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• Oxford researchers have reportedly received promising news about their coronavirus vaccine

  27-04-2020 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The University of Oxford's Jenner Institute made waves last week when U.K. Health Minister Matt Hancock announced a team is starting trials on a potential coronavirus vaccine of which there could be a million doses by September, which is, in vaccine terms, incredibly fast. There's still a long way to go before determining if the vaccine is viable, but The New York Times reports there's promising news that it may be both safe and effective.Scientists at the National Institute of Health's Rocky Mo
  
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• Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Got a COVID Small Biz Loan and Is Now Returning It

  27-04-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Yet another national restaurant chain received money from the government’s $350 billion program intended to help the small businesses hardest-hit by the coronavirus outbreak.Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs, which has over 200 locations, has products “marketed for sale in over 78,000 locations” and is publicly traded on the NASDAQ, applied for and received a $1.2 million loan through the Paycheck Protection Program, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Co
  
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• Quirk in coronavirus relief law gives full $600 a week even to workers facing only cut hours

  27-04-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Congress pushed employers to cut hours rather than lay off workers. Now some may get more in federal aid than if they had worked the lost hours.
  
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• Pelosi says "guaranteed income" is worth considering

  27-04-2020 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The House speaker said Congress might have think of "different ways to put money in people's pockets"
  
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• People are buying up a heartburn medicine that's being tested as a coronavirus treatment, leading to shortages

  27-04-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Famotidine, the active ingredient in Pepcid AC and other heartburn medicines, is being studied as a coronavirus treatment.
  
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• Colombian capital's mayor under fire for lockdown breach

  27-04-2020 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Prosecutors in Colombia are investigating Bogota mayor Claudia Lopez for allegedly breaching the country's strict quarantine rules against the spread of the coronavirus.The state prosecutor's office said it was investigating Lopez after a video circulated on social media at the weekend showing the mayor shopping at a supermarket with her wife, a senator.The leftist mayor is married to member of the country's senate, Angelica Lozano.
  
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• How 3 people are navigating sex in quarantine, from dating a coworker to sexting across the world

  27-04-2020 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With conflicting health advisories from government officials and medical organizations, people are taking matters of intimacy into their own hands.
  
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• Large house parties violating Chicago's stay-at-home order

  27-04-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "What was depicted on the video was reckless and utterly unacceptable," Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot tweeted.
  
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• House and Senate will return next week to backlog of oversight issues

  27-04-2020 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The House and Senate will both be in full session next week for the first time in nearly two months, as lawmakers seek to strike a deal on another sweeping coronavirus relief package and address a backlog of oversight issues stemming from roughly $2.7trn worth of previous legislation.House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced on a Democratic caucus call on Monday that the chamber will be called back for business, and that "votes are possible," according to his press account on Twitter.
  
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• 'It's not about you': Democrats bet Trump coronavirus response a 2020 winner for Biden

  27-04-2020 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Just weeks ago, Democrats were treading carefully as Trump commanded the spotlight with his daily briefings on the virus, hesitant to avoid looking too partisan as the pandemic took its toll on jobs and health.Now Democrats believe weeks of Trump's unfiltered media performances have done more harm than good for the Republican president seeking re-election on Nov. 3, and their aggressive response aims to expose what they see as his faulty handling of the crisis.Biden's campaign team talking point
  
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• Canada begins staggered lifting of pandemic lockdown

  27-04-2020 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Canada began a staggered loosening of pandemic restrictions on Monday as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged vigilance and baby steps to avoid a COVID-19 resurgence.The Atlantic coast province of New Brunswick, after seeing no new cases in just over a week, was first to relax social distancing rules, starting with the opening of parks and beaches."Different provinces and territories will be able to move at a different pace," Trudeau told a daily briefing.
  
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• Resettled Cambodian refugees still vulnerable to deportation

  27-04-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As the U.S. commemorates the 45th anniversary of the refugee group's arrival, Southeast Asian American refugees still face hardships.
  
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• The Supreme Court has thrown out major gun rights case

  27-04-2020 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Supreme Court sidestepped a major decision on gun rights Monday in a dispute over New York City’s former ban on transporting guns.
  
