COVID-19

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On Sunday, a Grim COVID Number for Earth

WHO announces highest-ever 24-hour increase in coronavirus infections

(Newser) - On Sunday, the World Health Organization made a grim announcement: The daily rise in new COVID-19 infections was the world's highest ever. There were 307,930 new cases recorded over 24 hours, higher than the record 306,857 reported a week prior, on Sept. 6, the BBC reports. The...

With 200 Meat Plant Workers Dead, the Feds Issue 2 Fines

Critics say it's too little, too late

(Newser) - With meat packers facing high COVID-19 rates , where were the feds? Investigating, it seems. Now regulators have slapped fines on two meatpacking plants and triggered a fresh round of finger-pointing over worker safety amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Washington Post reports. Levied this week, fines against a JBS plant in...

Trump Officials Are Altering CDC Reports on COVID-19

But the CDC is pushing back in fight over COVID-19 data

(Newser) - Another war of words has erupted in Washington—this one over the printed page, Politico reports. Insiders say the health department's political appointees are demanding the right to edit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly COVID-19 updates , but the CDC is pushing back, and the mood...

'Not a Surprise': 2 States Lead in COVID-19 Growth

South Dakota boasts a 17% positivity rate

(Newser) - Coronavirus infections in the Dakotas are growing faster than anywhere else in the nation, fueling impassioned debates over masks and personal freedom after months in which the two states avoided the worst of the pandemic, the AP reports. The argument over masks raged this week in Brookings, South Dakota, as...

Big Vaccine Trial Is Back Despite 'Unwell' Woman

Oxford University's work with AstraZeneca resumes

(Newser) - Oxford University says trials of a coronavirus vaccine that it is developing with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca will resume, days after being paused due to a reported side-effect in a patient in the UK, the AP reports. In a statement, the university said in large trials such as this "it...

Woodward Mounts His 'Deadly Stuff' Defense

The legendary reporter is asked why he didn't inform the public sooner

(Newser) - A revelation in Bob Woodward's new book is coming back to haunt him—but he insists he had his reasons, the Washington Post reports. In Rage, Woodward writes that President Trump called COVID-19 "deadly stuff" back in February but chose not to tell the public because he didn'...

Cop Busts Students for House Party, Makes Stunning Find

Miami University students who hosted gathering had tested positive for COVID-19

(Newser) - It's bad enough a group of college students at Ohio's Miami University hosted a house party over Labor Day weekend, despite the fact that their school has had upward of 1,100 students test positive for COVID-19 since the middle of last month. But what a local cop...

Computer Model Forecasts a 'Very Deadly December'

Along with COVID-19, doctors are also worried about a 'twindemic' of the virus and flu

(Newser) - Dr. Anthony Fauci cautioned Thursday that Americans should prepare to "hunker down" for the fall and winter to keep COVID-19 at bay, and a new computer model is lending weight to that warning. CNN reports that the University of Washington's influential Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation forecast...

UK's Virus Spread Rate Hits Unwanted Threshold

No more than 6 people can gather indoors thanks to rise in 'R number'

(Newser) - If you're in the United Kingdom, don't plan on getting together with more than a half-dozen people at one time in the immediate future. That's because the country is experiencing an uptick in virus cases, leading to the implementation of new laws on social distancing. Per the...

Husband, Wife Die of COVID 4 Minutes Apart

Johnny Lee and Cathy Darlene Peoples were married for 48 years

(Newser) - Johnny Lee Peoples and Cathy Darlene Peoples "walked hand and hand" for 50 years—including out of this life. The North Carolina couple—67 and 65, respectively—died of COVID-19 within minutes of each other at a hospital in Salisbury on Sept. 2, according to a joint obituary . Their...

China Has Notable New Entry in Race for Vaccine

It's the first nasal spray for COVID to proceed to human trials

(Newser) - About three dozen coronavirus vaccine candidates are in human testing around the world, all of them using the standard approach of a needle to deliver an injection. China, however, has just given approval for the first nasal spray to proceed to human trials, reports Bloomberg . One hope is that a...

Fauci: Prepare to &#39;Hunker Down&#39;
Fauci: Prepare
to 'Hunker Down'
Sep 11, 2020 9:12 AM CDT

Fauci: Prepare to 'Hunker Down'

Number of daily coronavirus cases still 'unacceptably high'

(Newser) - We're in for a tough few months, according to the nation's top infectious diseases expert, who on Thursday warned Americans not to underestimate the coronavirus as the weather turns colder. "We need to hunker down and get through this fall and winter because it's not going...

Hundreds of Students Breaking UA's COVID Rules

Student groups also facing discipline at University of Alabama

(Newser) - Hundreds of students and three student organizations have been sanctioned by the University of Alabama for violating its COVID-19 safety guidelines in the midst of an outbreak . A fourth group is facing suspension, reports NBC News . Students must "strictly adhere" to the guidelines issued last month, which promote face...

Trump Responds to Reporter's Accusation: 'I Didn't Lie'

President also calls Bob Woodward a 'whack job' at Michigan campaign rally

(Newser) - President Trump continued on Thursday to defend his interviews with Bob Woodward , whom he had some harsh words for. Earlier in the day, at a White House press conference, Trump snapped at a reporter following up on the Woodward tapes, apparently referencing a recording made in February in which Trump...

NFL Player Charged in COVID Relief Scam

Feds say Josh Bellamy received more than $1.2M in the scheme

(Newser) - Former NFL player Josh Bellamy was arrested and charged Thursday with participating in a scheme to file fraudulent applications for more than $24 million in coronavirus relief funds, authorities said. Bellamy, 31, of St. Petersburg, is charged with wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank...

If You Get Vaccinated, You Should Collect $1K
If You Get Vaccinated,
You Should Collect $1K
OPINION
Sep 10, 2020 4:37 PM CDT

If You Get Vaccinated, You Should Collect $1K

Economists make the case that the incentive is necessary and a wise COVID investment

(Newser) - An economist is backing a provocative idea on a COVID vaccine: Anyone who gets a shot should receive $1,000 from the government. So argues Harvard's N. Gregory Mankiw in a New York Times op-ed. Mankiw is actually writing in support of a proposal first floated by fellow economist...

All but One Senate Republican Votes for COVID Relief Bill

Rand Paul joins Democrats in blocking scaled-down measure

(Newser) - Mitch McConnell's scaled-down COVID relief package was shot down in the Senate on Thursday as expected , though Politico reports that Republican leaders scored at least a symbolic win. All but one GOP senator voted in favor, with Rand Paul the lone exception. That resulted in a 52-47 vote in...

Teacher Deaths Heighten Worries Over COVID

At least 6 since school year began, but transmission not necessarily related to schools

(Newser) - At least six US teachers have died from coronavirus complications since the start of the school year in what the Daily Beast sees as "an ominous sign of what's to come as students return to classrooms across the country." There is no clear evidence, however, that the...

Emails Reveal Attempt to Direct Advice Given by Fauci

HHS official told press team to ensure he didn't recommend masks for children

(Newser) - A Trump administration appointee in the Department of Health and Human Services has been trying to shape what Dr. Anthony Fauci says about the pandemic, according to emails obtained by Politico . In emails to Fauci's National Institutes of Health press team and other officials dated as recently as this...

Teen Suspended for Attending His School's In-Person Classes

It was Maverick Stow's assigned day to be attending remotely

(Newser) - Maverick Stow, a 17-year-old high school senior, thinks students should be attending in-person classes five days a week. So, to protest his New York school's hybrid learning model, Stow went ahead and attended his classes in person on Tuesday—despite that day being his assigned day to attend remotely....

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