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Pence Sends 'Love and Prayers' to Trump

With president in quarantine, VP may have to step in for some duties

(Newser) - Mike Pence sent warm wishes to President Trump early Friday after the president announced that he and Melania Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus . "Karen and I send our love and prayers to our dear friends President and Melanie Trump," the vice president tweeted . "We join...

Trump, First Lady Test Positive for Coronavirus

'We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately,' the president says

(Newser) - President Trump said Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, just a month before the presidential election and after having spent much of the last year largely downplaying the threat of the virus, the AP reports. Trump's positive test came just hours...

Top Trump Aide Has Coronavirus
Hope Hicks
Tests Positive
Oct 1, 2020 8:57 PM CDT

Hope Hicks Tests Positive

Aide has traveled with the president several times this week

(Newser) - One of President Trump's top aides has tested positive for the coronavirus. Hope Hicks, 31, traveled with the president as recently as Wednesday on Air Force One. She went to Cleveland with him for the presidential debate Tuesday, the Washington Post reports. Hicks was photographed without a mask getting...

Wisconsin Trump Rally Moves From Red Zone

Local officials had complained, though campaign says that didn't prompt the decision

(Newser) - One of President Trump's Wisconsin rallies scheduled for this weekend has been moved after local officials raised concerns about the event, given that the White House Coronavirus Task Force has labeled the area a red zone. The Trump campaign said the rally was moved from La Crosse because of...

Amazon Gives First Data on Coronavirus Toll

Nearly 20K workers contracted the virus, company says

(Newser) - Under pressure for not releasing its toll sooner, Amazon said Thursday that almost 20,000 of its front-line employees contracted the coronavirus. That's out of about 1.37 million front-line employees of Amazon and Whole Foods Market in the US, CNBC reports—1.44%. The data is for confirmed...

Carnival Cancels Most US Cruises for 2020

CDC has reports of 3,600 coronavirus cases on US cruises

(Newser) - Carnival Cruise Line is canceling most US sailings through the end of this year, the latest sign that the cruise industry's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic could still be many months away. The company said Thursday it is canceling sailings from all ports except its home ports of Miami...

Seattle Patient Has Second COVID Infection

Case is only the third confirmed in the world

(Newser) - For only the third time worldwide, a COVID-19 survivor has come down with a second infection of the coronavirus. The person, who is in their 60s, was hospitalized after the first infection, then was living in a nursing facility, KIRO reports. More than four months later, the patient developed mild...

Moderna Updates Its Coronavirus Vaccine Timeline

Not the kind of update you want to hear

(Newser) - Moderna has updated the world on the timeline for its coronavirus vaccine, and as far as the general population is concerned, we're looking at spring. CBS News reports that on Wednesday, CEO Stephane Bancel said the soonest the company might seek emergency authorization for the vaccine, which would give...

Putin Takes Extreme Steps to Live in Virus-Free 'Cocoon'

Anybody who meets him must quarantine first

(Newser) - The "Putin tunnel" might someday join "Potemkin village" in the lexicon. Russian President Vladimir Putin has had movable disinfectant tunnels installed at the Kremlin and his residence outside Moscow and has retreated into an "intricate cocoon of social distancing" while allowing life for ordinary Russians to largely...

Mass Layoffs at Airlines: 'It Didn't Have to Be This Way'

Tens of thousands of furloughs at American, United after deadline for Congress deal passes

(Newser) - Nineteen thousand workers at American Airlines and 13,000 at United are getting bad news this week, and they may not be the only ones. The Wall Street Journal reports the two airlines are laying off tens of thousands of employees after Congress was unable to OK a coronavirus relief...

Pelosi and Mnuchin: Turning the Tide?

Mnuchin says 'we made a lot of progress'

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin held an "extensive conversation" Wednesday on a huge COVID-19 rescue package, meeting face to face for the first time in more than a month in a last-ditch effort to seal a tentative accord on an additional round of coronavirus relief, the AP...