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• Venezuela appoints alleged drug trafficker El Aissami as oil minister

  27-04-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday appointed his economy vice president, Tareck El Aissami, who has been indicted in the United States on drug trafficking charges, as oil minister, amid acute fuel shortages across the country.Maduro named Asdrubal Chavez, cousin of the late President Hugo Chavez, as interim president of state oil firm PDVSA, according to the appointments published in the government's official gazette.
  
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• Casting aside its precedents, Supreme Court moves inexorably toward those on abortion rights

  27-04-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A more conservative court is increasingly willing to reverse the work of its predecessors. And no issue hangs in the balance more than abortion.
  
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• Nigeria to ease lockdown for millions in key cities

  27-04-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nigeria will start easing a coronavirus lockdown covering its largest city Lagos and capital Abuja from May 4, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday."I have approved a phased and gradual easing of lockdown measures," Buhari said in a televised broadcast.More than 25 million residents in Abuja, Lagos and neighbouring Ogun state have been under federal lockdown since March 30 and other states have introduced their own restrictions.
  
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• Argentina, Chile defuse spat, vow united fight against pandemic and recession

  27-04-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The leaders of Argentina and Chile have moved to defuse a recent diplomatic spat after officials in Santiago accused President Alberto Fernandez of "meddling" in Chile's internal affairs after he met with Chilean opposition leaders.Center-left Peronist Fernandez and conservative Sebastian Pinera held a call on Monday, saying the neighboring countries would unite to face what they called the "dual enemies" of the coronavirus pandemic and economic recession.Chile's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday
  
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• A professor gives a challenging assignment; his students' responses move him to tears

  27-04-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A window pane. A hospital ID. Unfolded laundry. These are the artifacts of lives interrupted by a chasm in history.
  
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• In shift, Bloomberg offers ex-campaign staff health coverage

  27-04-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mike Bloomberg will cover the cost of health care for his former presidential campaign staffers through November, reversing course on a decision that had prompted outrage and sparked lawsuits against the billionaire businessman.Bloomberg had initially enticed staffers to join his long-shot presidential campaign by offering generous benefits and pay and promising them employment through November, even if he didn’t win the Democratic nomination.Bloomberg initially indicated that, even if he
  
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• White House adviser Navarro lashes out at China over 'fake' test kits

  27-04-2020 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Monday accused China of sending low-quality and even counterfeit coronavirus antibody testing kits to the United States and of "profiteering" from the pandemic.Navarro, an outspoken critic of Beijing who President Donald Trump has appointed to work on supply-line issues relating to the health crisis, said more testing both for the virus and antibodies was vital to getting Americans currently in lockdown back to work."There's a lot of these antibody test
  
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• Census says restart to field operations will be in phases

  27-04-2020 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Census Bureau's return to field operations for the 2020 national head count will take place in phases based on a region's lockdown orders and the availability of protective gear against the new coronavirus, bureau officials told lawmakers late last week.Census Bureau officials told members of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform last Friday that there would be a phased start to the resumption of field operations on June 1.The spreading virus, and subsequent stay-at-home orders, f
  
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• Biden challenged to pick a black woman as running mate

  27-04-2020 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Knowing the support that we have always given to this party. We have carried this party for as long as I can remember," said Congresswoman Alma Adams.
  
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• Bernie Sanders campaign says New York should lose its delegates after cancellation of presidential primary

  27-04-2020 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The suspended presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday slammed New York's Board of Elections after it scrapped the state's 2020 presidential primary, saying the state should lose its delegates if the decision stands.Sanders suspended his 2020 campaign for president earlier this month and endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden, but he said he would continue to gather delegates heading toward the Democratic convention, "where we will be able to exert significant influence o
  
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• Is quarantine fatigue here? Americans are leaving their homes more and more, cell data shows

  27-04-2020 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  For the first time since stay-at-home measures were put in place to slow the spread of coronavirus, Americans are going out more, new data shows.
  
