- Republican Senator and Florida man Marco Rubio went on a Twitter rant Sunday to accuse Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease specialist, of lying about coronavirus in general and masks in particular.
- The White House coronavirus testing czar said Sunday that the new coronavirus strain making the disease more transmissible is no match for the vaccines that are already being rolled out.
- The latest fatalities brought the Empire State’s death toll to 29,511, according to state Health Department data.
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- Republican Senator and Florida man Marco Rubio went on a Twitter rant Sunday to accuse Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease specialist, of lying about coronavirus in general and masks in particular.
- The White House coronavirus testing czar said Sunday that the new coronavirus strain making the disease more transmissible is no match for the vaccines that are already being rolled out.
- The latest fatalities brought the Empire State’s death toll to 29,511, according to state Health Department data.
- A 33-year-old California woman who works at Disney allegedly jumped the line for the first round of her COVID-19 vaccine through a connection at a local hospital.
- The infectious diseases expert said he agrees with President-elect Joe Biden’s estimation the situation “might actually get worse” in the coming weeks.
- New York will be back — but it won’t be the same without hundreds of beloved city spots that closed during the pandemic, and due to COVID-19.
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- It's the first time the U.K. variant has been identified in North America.
- A Brooklyn-based health network is facing a state police probe for allegedly improperly obtaining COVID-19 vaccines and distributing them to the public
- According to data complied by Johns Hopkins University, the national death toll surpassed 330,000 on Saturday afternoon.
- The two countries started vaccinating in the hours after they received their first shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech shot.
- Preliminary analysis in suggests that the new variant may be up to 70% more transmissible than previously circulating variants, according to the CDC.
- New York officials reported 10,806 new cases and the positivity rate stood at a dangerous 5.36%, Cuomo said.
- Biden pointed out that Trump’s stubborn refusal to sign the stimulus bill means 10 million Americans will lose jobless benefits Saturday.
- But Trump remained silent about the emergency unemployment benefits for millions that are set to expire Saturday unless he signs the massive $900 billion stimulus package.
- The country's National Health Commission reported 20 new infections in Mainland China on Friday.
- Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh is the first person to report such a reaction to the Moderna vaccine.
- France has confirmed its first case of a more contagious COVID-19 strain.
- The annual Christmas Day reenactment of George Washington crossing the Delaware River was a virtual affair on Friday.
- The numbers are still low by international standards.
- Even though Jeremih had a recent near-death experience during his battle with COVID-19, he’s in no rush to get the new vaccinations that are quickly becoming available to the masses.
- Officials did not say whether the country, which boasts one of the region’s most advanced inoculation plans, had already received the first doses.
- It was a tale of two Christmas messages.
- "Airlines must confirm the negative test result for all passengers before they board. If a passenger chooses not to take a test, the airline must deny boarding to the passenger."
- "We cannot allow the various forms of nationalism close in on themselves to prevent us from living as the truly human family that we are."
- Candace Cameron Bure took to Twitter early on Christmas Eve Thursday to weigh in on big brother Kirk Cameron leading dozens of maskless carolers in defiance of California’s stay-at-home order.
- “I don’t care how tough you are; you will cry. You can’t help it when it’s your 3-year-old laying there.”
- Rule No. 1: Never tweet.
- An African-American doctor who died of coronavirus left a message about racial disparity not just when it comes to how COVID-19 itself affects people of color but also about medical establishment's attitudes toward Black patients' assessment of their own pain.
- Dec. 23 marked the busiest day for airlines since the March onset of the coronavirus epidemic, claims the TSA.
- Texas attorney Billy Loredo wrote one last, heart-wrenching love letter to his wife before dying of COVID-19 alone in the ICU: 'If I don’t make it I want you to know that I lived a happy wonderful life with you and would never have traded it for all the riches in the world.'
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- Getting the vaccine was “the best present I could have received in 2020," said health worker Maria Irene Ramirez, the first in Mexico to receive Pfizer's COVID-19 shot.
- A couple who lied about their business in order to score a $7.2 million in late May used the funds to buy a $3.5 million, seven-bedroom house, several expensive cars and paid off a loan to a relative, according the federal government.
- Two recent coronavirus outbreaks in Oregon are being attributed to the “superspreader action” of one person going to work while sick, according to officials in the Beaver State.
- Starting Monday, all United Airlines customers regardless of nationality will have to present negative COVID-19 tests upon arrival at Newark Airport obtained within 72 hours of departure from the U.K., Murphy said in a statement.
- The rate of positive tests has hit a weeklong average of 6.29%, a new high for the COVID second wave that has hit the nation in recent weeks.
- Luke Letlow, the newly elected congressman from Louisiana, has been placed in intensive care, less than a week after he tested positive for COVID-19.
- The head scientific adviser for Operation Warp Speed revealed there have been significantly more allergic reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine than other immunizations.