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Inside California's Nightmarish COVID Surge

State's hospital system could be overwhelmed with coronavirus cases

(Newser) - Hospitals are filling up so fast in California that officials are rolling out mobile field facilities and scrambling to hire more doctors and nurses to prepare for an expected surge in coronavirus patients, the AP reports. Meanwhile California is distributing 5,000 body bags mostly to the hard-hit Los Angeles...

Outbreak at Caribbean Resort Spawns 26 Cases So Far

Previously, Grenada had only seen 45 COVID cases in total

(Newser) - Before this past weekend, Grenada had only recorded 45 coronavirus cases since March. Then, more than half that number was added all at once when an outbreak occurred at a resort on the Caribbean island, the Washington Post reports. So far, 26 cases of COVID-19 have been linked to Sandals...

Kirk Cameron Holds Christmas Carol Protests

Hundreds of maskless attendees throng together, singing

(Newser) - Outspoken conservative evangelical Kirk Cameron is staging Christmas caroling protests in Southern California. As TMZ reports, the first one, held Dec. 6, had more than 500 attendees. The second, held Sunday in a mall parking lot in Thousand Oaks, aimed to have more than that and may have accomplished that...

White House Security Director Reportedly Lost Leg in COVID Fight

According to a GoFundMe campaign for Crede Bailey and his family

(Newser) - The director of the White House's security office reportedly lost his lower right leg, along with a toe on his other foot, to COVID-19. That's according to a GoFundMe campaign set up by a family friend for Crede Bailey, whose coronavirus diagnosis was first reported back in October....

Fauci: These 2 Should Get Their Shots Now

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

(Newser) - Dr. Anthony Fauci thinks two people in particular should skip to the front of the line for a coronavirus vaccination: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. "For security reasons, I really feel strongly that we should get them vaccinated as soon as we possibly can," he said on Good ...

New Test Can Provide Results in 20 Minutes

FDA approves kit that requires no prescription and connects to app

(Newser) - The first home test for COVID-19 that doesn't require a prescription will soon be on US store shelves. Regulators on Tuesday authorized the rapid coronavirus test, which can be done entirely at home. The announcement by the Food and Drug Administration represents another important—though incremental—step in efforts...

Bad News: The &#39;Clauses&#39; Have COVID
Bad News:
The 'Clauses'
Have COVID
Dec 15, 2020 12:29 PM CST

Bad News: The 'Clauses' Have COVID

Santa at Georgia parade and his 'wife' tested positive, may have exposed dozens of kids

(Newser) - You might want to leave some Purell out with the milk and cookies and go to bed wearing your mask on Christmas Eve, because Santa's got COVID. Well, not the real Santa, but the actor who played him at two holiday events in Ludowici, Ga., as well as the...

Here Comes Vaccine No. 2
Here Comes
Vaccine No. 2
Dec 15, 2020 7:43 AM CST

Here Comes Vaccine No. 2

Moderna's candidate clears first FDA hurdle, could be approved by end of the week

(Newser) - The Pfizer vaccine is already happily being doled out. And now Moderna's may join it within a week, reports the Washington Post . Like Pfizer's, it was found to be highly effective , around 94%, in clinical trials. On Tuesday, a panel of FDA scientists confirmed the accuracy of those...

After COVID Vaccine's Arrival, Hospital's 'Rare Moment' of Joy

Staff at Boston Medical Center bust out the dance moves to Lizzo's 'Good as Hell'

(Newser) - Boston Medical Center was one of the first hospitals in Massachusetts to receive a shipment of the coronavirus vaccine Monday, and the 1,950 doses will start to be divvied out to front-line health care workers starting Wednesday, NBC Boston reports. After the delivery was made, however, something else happened:...

For First Time, a Wild Animal Found to Have Coronavirus

Wild mink in Utah found to be infected

(Newser) - Minks in Denmark have been a big problem during the pandemic, and 15,000 farmed minks have been killed by the coronavirus in the US so far. Now, the Department of Agriculture announced Monday that a wild mink in Utah has been found to have the coronavirus—the first confirmed...

