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Andrew Cuomo's COVID Task Force Is Under Investigation

As criticism of New York governor's handling of coronavirus pandemic mounts

(Newser) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's COVID controversy has erupted into a full-blown probe. The FBI and the US Attorney's Office in Brooklyn are investigating his coronavirus task force, sources tell the Albany Times-Union . The investigation focuses, at least partially, on how the task force handled nursing homes and...

DHS Seizes 11 Million Counterfeit N95 Masks
11M Counterfeit
N95 Masks Seized
Feb 17, 2021 5:25 PM CST

11M Counterfeit N95 Masks Seized

More 'enforcement actions' are expected in the coming weeks

(Newser) - The DHS announced Wednesday that it has seized more than 11 million counterfeit 3M N95 masks during raids over the past few weeks, CNBC reports. The masks were meant for frontline workers, per the Washington Post . "That individuals, criminals exploit our vulnerabilities for a quick buck is something that...

Israel Has Kept Vaccines From Palestinians—Until Now

There are only 2K doses of Sputnik V vaccine for Gaza Strip, a territory of 2 million Palestinians

(Newser) - Israel allowed the Palestinian Authority to deliver the first coronavirus vaccines to the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, despite objections from Israeli lawmakers who suggested they be used as a bargaining chip for the release of captives held by the territory's militant Hamas rulers. Israel has faced international criticism for...

Calling All Volunteers Willing to Be Exposed to COVID

In a world first, UK to start exposing humans to coronavirus to study how the infection spreads

(Newser) - British regulators have approved the world's first coronavirus human challenge trial, in which volunteers will be deliberately exposed to the virus to study how infection spreads. The government said Wednesday that the UK's clinical trials ethics regulator has approved the trial and it will start within a month....

New York Sues Amazon Over Alleged COVID Shortcomings
New York Sues Amazon Over
'Deficient' COVID Response
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Feb 17, 2021 6:35 AM CST

New York Sues Amazon Over 'Deficient' COVID Response

Suit filed by AG Letitia James also alleges it retaliated against an NYC worker

(Newser) - "Amazon's extreme profits and exponential growth rate came at the expense of the lives, health, and safety of its frontline workers." So claims a lawsuit filed against the company by the state of New York, which alleges Amazon both failed to put in place COVID safeguards for...

Biden Offers to Stay After Town Hall to Help Worried Mom

Plus more from the Tuesday night event

(Newser) - Joe Biden wrapped up his first town hall since becoming president Tuesday night, and the evening got pretty personal for one attendee of the event in Milwaukee, Wis. The woman asked a question about her 19-year-old son, who was diagnosed with pediatric chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at 14 and...

Study: 2 Shots of Pfizer Are 'Incredibly Effective'

But health officials report worrisome numbers on South Africa variant

(Newser) - Israel, which got off to a quick start in vaccinating its citizens, has now seen the benefits documented. Among 600,000 people who received both doses of the Pfizer vaccine, symptomatic cases have dropped 94%, a study shows. And that group was 92% less likely to develop severe COVID-19 illness,...

South Korea Has New Accusation Against North Korea

It says its neighbor tried to hack Pfizer; no word on whether the attack was successful

(Newser) - The North Korean regime tried to hack US drugmaker Pfizer in an effort to steal information on the company's coronavirus vaccine, according to South Korea's National Intelligence Service. Lawmakers were briefed on the findings during a closed-door session of the National Assembly's intelligence committee on Tuesday, per...

Cuomo: There Was No COVID Cover-Up
Cuomo: There Was No
COVID Cover-Up
Feb 16, 2021 12:31 AM CST

Cuomo: There Was No COVID Cover-Up

Says state should have released information on nursing home deaths more quickly

(Newser) - Under fire over his management of the coronavirus' lethal path through New York’s nursing homes, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday the state didn't cover up deaths but should have moved faster to release some information sought by lawmakers, the public, and the press. “All the deaths in...

WHO Grants Emergency Authorization to Vaccine

Hundreds of millions of AstraZeneca doses will be shipped to countries in COVAX program

(Newser) - The World Health Organization has granted an emergency authorization to AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine, a move that should allow the UN agency's partners to ship millions of doses to countries worldwide as part of a UN-backed program to tame the pandemic. In a statement Monday, the WHO said it...

