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With COVID Cases Filling ICUs, Heart Patient's Family Has Plea

'Please get vaccinated,' Alabama man's obituary says

(Newser) - Ray DeMonia didn't have COVID-19, but it was still the issue. When the 73-year-old Alabama man had a cardiac event on Aug. 23, he needed a cardiac ICU bed. But the ICU beds in hospitals near him were all taken up by COVID-19 patients, AL.com reports. After calls...

Vaccine Passports in the Works for UK
England Drops Plan 
for Vaccine Passports
updated
Sep 12, 2021 10:30 AM CDT

England Drops Plan for Vaccine Passports

Health minister cancels requirement for nightclubs, other large places

(Newser) - Update: England won't require vaccine passports for entry to nightclubs and other large venues after all. Days after the plan was announced, officials sounded cool to it, the BBC reports. A Labor leader said there was confusion about how the passports might work, calling the government's approach "...

This Group Shows &#39;Superhuman&#39; Immunity to COVID
This Group
Shows 'Superhuman'
Immunity to COVID
in case you missed it
Sep 12, 2021 9:15 AM CDT

This Group Shows 'Superhuman' Immunity to COVID

That's those who were infected and later vaccinated, studies show

(Newser) - If you're avoiding a COVID-19 vaccine because you have antibodies from a prior infection, emerging research might just change your mind. Several studies have now shown that at least some people who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 in 2020 and immunized with mRNA vaccines like Pfizer or Moderna this year...

New CDC Research Bolsters Support for COVID Vaccines
Unvaccinated
Far More Likely
to Die of COVID
NEW studies
Sep 10, 2021 2:33 PM CDT

Unvaccinated Far More Likely to Die of COVID

Moderna 'moderately' more effective at preventing hospitalization, but all 3 get thumbs-up overall

(Newser) - President Biden is getting pushback , mostly from GOP circles, on the sweeping vaccine mandates his administration put into place this week, but new CDC research may help nudge the vaccine-hesitant into getting their shots without any further directive. Per the Washington Post , the three new studies published Friday "highlight...

Biden to Angry GOP Governors: 'Have At It'

President dismisses pushback over his vaccine mandates

(Newser) - After Republican governors promised to fight President Biden's sweeping new vaccine mandates , Biden himself had a three-word response: "Have at it." Reporters asked Biden about the backlash Friday morning, notes the Hill . “I am so disappointed that particularly some Republican governors have been so cavalier with...

After Airline's New Penalty, More Workers Get Shots

Delta imposes $200 monthly surcharge on the unvaccinated

(Newser) - Delta Air Lines' push to have unvaccinated workers get the jab appears to be working. Some 20% of the airline's unvaccinated employees have received a coronavirus vaccine in the two weeks since Delta announced that unvaccinated workers who get health insurance through the airline will face a $200 monthly...

GOP Governors on Mandates: We'll Fight 'to the Gates of Hell'

Republican National Committee also vows to sue over vaccine mandates

(Newser) - Republican leaders had a strong reaction to President Biden's announcement of coronavirus vaccine mandates to affect two-thirds of the US workforce: "See you in court," tweeted South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, one of several Republican governors threatening to fight back. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster tweeted "...

ESPN Reporter Steps Down Over Vaccine Mandate

Allison Williams says getting COVID vaccine is 'not in her best interest'

(Newser) - Veteran ESPN reporter Allison Williams says her "heart hurts" at not being on the sidelines for college football for the first time in 15 years—but she has decided to step aside instead of complying with a COVID vaccine mandate. Williams tweeted Wednesday that while her work is extremely...

Biden Scolds 'Distinct Minority of Americans'

President issues a sterner call for the unvaccinated to get the shots

(Newser) - President Biden made his frustration with the unvaccinated and those who encourage them clear Thursday. "We've been patient, but our patience is wearing thin, and your refusal has cost all of us," he said in a speech to the nation from the White House. The president's...

Biden Has New Plans to Take on COVID

Six-step strategy likely to put pressure on the unvaccinated

(Newser) - At the start of summer, President Biden was heralding a season of "freedom" from coronavirus. At its end, he'll unveil a "robust plan to stop the spread of the delta variant and boost covid-19 vaccinations," as daily case numbers and the seven-day average of deaths are...

