Health

Attendees at Trump rally in North Carolina test positive

By Associated Press

The department recommends anyone who attended the president’s Oct. 21 rally assess their own risk, monitor for symptoms and get tested, if necessary.

Public health experts say U.S. COVID-19 response marked by grave missteps

By Matt Sedensky, Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

The result: the country could be looking at a terrible winter.

WHO says Europe now has more than 10 million COVID-19 cases

By Maria Cheng, Associated Press

WHO European regional director Dr. Hans Kluge said Thursday that "hospitalizations have risen to levels unseen since the spring" and that deaths have risen by more than 30% in the last week.

Polish prime minister calls for stop to mass protests, citing pandemic

By Monika Scislowska, Associated Press

Poland's prime minister has appealed for a stop to a week of angry protests against a high court ruling that tightens already strict abortion laws, amid a huge spike in the country's coronavirus infections.

Central Europe sounds alarm facing a shortages of medics as virus surges

By Karel Janicek, Vanessa Gera, Associated Press

With coronavirus cases surging in many central European countries, soldiers, firefighters, students and retired doctors are being asked to help shore up buckling health care systems.

Hurricane Zeta makes landfall in Louisiana

By Kevin McGill, Rebecca Santana, Stacey Plaisance, Associated Press

The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Zeta has crashed ashore in storm-weary Louisiana as a powerful Category 2 storm, striking the latest blow of an extraordinarily busy Atlantic tropical storm season.

Health insurers are starting to roll back coverage for telehealth – even though demand is way up due to COVID-19

By Jennifer Mallow, Steve Davis, The Conversation

Widely adopted in the U.S. when pandemic precautions kept people home, telehealth faces a challenge as insurance coverage changes, right when its popularity had surged.

Scientists warn Americans are expecting too much from a COVID-19 vaccine

By Liz Szabo, JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News

The White House and many Americans have pinned their hopes for defeating the COVID-19 pandemic on a vaccine being developed at “warp speed.” But some scientific experts warn they’re all expecting too much, too soon.

France, Germany impose new lockdowns to curb virus spread

By Frank Jordans, Angela Charlton, Associated Press

The World Health Organization says the European region — which includes Russia, Turkey, Israel and Central Asia, according to its definition — accounted for almost half of the 2.8 million new coronavirus cases reported globally last week.

Divided Belgium turns into Europe's worst virus hot spot

By Associated Press

Belgium has been hit hard again by the pandemic, and now presents some of the most worrying statistics in a continent reeling under a coronavirus resurgence.