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• Maduro taps US fugitive to revamp Venezuela oil industry

  27-04-2020 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Nicolás Maduro on Monday named a powerful ally sanctioned by the U.S. as a drug kingpin, along with a cousin of the late socialist leader Hugo Chávez, to revamp Venezuela's oil industry amid massive gasoline shortages.Tareck El Aissami was appointed oil minister and Asdrúbal Chávez tapped to head of state-run oil giant PDVSA.Both positions were occupied until now by Gen. Manuel Quevedo, who during his 28-month tenure watched as oil production in the country
  
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• Libya's eastern leader Haftar says army to take formal control

  27-04-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Libya's eastern-based military leader Khalifa Haftar said on Monday his Libyan National Army (LNA) was accepting a "popular mandate" to rule the country, apparently brushing aside the civilian authorities that nominally govern eastern Libya.Haftar, who launched a war a year ago to grab the capital Tripoli and other parts of northwest Libya, was already widely understood to control the parallel administration that rules in the east.Libya has been split since 2014 between areas controlled by the i
  
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• Groceries could see meat shortages by end of week

  27-04-2020 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Consumers could start seeing shortages by Friday at supermarket meat counters, expert say.
  
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• The San Francisco Bay Area shelter-in-place order is being extended through May

  27-04-2020 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Until factors such as widespread coronavirus testing and contact tracing are considered, reopening is unlikely.
  
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• Nigeria to begin 'phased and gradual' easing of lockdowns in Lagos, Abuja

  27-04-2020 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Nigeria will begin a "phased and gradual" easing of more than four weeks of lockdowns in the national capital and the largest city on May 4, President Muhammadu Buhari said in an address on Monday.Lagos and Ogun states and the federal capital territory of Abuja entered lockdowns to tame the spread of the new coronavirus on March 30.Confirmed cases of the new virus have roughly quadrupled since a lockdown extension was announced on April 13, to 1,273 cases and 40 deaths, most concentrated in Lago
  
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• White House cancels, then reschedules, coronavirus briefing amid Trump's feud with press

  27-04-2020 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The on-again, off-again nature of the coronavirus briefing follows reports the White House wants to scale back Trump's interactions with the press.
  
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• Beach crowds lead California to step up enforcement of coronavirus restrictions

  27-04-2020 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  California will step up enforcement of coronavirus-related public health restrictions after crowds jammed beaches over the weekend, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday.Newsom's announcement came after officials in Orange and Ventura Counties allowed access to their beaches even as state parks remained closed, prompting families and groups to head to the ocean on a warm spring weekend.The crowds put at risk the state's progress in slowing the advance of the novel coronavirus and could delay a lo
  
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• These Are the Foods People Have Ordered Most During Quarantine

  27-04-2020 21:07 via myrecipes.com
  
  Plus some interesting regional wrinkles.
  
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• At a glance: Brazil buckles under spread of new coronavirus

  27-04-2020 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Latin America's largest nation is moving closer to becoming one of the world’s hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic.The number of cases in Brazil is growing amid political discord over the nation's response, threatening to overwhelm hospitals, morgues and cemeteries.With 211 million residents, Brazil is the largest nation by population as well as size.
  
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• What's open and closed this week: Beaches, parks and trails in Southern California

  27-04-2020 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  So long as Southern Californians remain close to home and wear masks outdoors, they can still exercise outdoors without violating Gov.
  
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• Erdogan defends Turkey religious chief's anti-gay sermon

  27-04-2020 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday defended a top religious official who claimed homosexuality caused diseases, corrupted people and was condemned in Islamic teaching.Ali Erbas, head of a state-funded agency called the Diyanet, which runs mosques and appoints imams, also claimed during his weekly sermon that homosexuality caused HIV.The Ankara bar association of lawyers accused him of inciting hatred against gay people while ignoring child abuse and misogyny.
  
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• Fox News’ Tomi Lahren Compares Social Distancing to ‘Willful Slavery’

  27-04-2020 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fox News contributor Tomi Lahren on Monday claimed on Twitter that American compliance with social-distancing guidelines is “starting to look a whole lot like willful slavery.” She eventually deleted the post.Amid ongoing anti-lockdown protests featuring right-wing groups pushing for an end to stay-at-home orders, Lahren has been one of the more outspoken Fox voices in advocating for such demonstrations. In recent social media posts, she has repeatedly used the hashtag ReopenAmerica
  
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• A stark photo of a packed American Airlines flight reveals that airlines are ignoring social distancing, even though they say they're blocking seats and spacing out passengers

  27-04-2020 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As states lift coronavirus lockdowns and some people resume traveling, it will be harder for airlines to enable social distancing.
  
