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FEMA Asked DOD for Help on Vaccines. The DOD Delivered

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has OK'd the deployment of 1K troops to vaccination sites

(Newser) - The Pentagon will deploy troops to assist getting Americans vaccinated against COVID-19, the White House said Friday. Coronavirus senior adviser Andy Slavitt announced that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has approved a request for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, per the AP . It means about 1,000 active-duty military...

US Closer to Having a Third Vaccine Option

Johnson & Johnson asks FDA to OK its one-shot COVID-19 vaccine

(Newser) - Johnson & Johnson asked US regulators Thursday to clear the world’s first single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, an easier-to-use option that could boost scarce supplies, the AP reports. J&J’s vaccine was safe and offered strong protection against moderate to severe COVID-19, according to preliminary results from a massive international...

Stolen Car Had 30 Vials of COVID Vaccine

Police in Florida estimate worth at $10K

(Newser) - A car thief in Florida got away not just with a vehicle but with 30 vials of coronavirus vaccine, reports ABC News . Authorities don't think the thief knew about the vaccine, which police estimate to be worth $10,000, per the AP . The strange incident took place Wednesday afternoon...

Mixing Vaccines Could Provide &#39;Better Antibody Response&#39;
New Study Looks
at Mixing Vaccines
Feb 4, 2021 8:27 AM CST

New Study Looks at Mixing Vaccines

Human trial will attempt to replicate results found in mice

(Newser) - There have been limited cases of people receiving one coronavirus vaccine for their first dose, and a different vaccine for their second. So how will that affect their immunity? That's now the subject of a trial in the UK, seeking to discover whether a mix of vaccines proves effective...

New AstraZeneca Vaccine Stats Are &#39;Absolutely Superb&#39;
New AstraZeneca Vaccine
Stats Are 'Absolutely Superb'
new research
Feb 3, 2021 10:35 AM CST

New AstraZeneca Vaccine Stats Are 'Absolutely Superb'

2-dose vaccine has high efficacy after one dose

(Newser) - With the rollout of each coronavirus vaccine comes a big focus on efficacy, and new research on the Oxford-AstraZeneca version gets much more granular. In a study that has yet to be peer-reviewed, University of Oxford researchers found the two-dose vaccine was 76% effective at preventing symptomatic infections for three...

SoulCycle Instructor&#39;s Vaccine Post Leads to Apology
Fitness Guru Jumps Line
for Her COVID Shot
the rundown
Feb 2, 2021 1:59 PM CST

Fitness Guru Jumps Line for Her COVID Shot

Stacey Griffith of SoulCycle apologizes after torrent of criticism

(Newser) - If there's one thing fans of high-profile fitness instructor Stacey Griffith can take solace in these days, it's that she is the rare celebrity who knows how to deliver an unqualified apology. "I want to apologize from the bottom of my heart for my recent action in...

Finally, a Positive COVID Milestone in US

More Americans have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine than have tested positive

(Newser) - As of Monday afternoon, 26.3 million people in the US had tested positive for COVID-19 since the coronavirus pandemic began. Also as of Monday afternoon, 26.5 million people in the country had gotten at least one dose of the vaccine for the disease, reports Bloomberg , which calls it...

ICE Won't Make Arrests at Vaccination Sites

Government calls vaccine distribution 'a moral and public health imperative'

(Newser) - No one going to a coronavirus vaccination site has to worry about Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the federal government announced Monday. All agencies "fully support equal access to the COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine distribution sites for undocumented immigrants," the Department of Homeland Security said. "It is a...

Is the COVID News Bleak or Hopeful? Yes
2 Very Different Views
on the State of COVID
OPINION
Feb 1, 2021 2:20 PM CST

2 Very Different Views on the State of COVID

One sees the vaccine news as excellent, the other warns of a pandemic lasting years

(Newser) - Each day seems to bring a mix of good and bad news on the coronavirus, and the big-picture assessments of where the US and the world stand are similarly wide-ranging. Two new entries on Monday illustrate that. The first is bleak, but we'll end with the far more hopeful...

Report: Top NY Health Officials 'Blindsided' by Cuomo Policies

At least 9 have quit in recent months

(Newser) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Donald Trump frequently clashed over the government response to the pandemic—but one thing they may have shared is a disdain for the advice of experts. The New York Times reports that nine senior officials have left the New York State Health Department in...

