Education May 18 What does COVID-19 mean for the future of college admissions? With schools closed and classes moving online, students nationwide are being forced to adapt to a new learning landscape. One challenge: standardized testing for college admissions, many of which have been canceled this spring. Although test administrators say tests will…
Health May 13 Trump says Fauci ‘wants to play all sides’ with reopening plan U.S. states and cities are setting their own pace in lifting restrictions enacted to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Officials are wrestling with the dual worries of economic devastation and a public health crisis, as virus cases continue to…
Health May 11 Pandemic means Americans with disabilities aren’t getting the services they need For more than 60 million Americans with disabilities, the rapid spread of COVID-19 is especially dangerous. Many live in long-term care facilities, and they are twice as likely to experience poverty as those without disability. But so far, legislation has…
Nation May 08 Coronavirus hasn’t hurt these areas of the U.S. — but its economic impact has While COVID-19 has devastated parts of the U.S., including hot spots like New York, New Jersey and Louisiana, many counties in Western states have few cases and no deaths. Some officials and residents in those areas feel that pandemic restrictions…
Health May 06 More countries are lifting pandemic restrictions — even as infections climb More states and countries are lifting restrictions put in place to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus, which is responsible for nearly 73,000 deaths in the U.S. and more than 260,000 worldwide. But new infections are still rising, prompting…
Health May 04 Businesses in the U.S., Europe begin opening doors to a new chapter The start of a new week marked more reopenings across the United States, whose death toll from COVID-19 is now over 68,000. In Washington, D.C., the Senate returned to the Capitol, while the House remained at recess due to the…
Health Apr 29 Amid economic gloom, a sign of potential progress toward treatment The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has now surpassed 60,000, but there are some signs of hope. An international study run by the National Institutes of Health found encouraging results in a trial of the experimental drug remdesivir among hospitalized…
World Apr 27 Reopening economies should be a ‘delicate dance,’ say health experts Although the pace of infection has slowed in some U.S. coronavirus hot spots, the overall numbers keep rising. Nearly a third of the world’s three million confirmed cases are in the U.S., which has also recorded 55,000 deaths. But despite…
Nation Apr 24 Navajo Nation, hit hard by COVID-19, comes together to protect its most vulnerable COVID-19 is ripping through the Navajo Nation, infecting and killing people at rates that are above U.S. averages. Located across three states, the Navajo population is already vulnerable, with a high prevalence of underlying disease, a lack of infrastructure and…
Economy Apr 20 How the COVID-19 pandemic is sending American agriculture into chaos COVID-19 is disrupting agriculture on many levels. The Trump administration recently announced it will spend $19 billion to help farmers. But they aren’t the only group in need of support -- undocumented immigrants are roughly half of American farmworkers, and…