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Zoo Says It's Listed the Animals It Will 'Have to Slaughter First'

Neumünster Zoo is struggling amid the coronavirus

(Newser) - Germany's Neumünster Zoo isn't one you've probably heard of before, but it's making headlines over a jarring coronavirus-related announcement: that it might have to start feeding some of its animals to other ones. And it's not just theoretical. "We've listed the animals...

Liberty University Accused of Profiting Off Pandemic

Student sues in effort to have fees refunded

(Newser) - A new lawsuit accuses Liberty University of profiting off the coronavirus pandemic by offering reduced services while refusing to refund student fees. The class-action suit—filed Monday by "Student A," who opted for anonymity "out of fear of retaliation and harassment"—claims Liberty allowed students to...

A 'Crime Against Humanity:' Trump's WHO Move Slammed

Public health experts blast US president for cutting off health organization in middle of pandemic

(Newser) - President Trump announced Tuesday he was cutting off payments to the World Health Organization for now, accusing the United Nations health agency of promoting Chinese "misinformation" about the coronavirus. Public health experts are lashing out at the US president, with some saying Trump is trying to deflect attention from...

In China, a Critical 6 Days of Silence

President Xi Jinping didn't warn public of virus for nearly a week after initial secret warning

(Newser) - In the six days after top Chinese officials secretly determined they likely were facing a pandemic from a new coronavirus, the city of Wuhan at the epicenter of the disease hosted a mass banquet for tens of thousands of people; millions began traveling through the city for Lunar New Year...

Stimulus Checks Will Have an Unusual Name on Them

A president's name, for the first time ever

(Newser) - If you're among the Americans checking their mailboxes for a stimulus check, the Washington Post reports that yours will be coming to you a little differently than any other IRS disbursement in history: It will bear the words "President Donald J. Trump" on the left-hand side of the...

We Might Be Socially Distancing Until 2022: Experts
We Might Be
Social Distancing
Until 2022: Experts
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Apr 15, 2020 5:00 AM CDT

We Might Be Social Distancing Until 2022: Experts

Harvard researchers lay out a number of coronavirus models

(Newser) - If a coronavirus vaccine fails to become available quickly, social distancing might be here until 2022. That's according to new research published in the journal Science on Tuesday. Researchers from Harvard took what is known about COVID-19 and other coronaviruses and used computer models to simulate various scenarios for...

Horrific Stories Out of Nursing Home Where 45 Have Died

More than 28% of the Richmond facility's residents have died in coronavirus outbreak

(Newser) - Ronald Mitchell worried about his mother’s care at a suburban Richmond nursing home long before she was swept up in one of the nation’s deadliest coronavirus outbreaks . She’s bedbound and susceptible to seizures. A sore on her foot went unnoticed for so long, he said, that it...

Navy Mystery: How Are People Getting Infected on Hospital Ship?

126 medical staff members removed from USNS Mercy after 7 test positive for COVID-19

(Newser) - The Navy has removed 126 medical staff members from its hospital ship docked off Los Angeles after seven of them tested positive for COVID-19, an official said Tuesday. The personnel from the USNS Mercy were taken to a nearby base and remain under quarantine, the AP reports. None so far...

Bad News for Huckabee on His Private Beach

Emergency motion denied, and judge signals lawsuit won't fare much better

(Newser) - Mike Huckabee still can't go to the beach. The former Arkansas governor and other owners of beachfront property near Pensacola, Florida, sued for access to their private beaches , but on Monday, a federal judge denied their emergency motion, NBC News reports. It would have exempted the plaintiffs from the...

Going to a Restaurant Will Look Different in California

Governor outlines tentative plan for how dining out will look when restaurants reopen

(Newser) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday outlined a plan for reopening the state , but he made it clear that even when restaurants are allowed to open their dining rooms again, things won't be the same. The Los Angeles Times reports that new policies will likely include customers having their...

Parents Got the Virus, Thought Son Would Be OK. He Wasn't

Cody Lyster, 21, dies of COVID-19

(Newser) - Cody Lyster, 21, was home from Colorado Mesa University for spring break when his dad, a police officer on a medical campus, got infected with the coronavirus in mid-March. Kevin Lyster kept his distance from the rest of his family, but the Denver Channel reports his wife believes she contracted...

Exclusive Island Buys Coronavirus Tests for All Residents

Fisher Island plan is proving controversial

(Newser) - It's a question on many minds across the US: Have I already been exposed to the coronavirus? Antibody tests can answer just that, but they're difficult to come by ... unless you live on Fisher Island, Fla., an exclusive, private island off Miami that the New York Times says...

NYC Is Now Counting 'Probable' COVID-19 Deaths

Move puts city's death toll above 10K

(Newser) - The official death toll from the coronavirus soared in New York City on Tuesday after officials began including people who probably had COVID-19, but died without ever being tested. City officials reported 3,778 "probable" deaths, where doctors were certain enough of the cause of death to list it...

Trump Cuts Off US Payments to WHO
Trump Cuts Off
US Payments to WHO
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Apr 14, 2020 6:18 PM CDT

Trump Cuts Off US Payments to WHO

He says agency 'severely mismanaged' outbreak

(Newser) - President Trump says the US is halting payments to the World Health Organization while his administration investigates the UN health agency's failure to carry out its "basic duty." In his Tuesday briefing, Trump accused the WHO of "severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the...

Governor Outlines Plan to Reopen California

Newsom says state is looking at 6 factors

(Newser) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he is working on reopening the country's most populous state—but it's not going to happen overnight. At a press conference Tuesday, the governor outlined six factors the state will look at when deciding whether to loosen the stay-at-home order that has been...

McDonald's Branch in China Bans Black People

Africans in China say they are facing harassment, discrimination over COVID-19

(Newser) - McDonald's issued an apology this week after a branch in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou put up a sign declaring that "black people are not allowed to enter the restaurant." African residents of the business hub say they are being targeted over the coronavirus pandemic and...

Jailed Plague Expert Wants to Help Fight Pandemic

Judge denies murder suspect's bail request

(Newser) - An infectious disease expert wants to be let out of a Chicago jail to help fight the coronavirus pandemic—though fellow experts are unlikely to relish the prospect of working alongside a man accused of stabbing his boyfriend until the knife broke . Wyndham Lathem, a former associate professor of microbiology...

Lawyers: Sending Manafort Home Is 'Imperative'

They request move to home confinement for Trump's former campaign manager

(Newser) - Paul Manafort, currently serving a 7.5-year sentence for tax evasion, fraud, and other crimes, wants to go home early—and stay there. Lawyers for President Trump's former campaign chairman have asked the Bureau of Prisons to transfer their client to home confinement because of the coronavirus pandemic, USA ...

Fauci: Daily White House Briefings Are 'Really Draining'

He explains what 'would have really been much better'

(Newser) - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government's top infectious disease expert, said Tuesday the US does not yet have the critical testing and tracing procedures needed to begin reopening the nation's economy, adding a dose of caution to increasingly optimistic projections from the White House. In an interview with the...

Rita Wilson Had 'Extreme Side Effects' From Chloroquine

'I think people have to be very considerate about that drug,' she says

(Newser) - Rita Wilson was given chloroquine, the anti-malarial drug touted by President Trump, while being treated for the coronavirus —but she's not exactly singing its praises. She tells CBS that she suffered worse symptoms than husband Tom Hanks, with chills like she's never had before and a fever...

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