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WATCH: Senators hear update on early outpatient treatment for COVID-19

By Courtney Vinopal

The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee is holding a hearing Nov. 19 on early outpatient treatment for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

On Thanksgiving gatherings, public health officials say 'don't do it'

By Courtney Vinopal, Isabella Isaacs-Thomas

An overwhelming surge of the coronavirus is afflicting the United States at the very moment that extended families are considering if, and how, they can gather for the holidays. Public health experts have three words for you: “don’t do it.”…

Dolly Parton adds pandemic hero to list of accomplishments

By Associated Press

Parton's $1 million gift to Nashville's Vanderbilt University Medical Center helped researchers develop Moderna's experimental coronavirus vaccine, announced this week.

Pfizer says new data shows COVID vaccine candidate is 95% effective, will seek approval soon

By Associated Press

The announcement from Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech, just a week after they revealed the first promising preliminary results.

Toilet paper limits, empty shelves are back as virus surges

By Joseph Pisani, Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press

A surge of new coronavirus cases in the U.S. is sending people back to stores to stockpile again, leaving shelves bare and forcing retailers to put limits on purchases.

Sen. Chuck Grassley says he tested positive for novel coronavirus

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the longest-serving Republican senator and third in the line of presidential succession, says he has tested positive for the coronavirus.

These Parkinson's patients find relief at the barre

By Shana Fischer

For the million people living with Parkinson’s disease in the United States, medication is the most common form of treatment. But some doctors are now prescribing dance as a way to slow the symptoms -- and bring joy to patients…

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U.S. judge blocks Trump rule change affecting home care workers

By Don Thompson, Associated Press

Despite providing what the judge called “physically and psychologically demanding” home care services, the workers are paid a median $10.49 an hour nationwide.

2 COVID-19 vaccine candidates may protect against the virus. Now what?

By Laura Santhanam

Even if vaccines are approved and enough doses are made, widespread immunity also depends on how many people are willing to roll up their sleeves.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says surge in virus cases threatens U.S. economy

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

Powell said the threat also means Congress and the White House should provide more stimulus spending to support the unemployed, states and cities, and small businesses, and to keep the economy afloat.