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These Americans Will Get a Vaccine First
These Americans Will 
Get a Vaccine First
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Sep 6, 2020 10:10 AM CDT

These Americans Will Get a Vaccine First

In hypothetical plan, CDC lays out guidelines on distribution, to start as early as next month

(Newser) - Public health officials across the country have been told to prepare to distribute a coronavirus vaccine as soon as late October—though the CDC says this is just a hypothetical. In documents sent to health authorities in all states and territories, as well as five major cities (New York, Chicago,...

College Boots 11 Freshmen, Says Refunds Won't Happen

Northeastern U students violated COVID policies

(Newser) - Northeastern University has dismissed 11 freshman students for the fall semester for violating campus social distancing guidelines after they were discovered in the same hotel room, per the AP . And it gets worse for them: The school says the students are not eligible to get a refund of the estimated...

Wedding Reception Leads to 147 Infections, 3 Deaths

The CDC says it is still tracing cases to the Maine event

(Newser) - A wedding reception in Maine has apparently triggered at least 147 cases of COVID-19, including three deaths—a spreading of the virus that one health official likens to "a giant tube of glitter." The CDC says the August 7 event in Millinocket spread the disease to a prison...

Outside Analysis Sees Promise, Few Risks in Russian Vaccine

The Lancet publishes data showing antibodies were generated with mostly mild side effects

(Newser) - Experts have been skeptical about Russia's quick approval of a COVID-19 vaccine, but a bit of early validation has arrived. The Lancet published data Friday indicating that subjects given the vaccine developed antibodies to the coronavirus in phases 1 and 2 of testing. Antibody levels were at least what...

Thanks to COVID, a Living Situation Not Seen Since Great Depression

More than half of young American adults are living with one or both of their parents

(Newser) - Not since the beginning of World War II have there been so many young adults shacking up with their parents—and COVID-19 is to blame. Per a Pew Research Center analysis of monthly Census Bureau stats, 24.2 million young adults ages 18 to 29—47% of that US demographic—...

COVID Model Has a Frightening Projection

It sees 410K deaths in US by Jan. 1, even more if we move more toward herd immunity

(Newser) - The US has counted more than 186,000 coronavirus-related deaths. By the end of the year, it might count 224,000 more, according to an updated model from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, reports the Washington Post . The 410,451 deaths by Jan....

At Colleges Across the Nation, 'the Experiment Is Faltering'

Lockdowns, disciplinary measures are what schools are contending with as virus numbers rise

(Newser) - College students and their parents kept their fingers crossed as higher-education institutions across the nation opened up over the past few weeks for the fall semester, hoping that school safety measures would keep COVID-19 at bay and allow students to approach some sense of academic normalcy. But, as Pilar Melendez...

Penn State Clarifies Alarming Claim on Athlete Health

Team doctor said a third of athletes had heart issue after recovering from virus

(Newser) - Penn State's director of athletic medicine has apologized for causing "confusion" with an alarming claim about athletes who have recovered from COVID-19. Dr. Wayne Sebastianelli, who is also the Penn State football team's doctor, said earlier this week that around a third of Big Ten athletes who...

Welcome to the 'Restaurant of Tomorrow'

Burger King releases redesign for 'COVID world' that focuses on drive-thru, pickup options

(Newser) - The fast-food industry has been faring somewhat better during the pandemic than the restaurant industry as a whole, but a newly released redesign by a casual-dining giant shows just how much the coronavirus era has changed the way we grab a quick bite. Burger King has debuted its plans for...

Berlusconi Hospitalized With COVID-19

Aide says 83-year-old is in for 'monitoring'

(Newser) - Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, who has a history of heart and other medical problems, was admitted to a Milan hospital early Friday as a precaution to monitor his coronavirus infection, a top aide said. Sen. Lucia Ronzulli told RAI state TV Friday morning that the media mogul, 83, who...

Washington Man's COVID Bill Was Seven Figures

Though he says he only had to pay about $3K of that

(Newser) - One of the first COVID-19 patients in the US, Michael Flor of Seattle spent 62 days in the hospital and two weeks in a rehab facility—then returned home to a $1.1 million medical bill. There were thousands of charges on the 181-page bill, he tells KOMO News . An...

NZ Has First COVID Death in 3 Months

Man in his 50s is country's youngest victim

(Newser) - New Zealand reported its first death from the coronavirus in more than three months on Friday. Health authorities said a man in his 50s died at an Auckland hospital where he was being treated for the virus following a small outbreak in the city that began last month, the AP...

Source: Robert Pattinson Has COVID-19
The Batman
Filming Halted
Sep 4, 2020 12:32 AM CDT

The Batman Filming Halted

Source says it's because Robert Pattinson has COVID-19

(Newser) - Robert Pattinson had resumed shooting The Batman just three days prior when the actor tested positive for the coronavirus, a "highly placed" anonymous source tells Vanity Fair . Warner Bros. has not confirmed the news, but the studio issued a statement saying, "A member of The Batman production has...

A Top Doctor's Advice: Mask Up During Sex

The advice out of Canada applies to those with new lovers

(Newser) - Canada's top doctor has some advice that might not go over well with everyone: Dr. Theresa Tam says people should wear a mask during sex as the pandemic continues, reports CTV News . To be clear, Tam isn't talking about relations between husbands and wives or regular, live-in partners....

For Cops, COVID Is Deadlier Than Criminals

Statistics back up Biden's claim that more cops have died from COVID than on patrol

(Newser) - After Joe Biden said earlier this week that "more cops have died from COVID this year than have been killed on patrol," the Washington Post investigated the claim—and found it to be true. According to the Officer Down Memorial Page and the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial...

Why Nancy Pelosi Isn't Apologizing for Salon Visit

She calls it a 'setup,' says salon should apologize to her

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi isn't apologizing for her visit to a shuttered San Francisco hair salon , but the House speaker is accepting responsibility ... for falling for what she calls a setup. "I take responsibility for trusting the word of the neighborhood salon that I’ve been to over the years...

Fauci Has New Warning for Colleges on COVID

Don't send students home if there's an outbreak

(Newser) - As COVID-19 outbreaks crop up at college campuses across the country, some schools are reverting to online classes and, in some cases, even sending students back home. Dr. Anthony Fauci's strongly worded advice to schools on that latter move: Don't do it, per NBC News . "It's...

COVID Death Has Now Been Linked to Sturgis

Motorcycle rally drew more than 400K to South Dakota

(Newser) - Coronavirus cases linked to a huge South Dakota motorcycle rally have slowly been trickling in, and now the first COVID-19 death has been linked to the rally. More than 400,000 attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally between Aug. 7 and Aug. 16, and so far at least 260 cases in...

Supercomputer Triggers COVID-19 &#39;Eureka Moment&#39;
Supercomputer Triggers
COVID-19 'Eureka Moment'
new paper
Sep 2, 2020 7:15 PM CDT

Supercomputer Triggers COVID-19 'Eureka Moment'

Data from the Summit supercomputer might explain the coronavirus

(Newser) - Heard of the "bradykinin hypothesis"? It might just explain COVID-19's odd array of symptoms. That's according to a recent paper based on data crunched by a supercomputer in Tennessee, Medium reports. Earlier this year, the Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory analyzed 17,000 genetic...

Biden to Trump: This Is All Your Fault

The Democratic candidate slams Trump's response to COVID-19

(Newser) - Joe Biden made headlines Wednesday by criticizing President Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the Hill reports. "Let me be clear, if President Trump and his administration had done their jobs early on with this crisis, American schools would be open, and they’d be open safely,"...

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