Anti-Vaxxers, Far-Right Groups Shut Down Vaccination Site

Protests in Los Angeles led to Dodger Stadium shutting down temporarily

(Newser) - Mass COVID-19 vaccinations were temporarily brought to a halt at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles after protesters gathered around the entrance Saturday afternoon. The group represented members of far-right groups as well as the anti-vax community, per the Los Angeles Times , and numbered around 50. Hundreds who'd been waiting...

Rep. Stephen Lynch Tests Positive After Vaccination
Vaccinated
Lawmaker
Tests Positive
Jan 30, 2021 2:15 PM CST

Vaccinated Lawmaker Tests Positive

Rep. Stephen Lynch had both shots before attending inauguration

(Newser) - US Rep. Stephen Lynch has tested positive for the coronavirus, despite having had both doses of the Pfizer vaccine. The Massachusetts Democrat received the result Friday, "after a staff member in the Congressman's Boston office had tested positive earlier in the week," a spokeswoman said. Lynch "...

In Moderna&#39;s Good News, One &#39;Ominous&#39; Finding
In Moderna's Good News,
One 'Ominous' Finding
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jan 30, 2021 10:13 AM CST

In Moderna's Good News, One 'Ominous' Finding

Vaccine appears to work against new variants, but it's less effective on South African version

(Newser) - Moderna reported mostly good news on Monday about two new variants of the coronavirus, though the Washington Post sees an "ominous" red flag in the mix. In the undisputed good news, the company says preliminary studies suggest its COVID vaccine provides protection against fast-spreading variants of the virus first...

For First Time in 37 Years, No Super Bowl Ad From Bud
Budweiser Isn't Running
Super Bowl Ad. Instead, This
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jan 30, 2021 7:00 AM CST

Budweiser Isn't Running Super Bowl Ad. Instead, This

Brand will use marketing dollars to boost COVID vaccine awareness in new digital commercial

(Newser) - One of the commercials people most look forward to on Super Bowl Sunday is the one from Budweiser—but this year, the Anheuser-Busch InBev brand is doing something a little different. Instead of its usual ad during the big game, it will be airing "Bigger Picture" digitally before and...

Fauci Calls Virus Mutations a 'Wake-Up Call'

Treat each new case as if it's caused by a new strain, CDC advises

(Newser) - The coronavirus will keep mutating into new variants, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday, unless we achieve vaccination levels so high that new strains have nowhere to go. "Mutations occur because the virus has a playing field, as it were, to mutate," he said, the Hill reports. "If...

Johnson & Johnson's One-Dose Results: 66%

New vaccine candidate has solid numbers, but is less effective against South African variant

(Newser) - The world is poised to get another weapon in the fast-changing battle against COVID. Results from yet another long-awaited vaccine contender are in. Johnson & Johnson's takeaway numbers: Overall, the vaccine is 66% effective at preventing moderate to severe illnesses, and 85% effective at preventing severe cases alone, reports...

There&#39;s a New Vaccine Contender
There's a New
Vaccine Contender
the rundown
Jan 29, 2021 6:26 AM CST

There's a New Vaccine Contender

Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine appears 89% effective based on early study results

(Newser) - Novavax Inc. said Thursday that its COVID-19 vaccine appears 89% effective based on early findings from a British study and that it also seems to work—though not as well—against new mutated versions of the virus circulating in that country and South Africa. The announcement comes amid worry about...

CEO, Wife's Vaccine Scheme Could Get Them Jail Time

Rodney and Ekaterina Baker went to Beaver Creek, Yukon, to get theirs

(Newser) - Their name is mud after cutting way ahead in the coronavirus vaccine line. And that may not be the worst of it for Canadian couple Rodney and Ekaterina Baker . It was revealed this week that the two chartered a plane, flew to a remote part of the Yukon that's...

South African Variant Is Detected in US

Fast-spreading coronavirus strain turns up in South Carolina

(Newser) - One of the world's fast-spreading strains of COVID has been detected in the US for the first time, reports the AP . The variant first detected in South Africa, known as B. 1.351, turned up in two cases in South Carolina. Worse, neither of the people has traveled recently,...

Georgia Punishes Medical Center for Vaccinating Teachers

About 200 employees of Elbert County School District got COVID vaccine before they should have

(Newser) - Right now in Georgia, the groups eligible to receive the COVID vaccine include health care workers, first responders, employees and residents of long-term care facilities, and adults 65 and over. Teachers and school district staff aren't yet on that list, but that didn't stop a medical center from...

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