variant first discovered in the UK is officially in the US, with two cases of it having been confirmed in California and Colorado. The variant quickly gained ground in the UK after being detected in September, now accounting for more than 60% of new infections in London and...

Activists Want Singer to Stay Away From LA's Skid Row

Christian singer's concerts could be 'superspreader events,' they warn

(Newser) - An evangelical Christian singer who has protested COVID restrictions with open-air concerts is coming to Los Angeles—but a lot of people want him to stay away. Sean Feucht, whose events have featured large numbers of maskless people crowded together, has advertised events including a "massive outreach" to the...

Fired Manager Calls COVID Betting Pool a 'Morale Boost'

The virus killed at least six workers at a Tyson pork plant

(Newser) - One of the Tyson Foods managers fired for betting on how many workers would contract COVID-19 at a Waterloo, Iowa, pork plant said the office pool was spontaneous fun and intended to boost morale. Don Merschbrock said he was speaking in an attempt to show that the seven fired supervisors...

Vaccine Doses Tossed After 'Human Error'

They spent too long out of the fridge at Wisconsin clinic

(Newser) - Some 500 doses of the precious Moderna coronavirus vaccine have been thrown out at a clinic in Wisconsin after an "unintended human error." Fifty vials, each containing 10 doses of vaccine, were removed from a refrigerator at the Aurora Medical Center in Grafton, some 20 miles north of...

Eatery Sorry for 'Discreet' Dinner Invite Amid Dining Ban

La Scala in Beverly Hills says it never intended to violate rules

(Newser) - A celebrity hangout in Beverly Hills is apologizing after inviting customers to an "inside" dinner party on New Year's Eve. The invitation from Italian restaurant La Scala, dropped into customers' takeout bags, teased a "discreet" speak-easy-themed soiree. "We are considering taking reservations for New Year's...

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...

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