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• Trump's daily briefings may be over. Why the change in script?

  27-04-2020 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In 35 briefings over 39 days, the US president offered unprecedented access. But perhaps no longer.
  
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• Cuomo may 'un-pause' certain parts of New York on May 15, but harder-hit areas will stay closed

  27-04-2020 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Protecting public health comes first and all decisions will be data-driven," Cuomo said. "As long as we keep being smart the worst should be over."
  
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• #JustWearScrubs: GOP chairwoman tells anti-lockdown protesters to impersonate health care workers

  27-04-2020 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dr. Kelli Ward, chairwoman of the Arizona Republican Party, is urging would-be demonstrators at rallies against social restrictions to wear personal protective equipment to punk the press.
  
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• Doctors find more cases of 'COVID toes' in dermatological registry. Here's what they learned.

  27-04-2020 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Doctors have compiled a registry of skin conditions associated with COVID-19 where COVID toes represent nearly half the cases. Here's what they learned.
  
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• New York deaths "tragically high" but lowest daily toll of April

  27-04-2020 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cuomo said parts of upstate New York could reopen as soon as May 15 under a phased reopening plan.
  
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• U.S. House committee launches probe of Trump WHO aid cutoff

  27-04-2020 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee launched an investigation on Monday of President Donald Trump's blocking of funds for the World Health Organization, giving the State Department a week to provide information about the decision as the world faces the coronavirus pandemic.Democratic Representative Eliot Engel, the committee's chairman, said the U.N. health agency is "imperfect" and that he would support reforms."But, certainly, cutting the WHO’s funding while the w
  
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• France Reports the Most New Coronavirus Cases Since April 18

  27-04-2020 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- France reported the most new coronavirus cases in more than a week on Monday, while deaths linked to the virus rose for the first time in five days.The number of new infections rose by 4,326 to 196,069, the biggest daily increase since April 18, according to data published by the health ministry. Fatalities linked to the outbreak rose by 437 to 23,293, after the country on Sunday had reported the fewest deaths in more than a month.France is preparing to ease its confinement after
  
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• My boyfriend has such bad hygiene I don't want to have sex with him. How can I tell him without hurting his feelings?

  27-04-2020 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  You boyfriend's lack of hygiene could say something about his mental health, according to therapist Kelly Scott.
  
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• Coronavirus can linger in the air of crowded spaces or toilets for hours, study finds

  27-04-2020 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Covid-19 can linger for hours in the air of crowded spaces and rooms such as toilets that lack ventilation, according to a new study by scientists who now recommended wearing masks in public. While the transmission of the coronavirus from direct human contact and through respiratory droplets, such as coughing or sneezing, is clear, the potential for airborne transmission is much less understood. The World Health Organisation has said the risk is limited to very specific circumstances, pointing t
  
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• Coronavirus can linger in air of crowded or unventilated spaces for hours, study finds

  27-04-2020 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Coronavirus can linger in the air in crowded spaces and rooms that lack ventilation, such as toilets, for hours, according to a new study by scientists who now recommended wearing masks in public. While the transmission of the virus from direct human contact and through respiratory droplets, such as coughing or sneezing, is clear, the potential for airborne transmission is much less understood. The World Health Organisation has said the risk is limited to very specific circumstances, pointing to
  
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• Amazon offers a free year of its Food Network Kitchen app - CNET

  27-04-2020 19:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The offer is open to for Fire TV and Fire tablet users.
  
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• The richest ZIP code in the US, a private island off the coast of Miami, applied for a small business loan. It was approved for $2 million in funding — but residents voted to reject it.

  27-04-2020 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fisher Island is home to 800 families with an average income of $2.2 million. They pay a one-time fee of $250,000 and annual dues of $20,651.
  
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• Coronavirus impact: Meat processing plants weigh risks of prosecution if they're blamed for spreading infection

  27-04-2020 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tyson Foods recently suspended production at its Waterloo, Iowa, pork processing plant due to a growing coronavirus outbreak among employees. The plant was Tyson’s largest, employing some 2,800 workers and processing 19,500 pigs a day. At least 180 confirmed infections originated from the plant, about half of all cases in the county.It’s not the first meat processing plant to close. In the U.S., at least eight have halted in recent weeks, affecting over 15% of the nation’s pork
  
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