The pandemic is on the rise across the U.S. as Christmas week approaches. Hospitals and ICUs are overwhelmed, and California is reporting that more …
Weekly Roundup - Dec 20, 2020
Newsworthy odds and ends that I have collected during the week.

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(CNN) — Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted 13-1 on Sunday to recommend that both older adults, ages 75 and older, and "frontline essential workers" including first...
(CNN) — Great news emerged Sunday on the vaccine front, as a second Covid-19 vaccine will soon be available to some Americans. But for much of the US, the pandemic is raging out of control -- and will...
When can I get the Covid-19 vaccine? A CDC advisory committee voted on recommendations that adults ages 75 and older and front-line essential workers get the vaccine next. Vaccines are expected to start...
A growing number of European Union nations, Canada and others barred travel from the United Kingdom Sunday and others were considering similar action …
Are we competing in the pain Olympics? With most sports canceled, are we going to decimate each other instead — the winner being the one who suffered the most? “And just like that, we’re back in quarantine,”...
The police commissioner ordered an investigation into the officers' actions. A Boston police sergeant has been placed on administrative leave, and an …
At long last, Congress has reached a deal on a new coronavirus stimulus bill. After eight months of back and forth, Democratic and Republican leaders announced on Sunday that they’ve arrived at an agreement...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has announced new social gathering restrictions while still refusing to implement a mask mandate despite pleas from front-line healthcare workers in a state the...
The recommendations came after spirited debate about whether more seniors should be next in line. People 75 and older and essential frontline workers should be the next in line for limited supplies of...