Novavax announced on January 31 that it had submitted a request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use authorization for its Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373) COVID-19 vaccine. The company has reported it does not use any human fetal-derived cell lines for Nuvaxovid, which has been a sticking point for many people who object to vaccinations. A December poll by the Public Religion Research Institute and the Interfaith Youth Core found that 10 percent of Americans said they believe getting a COVID-19 vaccines was against their religion, and some people have cited the fetal cells link to vaccines in lawsuits against mandates....

The Chain of Survival currently has five points of action, and this new step would explicitly address cardiac arrest survivors’ ongoing physical, social, and emotional needs. According to the AHA, emergency medical services personnel treated approximately 350,000 adults in the United States with non-trauma related cardiac arrest outside of the hospital setting during 2015. Of those patients, 10.4% survived their initial hospitalization, and 8.2% survived with good functional status....

MORE: Must-see photos from NFL training camp According to The Associated Press, New Era will hold the naming rights for the remaining seven years on the team’s lease of the building. The Bills’ home stadium, which opened in 1972, has been named after team founder Ralph Wilson since 1998. Wilson died in 2004 and the team is now owned by Terry and Kim Pegula. New Era, which was established in Buffalo, has the right of first refusal to continue the agreement when the current lease expires in 2022 and if the Bills build a new stadium....

But before throwing away your present card, you should first renegotiate the terms. Call up your credit-card representative. Remind him or her that your mailbox is brimming with rival offers-and ask for a lower rate. This technique has worked to get credit-card firms to waive the annual fees; now, some companies will knock off a couple of points of interest if you ask. “Negotiating is definitely the thing to do,” says Ruth Susswein, the executive director of the Bankcard Holders of America....

Greenlandic tapas, that is. Sure enough, the menu listed musk ox, reindeer and tuna as options, washed down with Qajaq, a Greenlandic beer brewed with pure water from local icebergs. There was cilantro accompanying our meal, an herb more at home some 30 degrees in latitude south of this Arctic location. Outside it was dusk, and I could spot expanses of black lava rock poking up through a creamy blue sea to the west....

Evan Murray, a quarterback for Warren Hills, was injured during a game Friday and died later that night from massive internal bleeding. MORE: Notable sports deaths of 2015 The Morris County Medical Examiner said there was no evidence of heart disease or head trauma. The report noted Murray, 17, had an abnormally enlarged spleen, making it a higher risk for injury and classified his death as accidental. According to NJ....

Officials from the public transportation service blamed the incident on “human error” and said the victim was left with minor injuries after the fall, but declined further medical attention. “NJ Transit is thoroughly investigating this incident,” the corporation said in a statement. Multiple commuters who said they were on the journey took to social media to raise concerns about the door opening without warning. The victim has not been identified....

“Good to see you, I’m so glad you’re here… we’ve met before, how are things?” said McDaniel to Fruman directly after entering a banquet room. The video was released Thursday by Parnas lawyer Joseph Bondy. Fruman and Parnas were both indicted in October 2019 for allegedly attempting to illegally funnel foreign money to American politicians. Parnas has also said the pair were working with Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani to dig up dirt on the president’s political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden....

Georgia voted against Trump in favor of President-elect Joe Biden during the presidential election. “We still believe that hope is far more powerful than hate,” say two women narrating in the ad. Then as Trump is shown exiting a plane while wearing a Make America Great Again hat, they say, “Georgia just voted out the politics of hate, bigotry and anger, and chose the clear path for better lives for all Georgians, not just the filthy rich, not just the privileged few....

Dec. 21 | 2 p.m. | ESPN MORE: The bowl matchups | SN All-Americans | 10 Freak Athletes The line: Washington State (-4) | Linemakers breakdown of game Why watch? First, if you plan to DVR this one, be sure to add an extra hour or two. Washington State throws and throws and throws some more. Mike Leach’s squad threw the ball 698 times this season — most in the nation — and ran just 224 times....

