Health

Experts: Virus numbers could be erratic after Thanksgiving

By Daniella Peters, Associated Press

The coronavirus testing numbers that have guided much of the nation’s response to the pandemic are likely to be erratic over the next week or so.

U.S. colleges mull new virus protocols for students’ return

By Lisa Rathke, Associated Press

As coronavirus cases are surging around the country, some colleges and universities are rethinking some of their plans for next semester.

Here’s how it feels when COVID-19 symptoms last for months

By Margot Gage Witvliet, The Conversation

Margot Gage Witvliet went from being healthy and active to fearing she was dying almost overnight. An epidemiologist, she dug into the research to understand what's happening to long-haulers like her.

Empty seats, delivered feasts as virus changes Thanksgiving

By Regina Garcia Cano, Matt Sedensky, Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press

Americans are marking the Thanksgiving holiday amid an unrelenting pandemic that has upended traditions at dinner tables all around the country.

Americans risk traveling over Thanksgiving despite warnings

By Lisa Marie Pane, Sophia Tulp, Associated Press

Millions of Americans took to the skies and the highways ahead of Thanksgiving at the risk of pouring gasoline on the coronavirus fire, disregarding increasingly dire warnings that they stay home and limit their holiday gatherings to members of their…

Supreme Court blocks New York coronavirus limits on houses of worship

By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

As coronavirus cases surge again nationwide the Supreme Court late Wednesday barred New York from enforcing certain limits on attendance at churches and synagogues in areas designated as hard hit by the virus.

Where do homeless patients go after being treated for COVID-19?

By J. Robin Moon, The Conversation

What happens to unhoused people who get COVID-19?…

WATCH: Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb gives coronavirus update

By Candice Norwood

The state has seen more than 312,000 positive coronavirus cases since March.

Money promised to combat U.S. overdose crisis sits unused

By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

A $200 million account set aside as part of Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy case is going unused because attorneys involved in lawsuits against the OxyContin maker can't agree how to spend it.

Hopeful about COVID vaccine, Britain begins plan for how to distribute millions of doses

By Danica Kirka, Associated Press

With major COVID-19 vaccines showing high levels of protection, British officials are cautiously — and they stress cautiously — optimistic that life may start returning to normal by early April.