Honduras Struggles for Relief After Ravaging by Hurricanes

With thousands living in shelters, COVID-19 fears build

(Newser) - Nearly a month after being hit by the second of two November hurricanes, Honduras is struggling with the widespread loss of homes, farms, businesses, schools, roads, and bridges. Many are without power and clean water. People are still being rescued by boat, NPR reports, and cities are swamped by mudslides...

US COVID Deaths Top 300K
US COVID Deaths Top 300K
Dec 14, 2020 4:09 PM CST

US COVID Deaths Top 300K

'The numbers are staggering'

(Newser) - The US death toll from the coronavirus topped 300,000 Monday just as the country began dispensing COVID-19 shots in a monumental campaign to conquer the outbreak. The number of dead rivals the population of St. Louis or Pittsburgh, the AP reports. It is equivalent to repeating a tragedy on...

This Long-Awaited Moment Arrives in US

First doses of COVID vaccine are administered

(Newser) - It's a big moment in the COVID fight: The first doses of a vaccine have been administered in the US. "I feel hopeful today. Relieved," ICU nurse Sandra Lindsay tells the AP after getting her shot at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York. She was...

Trump Backtracks on WH Staffers Getting Vaccinated

President says White House staffers won't cut the line, 'unless specifically necessary'

(Newser) - Nationwide distribution of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine kicked off Sunday as trucks carrying millions of doses rolled out of a Michigan manufacturing site. Health care workers and nursing home residents are set to be first in line to get vaccinated, but after that it could be a "messy" prioritization...

There Are Sure to Be Problems With Vaccine Rollout

CNN runs down what they are

(Newser) - The first trucks carrying the COVID-19 vaccine just left a Michigan manufacturing facility Sunday, and yet the vaccine's rollout is already, per CNN , "messy." Vaccinations will likely start Monday, but it will be months before most people can get one; Operation Warp Speed's chief adviser anticipated...

Basketball Star Collapses Face-First

Keyontae Johnson had just dunked the ball and celebrated

(Newser) - Alley-oop, celebrate ... and collapse. Florida Gators basketball star Keyontae Johnson fell face-first on the court Saturday after his team had broken a huddle, TMZ reports. His teammates shouted for help and Johnson was taken away on a stretcher to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, where he's in critical but stable condition....

First COVID Vaccines Heading to a City Near You (Maybe)

The first shipments of Pfizer’s vaccine will be staggered

(Newser) - The first trucks carrying a COVID-19 vaccine for widespread use in the United States pulled out of a Michigan manufacturing facility Sunday, with the shots that are critical to stopping the nation’s coronavirus outbreak destined to reach states a day later. Per the AP , shipments of the Pfizer vaccine...

ER Doctor: My Honesty About COVID Got Me Fired

Cleavon Gilman tweeted about what he saw in Arizona

(Newser) - An Arizona ER doctor says he got fired after tweeting his frustration over hospital conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Guardian reports. "Just got to work and was notified there are no more ICU beds in the state of Arizona," Cleavon Gilman tweeted in November about the Yuma...

Country&#39;s First Black Superstar Dead at 86
COVID Kills
Country's First
Black Superstar
updated
Dec 12, 2020 3:10 PM CST

COVID Kills Country's First Black Superstar

Charley Pride was 86

(Newser) - Charley Pride, country music’s first Black star whose rich baritone on such hits as “Kiss an Angel Good Morning” helped sell millions of records and made him the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died. He was 86, the AP reports. Pride died...

He Broke Quarantine for 8 Seconds. Now, a $3.5K Fine
He Broke Quarantine for
8 Seconds. Now, a $3.5K Fine
in case you missed it
Dec 12, 2020 2:40 PM CST

He Broke Quarantine for 8 Seconds. Now, a $3.5K Fine

Taiwan isn't messing around when it comes to this safety protocol

(Newser) - Taiwan has had only about 700 cases and only seven deaths from the coronavirus, per Johns Hopkins University , and it intends to keep it that way. That's why the island nation is so strict with its quarantine protocols, as one man recently found out. The Filipino migrant worker was...

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