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Obama's Mega Birthday Bash Dashed by Delta

Ex-president to 'scale back' Mass. event with hundreds of invitees due to variant spread

(Newser) - Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, and George Clooney were supposed to come. Pearl Jam was set to entertain the guests. Now, Barack Obama, who turns 60 on Wednesday, will have to settle instead for celebrating his milestone birthday with Michelle and a much smaller crowd. A huge outdoor bash for the...

CDC Issues New Moratorium on Evictions

'Targeted' ban will cover most of country

(Newser) - The CDC has issued a new moratorium on evictions—days after the one it first introduced in September last year expired. Unlike the previous moratorium, this one isn't nationwide. The CDC says it will be in place in areas with "substantial and high levels of community transmission" of...

Poll: Americans' Optimism Fades as Delta Spreads

Even a month ago, the public felt better about the pandemic

(Newser) - In June, 89% of Americans polled saw the COVID-19 outbreak as improving, with just 3% saying it was worsening. That was before the delta variant of the coronavirus made itself felt. In July, the Gallup Poll reports, more adults expressed pessimism than optimism about the pandemic—45% to 40%. It'...

School District Reverses Mask Mandate After DeSantis Order

Florida threatens to pull funding from schools that require face coverings

(Newser) - A South Florida school district that voted last week to require facial coverings has reversed itself after Gov. Ron DeSantis threatened to cut funding. With coronavirus caseloads surging as the much more contagious delta variant spreads infections, the Broward County school board unanimously voted last week to require students, teachers,...

City Where COVID Began Sees Its First Delta Cases

Wuhan, China, plans to test all 11M residents

(Newser) - The delta variant has emerged in the city where the original virus got its start. As a result, the city of Wuhan, China, plans to test all 11 million residents, reports Reuters . Though the coronavirus was first identified in Wuhan in 2019, the city had reported no new local cases...

As Moratorium Ends, Evictions Surge

Activists fear millions could be out on the street as delta variant takes hold

(Newser) - Gabe Imondi, a 74-year-old landlord from Rhode Island, had come to court hoping to get his apartment back. He was tired of waiting for federal rental assistance and wondered aloud “what they’re doing with that money?" Hours later, Luis Vertentes, in a different case, was told by a...

Court: Students Who Oppose Vaccine Mandate Can Go Elsewhere

Federal court upholds Indiana University mandate

(Newser) - Opponents of a vaccine mandate at Indiana University have lost an appeal in federal court. The Chicago-based 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the university's requirement for all students and staff to be vaccinated by the Aug. 15 start of the fall semester can stand, the Indianapolis ...

Vaccinations Hit Biden&#39;s Goal&mdash;Late
US Reaches
Vaccination
Goal—Late
Aug 2, 2021 4:53 PM CDT

US Reaches Vaccination Goal—Late

70% of adults have had a dose, but experts say that needs to be higher

(Newser) - The nation has hit President Biden's goal of 70% of adults having at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine, though not close to his target date. Biden wanted to reach that mark by July 4; the White House DOVID-19 data director, Cyrus Shahpar, announced on Twitter that the threshold...

Lindsey Graham Has COVID
Lindsey Graham Has COVID
Aug 2, 2021 3:41 PM CDT

Lindsey Graham Has COVID

GOP senator is fully vaccinated

(Newser) - Sen. Lindsey Graham says he has tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated—but his symptoms are mild and he's "very glad" he had his shots. "I started having flu-like symptoms Saturday night and went to the doctor this morning," the South Carolina Republican tweeted Monday....

White House: CDC Can't Extend Eviction Ban

Biden urges landlords to pause evictions for at least 30 days

(Newser) - The nationwide moratorium on evictions expired over the weekend —and the White House said Monday that the CDC hasn't been able to find the authority to extend it. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not have the "legal...

Obama Guests: Spielberg, Pearl Jam, a 'COVID Coordinator'

President hosting birthday bash on Martha's Vineyard amid delta surge

(Newser) - Barack Obama is turning 60 on Wednesday, and he plans to celebrate with a bash on his 30-acre property this weekend on Martha's Vineyard, reports Axios . The site says nearly 500 guests are expected, in addition to about 200 staff to serve them, a total that's raising eyebrows...

Americans Who Faked Vaccine Docs Fined $16K Each

They arrived in Toronto the week of July 18

(Newser) - Two Americans who traveled to Canada using fake vaccine documents have been fined about $16,000 each. They also faked pre-departure COVID tests, and were cited for not complying with Canada's requirements for post-arrival testing and accommodations, Fox News reports. In order to travel to Canada, visitors must have...

Berlin Crowds Protest Restrictions Despite Ban

Several groups planned demonstrations, which included clashes with police

(Newser) - Hundreds of people turned out in Berlin on Sunday to protest the German government's anti-coronavirus measures despite a ban on the gatherings, leading to arrests and clashes with police. Local authorities banned several different protests this weekend, including one from the Stuttgart-based Querdenker movement, which expected 22,500 attendees....

Data Show Effectiveness of Vaccines

CDC says numbers demonstrate full doses prevent serious illnesses

(Newser) - Fully vaccinated people can catch the coronavirus, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been saying all along that the COVID-19 vaccines prevent deaths among those patients. The CDC now has released data to back that up, showing that fewer than 0.001% of fully vaccinated people die...

Florida Sees Record 21K COVID Cases

It's the highest one-day total since the pandemic began for the state

(Newser) - Florida reported 21,683 new cases of COVID-19, the state’s highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic, according to federal health data released Saturday. The state has become the new national epicenter for the virus, accounting for around a fifth of all new cases in the US...

Thousands Oppose France&#39;s Virus Pass
French Protest
New Virus Pass
Jul 31, 2021 2:15 PM CDT

French Protest New Virus Pass

Polls show majority support, but opponents are hitting the streets

(Newser) - Thousands of people protested France's special virus pass by marching through Paris and other cities on Saturday. Most demonstrations were peaceful, but some protesters in Paris clashed with riot police, who fired tear gas. Some 3,000 security forces deployed around the capital for a third weekend of protests...

'Sobering' Findings After Partying in Provincetown

Vaccines still keep serious illness at bay, but new CDC report suggests vaxxed can still spread virus

(Newser) - The CDC got more conservative with its face mask guidelines this week, ahead of unpublished research leaked to the Washington Pos t. On Friday, that study was released, and the Post calls its findings "sobering." Per the analysis in its weekly Morbidity and Mortality report , the agency notes...

Australia Brings in Military to Enforce Sydney Lockdown

PM unveils 4-step plan to reopen country

(Newser) - In Australia's biggest city, the fight against a COVID outbreak that spread from an unmasked airport limo driver is not going well. The five-week Sydney lockdown was recently extended for another month and with case numbers remaining stubbornly high, the military is being called in to enforce restrictions, CNN...

Florida Hospitals See Most COVID Cases of Entire Pandemic

'The slope is pretty steep, and we haven’t seen the end of it'

(Newser) - The numbers at two University of Florida hospitals in Jacksonville are stark: a pandemic high of 140 hospitalized COVID patients, up from just 14 five weeks ago, and 90% of them unvaccinated. Doctors say another 5% of patients are partially vaccinated and the others are vaccinated but have "significant...

Leaked CDC Document: The Vaccinated Are Spreading Delta

The document says the COVID-19 variant spreads as easily as chicken pox

(Newser) - A leaked Centers for Disease Control and Prevention document obtained by the Washington Post is quite a bombshell. The internal slide presentation focuses on the need for new messaging around COVID-19 now that the delta variant is surging in the US, and suggests that the variant is so contagious it'...

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