COVID Causes First NFL Postponement
NFL: We Can't Let
This Game Happen
Sep 30, 2020 6:20 PM CDT

NFL: We Can't Let This Game Happen

Titans-Steelers game has been pushed back

(Newser) - The first coronavirus outbreak in the NFL has caused the league's first postponement of the pandemic. The league announced Wednesday that Sunday's Pittsburgh Steelers-Tennessee Titans game in Nashville will be delayed, although probably only until Monday or Tuesday, NBC reports. Three players and five personnel tested positive for...

The Coronavirus Turns Up in Lake Water
Weird Coronavirus Find
Turns Up in Lake Water
new research
Sep 30, 2020 5:30 PM CDT

Weird Coronavirus Find Turns Up in Lake Water

A University of Minnesota professor calls it 'very interesting'

(Newser) - A Minnesota professor has discovered the coronavirus in lake water—apparently the first such such find during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pioneer Press reports. Richard Melvin of the University of Minnesota Medical School says he stumbled on SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, in samples culled from eight beaches along Lake Superior...

Report: White House to Ignore CDC on Cruise Ships

Sources say no-sail order will be lifted Oct. 31

(Newser) - Cruise ships are going to start sailing again on the timeline favored by the cruise industry, not the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, insiders say. Sources tell Axios and the New York Times that CDC chief Dr. Robert Redfield was overruled at a coronavirus task force meeting this week...

Neanderthal Genes Are COVID Risk Factor
People With Neanderthal
Genes Hit Harder by COVID
NEW STUDY
Sep 30, 2020 1:24 PM CDT

People With Neanderthal Genes Hit Harder by COVID

Researcher say it's a major risk factor

(Newser) - Scientists say genes that some people have inherited from their Neanderthal ancestors may increase their likelihood of suffering severe forms of COVID-19. A study by European scientists published Wednesday by the journal Nature examined a cluster of genes that have been linked to a higher risk of hospitalization and respiratory...

Elon Musk: I Won't Get Coronavirus Vaccine

'I'm not at risk for COVID, nor are my kids,' Tesla CEO says

(Newser) - Elon Musk, who's made it quite clear he's a bit of a coronavirus skeptic , told Kara Swisher in an interview for a New York Times podcast that he won't be getting a COVID-19 vaccine when one is available. "I'm not at risk for COVID, nor...

NYC Is Going to Fine People Not Wearing Masks

Test positivity rate is highest since June

(Newser) - New York City is tightening some restrictions amid a rise in coronavirus cases—but it is also proceeding with reopening plans. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday that the city's coronavirus test positivity rate had risen to 3.25%, lower than in many parts of the US but the...

2 NFL Teams Shut Facilities After COVID Tests

Tennessee, Minnesota make move after Titans see 8 positive results

(Newser) - The NFL is facing its first major COVID-19 issue since the resumption of play. The Tennessee Titans shut down their facilities on Tuesday after three players and five team staffers tested positive for the coronavirus, reports the Tennessean . The shutdown is expected to be in effect until Saturday, one day...

Report: Birx, Others Pressured CDC on Sending Kids to School

Ex-aide to Mike Pence: 'You're exchanging votes for lives'

(Newser) - Top White House officials, including the coordinator of the coronavirus task force, pressured leaders at the CDC to downplay the risks of sending children back to school in the midst of a pandemic, the New York Times is reporting. The report cites current and former government officials, including a former...

Earth Hits Incredibly Grim COVID Milestone
We've Hit 1M Deaths
Sep 29, 2020 12:02 AM CDT

We've Hit 1M Deaths

Incredibly grim COVID milestone for the planet

(Newser) - Joginder Chaudhary was his parents’ greatest pride, raised with the little they earned farming a half-acre plot in central India to become the first doctor from their village. For the coronavirus, though, he was just one more in a million. After the virus killed the 27-year-old Chaudhary in late July,...

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