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Footnote in Vaccine News Credits a Familiar Face

Dolly Parton's $1M donation to Vanderbilt helped fund Moderna's vaccine

(Newser) - Everyone was so excited by the New England Journal of Medicine's announcement that Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine was shown to be 94.5% effective that many missed the footnote giving partial credit to a country music superstar. Back in April, Dolly Parton donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University Medical...

Minorities Disproportionately Hospitalized With COVID: CDC

Black, Hispanic, Native Americans hospitalized at 4 times the rate of non-Hispanic whites

(Newser) - Minorities continue to be hit especially hard by the coronavirus, with hospitalizations at four times the rate of white people over eight months, according to the CDC . There were 70,825 hospitalizations reported to the CDC from March 1 to Nov. 7, reports CNN , and the age-adjusted hospitalization rate for...

Mississippi Health Official Has a Stark Holiday Warning

Have big Thanksgiving dinners with loved ones, 'and then death,' Dobbs says amid COVID surge

(Newser) - Mississippi's top health official delivered dire news last week about the state's COVID-19 status, noting the "severe surge" that's been stressing its health care system, with very few beds left in ICUs around the state. "Our fall surge is going in very much the wrong...

Governor Pulls 'Emergency Brake' on California

Gavin Newsom brings reopening to a screeching halt in many counties

(Newser) - Cailfornia on Monday became the latest state to reimpose sweeping restrictions amid a resurgence of the coronavirus. Gov. Gavin Newsom pulled what officials called the state's "emergency brake," mandating that 41 of the state's 58 counties would be placed in California's strictest "purple" tier...

How North Dakota's COVID Outbreak Became Worst in US

State underestimated the dangers before cases surged

(Newser) - With coronavirus cases surging in almost every state, North Dakota ranks first in coronavirus cases and deaths per capita—and has for most of the last two months. Experts tell the Pioneer Press that the state's COVID outbreak became the worst in the nation after initial success controlling the...

Moderna&#39;s Vaccine May Have Key Edge Over Pfizer&#39;s
Moderna's Vaccine May Have
Key Edge Over Pfizer's
The rundown
Nov 16, 2020 12:52 PM CST

Moderna's Vaccine May Have Key Edge Over Pfizer's

It can be stored more easily in standard refrigerators

(Newser) - Monday morning brought more hopeful news about a coronavirus vaccine , this time from Moderna. The company announced that its candidate, still in late-stage trials, appears to be 94.5% effective. That's even better than the 90% rate reported by Pfizer last week. Related coverage:
  • First doses: Moderna is on
...

Biden Team Pushes a New Theme on COVID

Think 'dimmer switch,' not on-off switch, when it comes to restrictions

(Newser) - Last week, a member of Joe Biden's COVID advisory team caused a little controversy by talking about the idea of a national lockdown of six weeks. Now, however, it seems Biden's advisers are not only united in walking back that idea but in how to describe an alternative...

Biden, Trump Respond to Vaccine News

President wants the record to show it came under his watch

(Newser) - Both President Trump and Joe Biden were happy to hear good news about a second possible coronavirus vaccine Monday morning:
  • Trump: "Another Vaccine just announced," he tweeted . "This time by Moderna, 95% effective. For those great 'historians', please remember that these great discoveries, which will end
...

Lawyers for Death Row Inmate: We Got COVID Due to Bill Barr

Lisa Montgomery's attorneys: Surprise execution date set during pandemic forced us to travel

(Newser) - Two attorneys for a female death-row inmate are blasting Attorney General Bill Barr, saying they contracted COVID-19 because he "recklessly" put their client's execution on the calendar for next month, all while the pandemic is still raging. In a lawsuit filed on behalf of Lisa Montgomery against the...

Michigan Governor Responds to Trump Adviser's Criticism

Whitmer says she will not 'be bullied' after announcing new COVID restrictions

(Newser) - "I'm not going to be bullied." That's the response of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer after one of President Trump's COVID advisers delivered a very public rebuke of new restrictions in her state. "We know that the White House likes to single us out here...