Stephen Curry’s propensity to make 3s may have changed the way basketball is played forever, but he isn’t Euclid. He isn’t redefining mathematics. SN’s MARCH MADNESS HQLive NCAA bracket | Live scoreboard | Full TV schedule​ If you’re in a basketball game and you need two points to tie the score (and if you’ve got a clear path to a layup you’re quite likely to convert), it’s probably best to go ahead and take that shot....

Most of that is because I have felt — for a considerably long time — that these hires were inevitable. But, there’s also part of me that wants to avoid beating a dead horse. As an aside, If the anti-stat people couldn’t feel which way the tropical storm winds were blowing a few years ago, there’s no way they don’t feel the way these Category 5’s are ripping through now....

The 22-year-old sealed his move to the Buccaneers over a week ago, signing a three-year deal with the Soweto giants from Enyimba. “Pirates is like Real Madrid. It’s a club that wants to win trophies all the time. In order for you to do that, you have to give 100%,”Obiozor told the Sunday Times. Obiozor recalled how his move to the Sea Robbers came about. He said he met with Dr Irvin Khoza last week to put pen to paper....

A team from Newcastle University in the U.K. found the creature—a type of crustacean known as an amphipod (colloquially referred to as “hoppers”)—in the Mariana Trench at a depth of around 20,000 feet, according to research published in the journal Zootaxa. The 1,580 mile-long trench located in the western Pacific Ocean has a maximum depth of around 36,000 feet. But even animals living in these extreme and seemingly remote environments don’t appear to be exempt from the impacts of plastic pollution....

Kudlow confirmed to CNBC’s Squawk Box Monday that President Donald Trump’s administration will not be implementing any type of additional shutdown in the coming months regardless of potential case number surges. Kudlow said there are only “hotspots” of COVID-19 which can be dealt with by federal health officials on a case-by-case basis. In regards to a second round of stimulus benefits, Kudlow agreed the $600 extra in unemployment benefits will end after July and that Congress will “almost certainly” present a second stimulus package aimed at helping small businesses and investors....

By 2030, Winfrey will gain a slight lead over Kanye West in the billion dollar club. West lands in second place with approximately $4 billion net wealth. Other celebrities making the top 10 of the study’s billionaire list are Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, and Rush Limbaugh. To conduct their study, the casino/gaming site selected the 50 wealthiest celebrities from the latest Forbes list. The data is pulled from current and previous earnings....

The clothing company’s newest commercial features clone armies of NBA champion Stephen Curry, rising golf star Jordan Spieth and American Ballet Theatre ballerina Misty Copeland doing what they do best. Watching synchronized movements from some of the top athletes in the world is oddly hypnotizing. MORE: 15 rivalries on the rise | Curry turns up at Lecrae concert There are Stephen Currys as far as the eye can see. That’s a lot of MVPs, I’m just saying....

The latest feat by Molchanov, a 14-time world champion who holds 18 world records, is dedicated to One Breath. The film, out next month, looks at the career of his mother. The new record, set in Russia’s Shchyolkovo district (around 12 miles outside Moscow), was officially registered by an arbiter from AIDA. “Alexey Molchanov, a 14-time World Champion, holder of 18 World Records…swam 180 meters [590.5 feet] under the ice of Ameriyev dolomite quarry using a monofin,” the film’s press office told TASS....

Those who choose to get vaccinated will have to do so by the middle of September, when public schools should be back in session, or get tested every week, the Associated Press reported. While none of the qualifying workers will be forced to get the vaccine, authorities hope that many of them will choose inoculation over the inconvenience of weekly COVID-19 testing. “This is about our recovery. This is about what we need to do to bring back New York City,” de Blasio said....

In an internal memo to court system personnel authored by Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, measures were outlined detailing how New York courts plan on coping with the spread of the novel coronavirus. “Effective immediately, we have imposed a one-week moratorium on evictions in New York City, subject to further extension upon review,” Marks wrote Friday in the bulletin, which was obtained by the non-profit news outlet The City....