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Emails Reveal Attempt to Direct Advice Given by Fauci

HHS official told press team to ensure he didn't recommend masks for children

(Newser) - A Trump administration appointee in the Department of Health and Human Services has been trying to shape what Dr. Anthony Fauci says about the pandemic, according to emails obtained by Politico . In emails to Fauci's National Institutes of Health press team and other officials dated as recently as this...

Teen Suspended for Attending His School's In-Person Classes

It was Maverick Stow's assigned day to be attending remotely

(Newser) - Maverick Stow, a 17-year-old high school senior, thinks students should be attending in-person classes five days a week. So, to protest his New York school's hybrid learning model, Stow went ahead and attended his classes in person on Tuesday—despite that day being his assigned day to attend remotely....

Outbreak Reaches Dangerous New Phase in India

Country reports record spike in new cases

(Newser) - India reported another record spike of 95,735 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours as the virus spreads beyond its major cities. According to the Health Ministry, the number of people known to be infected in India reached 4,465,863 on Thursday, the AP reports. It has...

19-Month-Old Won't Wear Mask, Flight Ends Up Canceled

WestJet says the issue was actually with her older sister, 3

(Newser) - A father says he and his family were booted from a flight—which ultimately ended up canceled—because his 19-month-old wouldn't wear a mask. While waiting for the WestJet flight from Calgary to Toronto to take off Tuesday, Safwan Choudhry's older daughter, who is 3, was eating a...

Trump: 'Perhaps' I Misled Public on COVID-19 Threat

'I love our country and I don't want people to be frightened'

(Newser) - President Trump admitted Wednesday that he may have misled the public about the threat COVID-19—but he said he had good reasons. His remarks followed the release of recordings from earlier this year in which he told Bob Woodward he had downplayed the virus threat . Asked Wednesday afternoon if he...

JCPenney Nearly Sold After 'Screaming Matches'

The department store chain negotiates a $1.75B deal

(Newser) - Looks like JCPenney has found itself a buyer. The dying department store chain—which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection back in May—has struck a tentative deal with a group of lenders and mall owners, USA Today reports. Brookfield Property Partners, Simon Property Group, and bankruptcy lenders are expected...

Trump to Woodward in February: COVID Is 'Deadly Stuff'

He admitted downplaying the risk to the public

(Newser) - The coronavirus is "deadly stuff," President Trump told Bob Woodward in a Feb. 7 phone call, recounting a conversation with China's President Xi Jinping. "I think [Xi's] going to have it in good shape," he begins but allows that it's a "very...

Los Angeles County Bans 'Risky' Halloween Activities

That includes door-to-door trick-or-treating

(Newser) - Frightful news for kids in America's most populous county: Trick-or-treating, Halloween parties with non-household members, and haunted houses will be banned under coronavirus restrictions in Los Angeles County, CBS Los Angeles reports. "Door-to-door trick-or-treating is not allowed because it can be very difficult to maintain proper social distancing...

He Asked Crew Member to Wear a Mask. He Got Booted

Allegiant Air says passenger was 'disruptive' during preflight safety briefing

(Newser) - An Allegiant Air passenger was booted off a flight this week over a face mask dispute—but he wasn't the one not complying with the airline's policy. In the incident on a Monday flight from Punta Gorda, Fla., to Portsmouth, NH, the passenger reportedly told a flight attendant...

School Hit With Virus Makes 'Extreme' Move

Bradley University in Illinois quarantines all of its students for 2 weeks

(Newser) - Bradley University in Illinois has ordered every single one of its students to quarantine for two weeks after counting dozens of coronavirus cases over the past couple of weeks. The private university in Peoria—which had some 4,600 undergraduate students last year—had counted about 50 cases as of...

India's Rape Cases Continue to Shock

Latest incidents involve a coronavirus patient and an octogenarian

(Newser) - Women's rights campaigners are at the end of their wits following two shocking rape cases in India, just the latest to make headlines since a 2012 gang rape on a moving bus triggered an uproar over sexual violence in the country. In the first, a 19-year-old coronavirus patient was...