Dow Sees a Jump After Vaccine News
Vaccine News Has
Dow Jumping Again
Nov 16, 2020 8:45 AM CST

Vaccine News Has Dow Jumping Again

Index is up more than 300

(Newser) - The stock market rose last week when Pfizer reported good news about its COVID vaccine. This week is starting out in similar fashion in the wake of Moderna's hopeful vaccine announcement , reports CNBC . The Dow jumped about 350 points, or 1%, to more than 29,800 in the opening...

Trump COVID Adviser: 'Rise Up' Against New Mandates

Scott Atlas not happy with Michigan's coronavirus measures

(Newser) - Michigan is among a number of states that have recently imposed new restrictions as COVID-19 cases surged, and President Trump's controversial coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas was not having it. "The only way this stops is if people rise up. You get what you accept. #FreedomMatters #StepUp," Atlas...

Boris Johnson Under Quarantine Again

UK PM, who's already had COVID, is 'fit as a butcher's dog' after meeting MP who's now sick

(Newser) - It's a key week for the UK's Brexit negotiations with Europe, but one of the most important players now won't be able to attend in person. CNBC reports that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is once again in quarantine after he was informed he'd come into...

R&B Singer Jeremih Has COVID, Prognosis 'Bleak'

The 33-year-old is said to be on a ventilator

(Newser) - A young R&B singer is reportedly fighting for his life in the ICU, battling COVID-19. TMZ reports that sources say Jeremih, 33, is on a ventilator and his prognosis is "bleak." Vulture notes other big names in the music industry are asking for prayers for the Chicago-based...

US Cases Hit 11M, but the Last 6 Days? Whoa.

Here are the numbers after 300 days

(Newser) - More than 11 million cases of the coronavirus have now been reported in the US, with the most recent million coming in less than a week. Johns Hopkins University's coronavirus tracker reached 11 million on Sunday, the AP reports. It had topped 10 million cases on Nov. 9. It...

Biden People Reach Out to Vaccine Manufacturers

'It would be better if we could start working with them'

(Newser) - Joe Biden's scientific advisers will meet with vaccine makers in coming days as the presidential transition remains stalled because of President Trump's refusal to acknowledge that he lost the election, the AP reports. That delayed handoff is especially problematic during a public health crisis, the government's top...

'I Don't Know It': Mom With Dementia Plays Beethoven

For Elaine Lebar, 92, 'life makes sense' at the piano

(Newser) - Elaine Lebar may have dementia, but she still knows her way around a keyboard—and hasn't forgotten the third movement of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata," TMZ reports. A video of the 92-year-old playing the piece recently became a hit on TikTok. "I don't know it,...

Fauci Sets Possible Date for Return to &#39;Normal&#39;
Fauci Sets
Possible Date
for Return
to 'Normal'
sunday talk shows
Nov 15, 2020 12:30 PM CST

Fauci Sets Possible Date for Return to 'Normal'

And more around the Sunday dial

(Newser) - Anthony Fauci is talking like he's caught a glimpse of the end of the pandemic tunnel, CNN reports. The infectious-disease expert said Sunday on State of the Union that America might start getting back to "relative normal" by as early as April 2021—if, that is, the newly...

Protesters Demand Masses Resume
Protesters:
'We Want Mass'
Nov 15, 2020 10:30 AM CST

Protesters: 'We Want Mass'

France allows church visits but no services during partial lockdown

(Newser) - With banners reading "Let us Pray" and "We Want Mass," Catholic protesters held scattered demonstrations around France on Sunday to demand that authorities relax virus lockdown measures to allow religious services. In the western city of Nantes, hundreds gathered in front of a statue of the Virgin...

Fire Destroys COVID ICU, Kills 10
Fire Destroys
COVID ICU, Kills 10
Nov 15, 2020 9:06 AM CST

Fire Destroys COVID ICU, Kills 10

At least 10 others are injured in Romania hospital

(Newser) - A fire at a hospital treating COVID-19 patients in northeastern Romania killed 10 people Saturday and injured 10 others, seven of them critically, reports the AP . Prosecutors quickly opened a criminal investigation. The blaze spread through the intensive care ward designated for COVID-19 patients at the public hospital in the...

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