Organize news section (scverse#1345)

* briefer statement * add news file * less wordy * fix articles
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 * Discuss usage on Discourse_ and development on GitHub_.
 * Get started by browsing :doc:`tutorials <tutorials>`,
   :doc:`usage principles <usage-principles>` or the main :doc:`API <api/index>`.
-* If Scanpy is useful for your research, consider citing `Genome Biology (2018)`_ along with original :doc:`references <references>`.
 * Follow changes in the :doc:`release notes <release-notes>`.
 * Find tools that harmonize well with anndata & Scanpy via the
   :doc:`external API <external/index>` and the :doc:`ecosystem page <ecosystem>`.
+* Consider citing `Genome Biology (2018)`_ along with original :doc:`references <references>`.
 
 .. _Discourse: https://scanpy.discourse.group/
 .. _GitHub: https://github.com/theislab/scanpy
 .. _Genome Biology (2018): https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-017-1382-0
 
 
-News - CZI grant :small:`2019-11-14`
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-Scanpy has been selected an `essential open source software for science`_ by
-CZI among `32 projects`_, along with giants such as Scipy, Numpy, Pandas,
-Matplotlib, scikit-learn, scikit-image/plotly, pip, jupyterhub/binder,
-Bioconda, Seurat, Bioconductor, and others.
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-.. _essential open source software for science: https://chanzuckerberg.com/newsroom/chan-zuckerberg-initiative-awards-5-million-for-open-source-software-projects-essential-to-science/
-.. _32 projects: https://chanzuckerberg.com/eoss/proposals/
+.. include:: news.rst
 
 
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+COVID-19 datasets distributed as `h5ad` :small:`2020-04-01`
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+In a joint initiative, the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the Human Cell Atlas, and the CZI distribute datasets related to COVID-19 via anndata's `h5ad` files: `covid19cellatlas.org <https://www.covid19cellatlas.org/>`__. It wasn't anticipated that the `initial idea <https://falexwolf.de/blog/2017-12-23-anndata-indexing-views-HDF5-backing/>`__ of sharing and backing an on-disk representation of `AnnData` would become so widely adopted. Curious? Read up more on the `format <https://anndata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/fileformat-prose.html>`__.
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+CZI grant :small:`2019-11-14`
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+Scanpy has been selected an `essential open source software for science`_ by
+CZI among `32 projects`_, along with giants such as Scipy, Numpy, Pandas,
+Matplotlib, scikit-learn, scikit-image/plotly, pip, jupyterhub/binder,
+Bioconda, Seurat, Bioconductor, and others.
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+.. _essential open source software for science: https://chanzuckerberg.com/newsroom/chan-zuckerberg-initiative-awards-5-million-for-open-source-software-projects-essential-to-science/
+.. _32 projects: https://chanzuckerberg.com/eoss/proposals/