Not 'a Single Dose' of Vaccine in 130 Nations

Wealthy countries are scooping up doses, creating health and ethical conundrums

(Newser) - As good news continues to trickle in about coronavirus efforts in the US, including a reported deal by the Biden administration that snagged 200 million more doses for Americans, things aren't progressing as well in many parts of the world. In fact, UNICEF says that 130 countries have "...

Daily US COVID Cases Hit a Number Not Seen Since November

And that's good news: The daily average dropped below 100K

(Newser) - Average daily new coronavirus cases in the United States dipped below 100,000 in recent days for the first time in months, but experts cautioned Sunday that infections remain high and precautions to slow the pandemic must remain in place. The seven-day rolling average of new infections was well above...

New Zealand City on Lockdown as Family Tests Positive for COVID

It's not clear how 3 people in Auckland got the coronavirus

(Newser) - New Zealand has instituted a lockdown for the first time since August after three members of an Auckland family tested positive for the coronavirus. It's not clear how the parents and their teenage daughter contracted COVID-19, the first case of apparent community spread in the country in months, but...

COVID Likely Killed White Tiger Cubs

They died at a Pakistani zoo

(Newser) - Officials at a Pakistani zoo believe COVID-19 has claimed the lives of two white tiger cubs. The 11-week-old cubs died at the Lahore Zoo on Jan. 30, Reuters reports, four days after beginning treatment for presumed cases of feline panleukopenia virus, which, per the Washington Post , is a “fairly...

Forget &#39;Pandemic,&#39; Start Thinking &#39;Endemic&#39;
Forget 'Pandemic,'
Start Thinking 'Endemic'
in case you missed it
Feb 13, 2021 5:30 PM CST

Forget 'Pandemic,' Start Thinking 'Endemic'

COVID may be with us permanently, like the flu, reports the Wall Street Journal

(Newser) - Everyone's gotten familiar with the word "pandemic" in the last year. Now, the Wall Street Journal reports that we'll likely have to shift our thinking on COVID to use "endemic" instead. Meaning, the virus could be with us in some fashion for years or perhaps permanently,...

Oxford Vaccine Headed for Kids' Arms

Young volunteers being sought for Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine testing

(Newser) - The University of Oxford plans to test its COVID-19 vaccine in children for the first time, becoming the latest vaccine developer to assess whether its coronavirus shot is effective in young people. The trial announced Saturday seeks to recruit 300 volunteers between the ages of 6 and 17, with up...

Cuomo in Hot Seat After Leaked Call on Nursing Home Stats

Aide Melissa DeRosa admitted to Dem lawmakers 'we froze' on divulging accurate numbers

(Newser) - A leaked call has put New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's team in the hot seat, after one of his top aides told Democratic lawmakers that stats for nursing home deaths from COVID were held back to avoid political attacks from the Trump administration. The New York Post first reported...

Report: Trump Was Sicker With COVID Than We Knew

Officials thought he would have to be put on ventilator

(Newser) - When Donald Trump was hospitalized with COVID-19 in October, he was a lot sicker than officials were willing to disclose, the New York Times reports, citing "four people familiar with his condition." The sources say the then-president had blood oxygen levels in the 80s—well beyond the low-90s...

'The Game Has Changed. This Thing Is Not the 2020 Virus'

Melbourne, Australia, began its third lockdown on Friday

(Newser) - Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city, will begin its third lockdown on Friday due to a rapidly spreading COVID-19 cluster. The five-day lockdown will be enforced across Victoria state to prevent the virus spreading from the state capital, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said. The Australian Open tennis tournament will be allowed...

Fauci Sees &#39;Open Season&#39; for Vaccines by April
Fauci Sees 'Open Season'
for Vaccines by April
the rundown
Feb 11, 2021 11:27 AM CST

Fauci Sees 'Open Season' for Vaccines by April

He also thinks vaccines for children should be ready by September

(Newser) - COVID vaccinations might be available for children for the start of the next school year in September, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci. In an interview with ProPublica , Fauci says clinical trials are about to start for teens, and those trials will gradually phase in lower age groups. "I would...

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