Tom Brady: I Got COVID After Super Bowl Parade
Tom Brady:
I Had COVID
Sep 6, 2021 7:11 AM CDT

Tom Brady: I Had COVID

Bucs QB says he contracted it after the team's Super Bowl boat parade

(Newser) - Even the mighty Tom Brady got COVID. In an interview with the Tampa Bay Times , Brady said he contracted the virus earlier this year, shortly after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Super Bowl boat parade . (Brady was a little wobbly that day, though not because of COVID. He tweeted a video...

US Plan for Booster Shots Hits a Roadblock

Federal authorities say it may be limited at first only to certain Pfizer recipients

(Newser) - Last month, the White House pushed a plan to start doling out COVID booster shots in September. The new message surfacing: Not so fast. The New York Times reports that the proposal to start administering the extra shots on September 20 will be dramatically scaled back. At best, only people...

North Korea Turns Down the Vaccines It's Offered

Analysts suspect Kim is holding out for Pfizer

(Newser) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered officials to wage a tougher epidemic prevention campaign in "our style" after he turned down some foreign COVID-19 vaccines offered via the UN-backed immunization program. During a Politburo meeting Thursday, Kim said officials must "bear in mind that tightening epidemic prevention...

US to Invest $3B in Vaccine Supply Chain

White House says funding will help increase availability of vaccinations

(Newser) - In an attempt to increase the availability of coronavirus vaccines, the Biden administration announced Thursday a $3 billion investment in the supply chain. The money will help manufacturers add production lines and create jobs, said Jeff Zients, White House coronavirus response coordinator. Past supply chain funding has bought vaccine manufacturing...

Report: US Has Wasted 15M Vaccine Doses Since March

Millions more are nearing expiry date

(Newser) - With many countries around the world crying out for COVID vaccines, the US has wasted a staggering number of them. NBC reports that according to data released this week, state governments and pharmacies have thrown away more than 15 million doses since March 1, and since the data is self-reported...

Study: Vaccines Are 'Doing What They Are Designed to Do'

People with breakthrough infections less likely to be hospitalized or suffer long-haul COVID

(Newser) - The more infectious delta variant has complicated the battle against COVID-19, but vaccines are still doing their job, researchers say. A large study from the UK released Wednesday found that "breakthrough" infections among vaccinated people remain rare, and vaccinated people who do become infected are twice as likely to...

FDA Is Losing 2 of Its Vaccine Leaders

Head of the Office of Vaccines Research and Review and her deputy say they're out

(Newser) - Job openings have been at record levels this summer. Add two more openings to the tally. Two high-profile FDA vaccine regulators will depart the agency this fall, and the New York Times gives two points of context: One, that their exit could throw a wrench into the process of deciding...

NJ Woman Sold Hundreds of Fake Vax Cards for $200 Each

Jasmine Clifford, of Lyndhurst, New Jersey, was charged Tuesday

(Newser) - A New Jersey woman advertising herself on Instagram as the AntiVaxMomma sold about 250 fake COVID-19 vaccination cards at $200 a pop to New York City-area jab dodgers, including people working in hospitals and nursing homes, prosecutors said Tuesday. For an extra $250, a second scammer would then enter a...

Judge: OK, Unvaccinated Mother Can See Child

Chicago judge reverses controversial order

(Newser) - The judge who barred an unvaccinated Chicago mom from seeing her 11-year-old son until she got a COVID shot has reversed that order after the story started making headlines . Rebecca Firlit, who hadn't seen her son since August 10 when the judge's order was issued at a virtual...

Judge Tells Mom She Can't See Son Until She's Vaccinated

Rebecca Firlit hasn't seen her 11-year-old since Aug. 10

(Newser) - Rebecca Firlit showed up to what she thought would be a typical child support hearing via Zoom; the Chicago mom has been divorced for seven years and shares custody of her 11-year-old son. She ended the hearing having lost her visitation rights due to her vaccine status in what the...

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