He Was Sick of a Sucky 2020. His Remedy: 2M Sunflowers

Wis. farmer Scott Thompson has planted upward of 2M 'blooms of sunshine' to make people happy

(Newser) - Strawberries, raspberries, and pumpkins are what you'd find growing on Scott Thompson's Wisconsin farm in a normal summer and fall. But 2020 is definitely anything but normal, and this year, neither are the Bristol farmer's fields. When the pandemic forced everything to start shutting down in March,...

One More Thing to Blame on COVID: Your Teeth

Dentist says stress from virus is causing people to clench, grind teeth, leading to fractures

(Newser) - Plenty of odd COVID-19 symptoms have cropped up , but one condition is now being documented in the dentist's chair—and it's not a symptom of the illness, but an apparent result of being stressed out by it. Writing in the New York Times , prosthodontist Tammy Chen details the...

Tom Hanks Back in Quarantine in Australia
Tom Hanks Is
Back in Quarantine
Sep 9, 2020 8:04 AM CDT

Tom Hanks Is Back in Quarantine

Actor is back in Australia, trying to finish filming Elvis Presley biopic

(Newser) - Tom Hanks is back in coronavirus quarantine in Australia but don't worry, he's not sick. The actor is undergoing a mandatory two-week quarantine after flying in to finish filming Baz Luhrmann's Elvis Presley biopic, due out in November 2021. Hanks—who plays manager Colonel Parker opposite Austin...

Beloved Olympian's Mask Comments Don't Go Over Well

Kerri Walsh Jennings called her maskless shopping trip an act of bravery

(Newser) - Kerri Walsh Jennings wanted to undertake "a little exercise in being brave" amid the coronavirus pandemic, an action in which she could "mindfully & compassionately stand up for my rights & for the freedoms our constitution has granted us all WITHOUT being reckless or putting anyone else in...

After 'Unexplained Illness,' Big Vaccine Trial Pauses

AstraZeneca is working on a vaccine for COVID-19

(Newser) - AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine trial is on hold after a participant in a UK study developed what the pharmaceutical company calls "a potentially unexplained illness." The clinical trials of the experimental vaccine have been paused while safety data is reviewed and the illness is investigated, the Wall Street ...

England Bans Gatherings of More Than 6 People

Move follows spike in COVID cases

(Newser) - Britain's government is banning gatherings of more than six people in England, as officials try to keep a lid on daily new coronavirus infections after a sharp spike across the UK that has been largely blamed on party-going young adults disregarding social distancing rules. Downing Street said urgent action...

Newest COVID Relief Package Looks Doomed

Mitch McConnell will float smaller measure, but chances of passage are close to nil

(Newser) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, under pressure from GOP senators in tough reelection races, said Tuesday the Senate would vote on a trimmed-down Republican coronavirus relief package, per the AP . The problem: It has a slim chance of passage in the face of Democrats' insistence for more sweeping aid. The...

Trump Slams Biden and Harris for &#39;Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric&#39;
New Flashpoint in the
2020 Campaign: COVID Vaccine
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Sep 8, 2020 6:53 AM CDT

New Flashpoint in the 2020 Campaign: COVID Vaccine

Trump says Biden, Harris must apologize for 'anti-vaccine rhetoric'

(Newser) - President Trump on Monday used the term "anti-vaccine" to describe his Election 2020 opponent and his running mate after they remarked on whether or not they'd get a coronavirus vaccine if one becomes available before the election. Here's what went down, per NBC News and the Hill...

COVID Takes Another Big Name in Music

Bruce Williamson, 49, joined the Temptations as lead singer in 2006

(Newser) - The coronavirus has claimed another celebrity: Bruce Williamson, the former lead singer of the Temptations, died Sunday night at his Las Vegas home after battling COVID-19, TMZ reports. "There's no words in the world that can express how I feel right now," his son posted on Facebook...

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