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US COVID Deaths Top 300K
US COVID Deaths Top 300K
Dec 14, 2020 4:09 PM CST

US COVID Deaths Top 300K

'The numbers are staggering'

(Newser) - The US death toll from the coronavirus topped 300,000 Monday just as the country began dispensing COVID-19 shots in a monumental campaign to conquer the outbreak. The number of dead rivals the population of St. Louis or Pittsburgh, the AP reports. It is equivalent to repeating a tragedy on...

This Long-Awaited Moment Arrives in US

First doses of COVID vaccine are administered

(Newser) - It's a big moment in the COVID fight: The first doses of a vaccine have been administered in the US. "I feel hopeful today. Relieved," ICU nurse Sandra Lindsay tells the AP after getting her shot at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York. She was...

Trump Backtracks on WH Staffers Getting Vaccinated

President says White House staffers won't cut the line, 'unless specifically necessary'

(Newser) - Nationwide distribution of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine kicked off Sunday as trucks carrying millions of doses rolled out of a Michigan manufacturing site. Health care workers and nursing home residents are set to be first in line to get vaccinated, but after that it could be a "messy" prioritization...

There Are Sure to Be Problems With Vaccine Rollout

CNN runs down what they are

(Newser) - The first trucks carrying the COVID-19 vaccine just left a Michigan manufacturing facility Sunday, and yet the vaccine's rollout is already, per CNN , "messy." Vaccinations will likely start Monday, but it will be months before most people can get one; Operation Warp Speed's chief adviser anticipated...

Basketball Star Collapses Face-First

Keyontae Johnson had just dunked the ball and celebrated

(Newser) - Alley-oop, celebrate ... and collapse. Florida Gators basketball star Keyontae Johnson fell face-first on the court Saturday after his team had broken a huddle, TMZ reports. His teammates shouted for help and Johnson was taken away on a stretcher to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, where he's in critical but stable condition....

First COVID Vaccines Heading to a City Near You (Maybe)

The first shipments of Pfizer’s vaccine will be staggered

(Newser) - The first trucks carrying a COVID-19 vaccine for widespread use in the United States pulled out of a Michigan manufacturing facility Sunday, with the shots that are critical to stopping the nation’s coronavirus outbreak destined to reach states a day later. Per the AP , shipments of the Pfizer vaccine...

ER Doctor: My Honesty About COVID Got Me Fired

Cleavon Gilman tweeted about what he saw in Arizona

(Newser) - An Arizona ER doctor says he got fired after tweeting his frustration over hospital conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Guardian reports. "Just got to work and was notified there are no more ICU beds in the state of Arizona," Cleavon Gilman tweeted in November about the Yuma...

Country&#39;s First Black Superstar Dead at 86
COVID Kills
Country's First
Black Superstar
updated
Dec 12, 2020 3:10 PM CST

COVID Kills Country's First Black Superstar

Charley Pride was 86

(Newser) - Charley Pride, country music’s first Black star whose rich baritone on such hits as “Kiss an Angel Good Morning” helped sell millions of records and made him the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died. He was 86, the AP reports. Pride died...

He Broke Quarantine for 8 Seconds. Now, a $3.5K Fine
He Broke Quarantine for
8 Seconds. Now, a $3.5K Fine
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Dec 12, 2020 2:40 PM CST

He Broke Quarantine for 8 Seconds. Now, a $3.5K Fine

Taiwan isn't messing around when it comes to this safety protocol

(Newser) - Taiwan has had only about 700 cases and only seven deaths from the coronavirus, per Johns Hopkins University , and it intends to keep it that way. That's why the island nation is so strict with its quarantine protocols, as one man recently found out. The Filipino migrant worker was...

Delivery Date Set for COVID Vaccine
Delivery Date Set
for COVID Vaccine
Dec 12, 2020 11:38 AM CST

Delivery Date Set for COVID Vaccine

Gen. Gustave Perna says it will arrive Monday

(Newser) - America's first COVID-19 vaccine is scheduled to ship Sunday and begin arriving Monday morning—the result of a historic effort to protect people from a virus that has killed nearly 300,000 in the US and 1.6 million worldwide. "As I speak today, right now, vaccines are...

