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Fret not. Santa Claus has received a COVID-19 vaccine. The impact of the pandemic on Santa’s annual excursion was one of the topics broached during a Sesame Street town hall over the weekend. A few of Elmo’s friends posed inquiries to Dr. Anthony Fauci about Santa’s ability to make house calls this year, prompting him […]
In an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, students from Johns Hopkins School of Public health shared their creative and informative take on Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s 2020 hit “WAP.” “Yeah I’m asking that you wear a mask please / When you’re going to the shop you’ve got to wear a mask […]
Republican and Democratic congressional leaders finally struck a deal on a long-awaited $900 billion relief package on Sunday, following a months-long stalemate after passing the CARES Act back in March. According to the New York Times, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced the deal on the Senate floor. “We can finally report what our nation […]
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Sunday that tighter restrictions would be put in place over the holiday season as a new more contagious strain of the coronavirus has resulted in a record number of daily cases, CNN reports. The United Kingdom will enter a Tier 4 lockdown, which requires many businesses to remain closed, and for people to […]
To say that the college football season has been different would be an understatement. Along with robbing fans of their usual dose of inter-conference play, the pandemic has also taken away one very important tradition: The Rose Bowl. The College Football Playoff and the Tournament of Roses announced Saturday that The Rose Bowl will no longer be the […]
Residents in London and southeast England must adhere to new emergency lockdown restrictions, as the country fights a wave of COVID-19 infections from a new fast-spreading strain of the virus. According to a report from Bloomberg, 16.4 million Britons are impacted by the new stay-at-home orders that went into effect on Sunday. The move overturns previous plans […]
A video has gone viral of a nurse fainting after being inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine with many questioning the safety of the preventative treatment. In fact, some Facebook users who shared the video claimed that it will lead to a “mass genocide,” which, according to Reuters, is false. The nurse later confirmed that she has […]
United Airlines and health officials are working together to get in touch with passengers who could have been exposed to COVID-19 when a male passenger died following a medical emergency on a recent flight. The New York Times reports that the flight departed from Orlando, Florida, and was redirected to New Orleans when the man’s […]
While on the Bill Simmons Podcast, former President Barack Obama talked about what it was like for his family during quarantine, and even mentioned that he let his daughter Malia’s boyfriend stay with them at one point. In fact, Obama revealed that teaching the kids how to play spades was one of the most enjoyable parts […]
There are some things money can’t buy, and that should include early COVID-19 vaccinations. But even though the vaccine is currently in limited supply and deaths are disproportionate among people based on age, race, or occupation, a new report from the Los Angeles Times shows that wealthy folks are more than happy to cut in […]
