'Pool Testing' Approved, Civil Rights Icon Remembered & Historic Mars Mission - Monday, July 20th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Monday, July 20th, 2020!
What to know today about reports of U.S. hospitals overwhelmed, and we'll explain a new kind of coronavirus testing just approved.
Also, we remember a civil rights icon and share why thousands of workers across the country plan to strike today.
Plus: a historic Mars mission, NFL players demand action from the league, and the largest virtual choir ever...
Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!
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Sources:
Hospitals Overwhelmed: CNN, USA Today, NBC Miami, LA Times, AP
Worldwide Deaths Top 600,000: Johns Hopkins, NPR
Mask Mandate Debate: FOX News, VOA, NBC News
FDA Approves Pooled Testing: CNN, The Hill, FDA
Congress Returns, Aid Negotiations: Politico, WSJ, WaPo, AP
RIP Rep. John Lewis: NYT, AP, Reuters
Federal Agents in Portland: NYT, USA Today, Axios, Reuters
UAE First Mission to Mars: CNET, Reuters, CBS News
Strike for Black Lives: CNN, Fortune
NFL Team Accused: WaPo, USA Today, FOX News
NFL Players Concerned: Reuters, AP
World's First Lab-Made Chicken Nuggets: Engadget, The Verge, KFC
Largest Virtual Choir: CBS News, NPR, YouTube Video
Money Monday - Shrinking Credit Card Debt: CNN, Forbes, CNBC
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, July 20th. |
| 0:01.8 | What to know today about reports of hospitals overwhelmed, |
| 0:04.5 | and I'm explaining a new kind of coronavirus testing just approved. |
| 0:08.3 | Also remembering a civil rights icon, |
| 0:10.7 | and why thousands of workers across the country plan to strike today. |
| 0:14.4 | Plus a historic Mars mission, NFL players demand action from the league and the largest |
| 0:18.9 | virtual choir ever. |
| 0:20.4 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:25.0 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:27.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:30.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:31.0 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:32.0 | You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:35.0 | Well, there are new reports of hospitals overwhelmed around the country as COVID-19 cases continue to spike in some states. In Florida at |
| 0:45.0 | least 49 hospitals reported their ICUs are full. They had zero ICU beds |
| 0:49.6 | available yesterday. NBC Miami reported hospitals around the state are also in desperate need of the drug proven |
| 0:55.1 | to treat COVID-19. |
| 0:57.3 | And in Texas, one doctor told USA Today, the situation in hospitals is worse than after Hurricane |
| 1:02.3 | Harvey hit in 2017. |
| 1:04.0 | Both Texas and Florida reported more than 10,000 new COVID-19 cases each day for five days in a row. |
| 1:11.0 | And in California, the AP reports teams of military doctors, nurses, and other |
| 1:15.5 | health care workers are being deployed to several hospitals there facing staffing shortages. In |
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