She Released Video of Raid on Her Home. Now, the Cops' Video

Police bodycam footage released after fired Fla. data scientist Rebekah Jones put up her own online

(Newser) - Police bodycam video taken of the Monday raid at fired data scientist Rebekah Jones' home was released Thursday by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, with the agency saying it did so after its agents were "vilified" following Jones posting her own footage . Per NBC News , the police video...

Snow Leopards Started Wheezing, Coughing. Now, Confirmation

At Lousville Zoo in Kentucky, 3 big cats test positive for COVID

(Newser) - Three snow leopards in a Kentucky zoo have come down with COVID-19, making it the latest type of animal to get sick after coming into close contact with humans. Per a filmed statement from Louisville Zoo Director John Walczak and a written statement from the zoo, zoo staff noticed within...

US Gives Green Light to First COVID Vaccine

FDA grants emergency authorization to Pfizer shots

(Newser) - The US gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning of the end of an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans, the AP reports. Shots for health workers and nursing home residents are expected to begin in the...

US Cities That Need the Most Vaccine Doses to Start

Detroit, Cleveland top the list

(Newser) - With Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine possibly just days away from being shipped, the next order of business will be starting to divvy it up for distribution across the country. WalletHub looked at more than 90 cities across America to figure out which may need the most initial vaccinations. The site...

US Might Exceed 9/11 Deaths Daily for Next 3 Months

Impact of vaccinations will take awhile to materialize, says CDC director

(Newser) - The FDA is expected to issue emergency authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine as soon as Saturday, reports the New York Times . That means "we could see people getting vaccinated Monday, Tuesday," Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Friday on Good Morning America . Some 2.9...

Amid COVID and the Holidays, a 'Profound' Move by 'Fierce Rivals'

UPS, FedEx are teaming up for a COVID vaccine 'shipathon' during holiday shopping season

(Newser) - With people hunkered down at home during the pandemic and doing even more of their holiday shopping than usual online, delivery companies like UPS and FedEx are already facing unprecedented shipping demands over the next few weeks. Now, what Axios calls another "heavy lift" has been added to that...

This Could Be Big Day for Vaccine Approval in US
FDA Panel Approves
Pfizer Vaccine for US
updated
Dec 10, 2020 4:51 PM CST

FDA Panel Approves Pfizer Vaccine for US

The agency is to announce its final decision in days

(Newser) - A federal government advisory panel has endorsed Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, in a major step toward an epic vaccination campaign that could finally conquer the outbreak. The Food and Drug Administration is expected to follow the recommendation issued Thursday by its expert advisers. The advisory group of outside experts, in...

Ellen DeGeneres Has Virus
Ellen Suspends Show
Dec 10, 2020 3:29 PM CST

Ellen Suspends Show

DeGeneres tests positive for COVID

(Newser) - Ellen DeGeneres' talk show has been stop-and-go this year, and now it's stopping again. Ellen shut down early in the pandemic, then returned the air in early April, hosting from her living room. After an internal investigation into workplace mistreatment, it wasn't certain that the fall season would...

UN Warns Against 'Vaccine Nationalism'

Group's leader says COVID vaccines should be a 'global public good'

(Newser) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning that "vaccine nationalism" is moving "at full speed," leaving poor people around the globe watching preparations for inoculations against the coronavirus in some rich nations and wondering if and when they will be vaccinated. The UN chief reiterated his call...

Giuliani 'Better Than Ever' After COVID, Heading to Georgia

Trump's lawyer thanks the president after being released from DC hospital

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani's Tuesday update that he was doing much better after being admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 now has a further update. The former New York City mayor, now a personal lawyer for President Trump, was spotted giving the thumbs-up as he left MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in...

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