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After 99 days of success, virus returns to haunt Vietnam

By Hau Dinh, Associated Press

For 99 days, Vietnam seemed to have defeated the coronavirus. There wasn't a single reported case of community transmission.

As a virus ravages the world, antibiotic makers are in disarray

By Paul Solman

COVID-19 can be accompanied by secondary bacterial infections with deadly consequences. But the industry that researches and produces antibiotics to fight such illnesses has been upended -- and the pandemic is only making things worse. Now, medical experts worry about…

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Why people are taking more coronavirus risks as the pandemic drags on

By Fedor Kossakovski

Even as COVID-19 cases are surging to new heights across the U.S., it makes sense that people are likely to be more lax in their precautions than during the early days of the crisis, experts in risk perception say.

Pence urges in-person school during visit to North Carolina

By Bryan Anderson, Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence said schools around the country will have the resources they need to reopen for in-person learning during a visit to a classroom of masked fourth graders at a North Carolina private school.

Rep. Gohmert tests positive for coronavirus, cancels Trump trip

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

The 66-year-old Texas Republican was screened for the virus at the White House on Wednesday morning. Gohmert had gone there because he was planning to fly to Texas with President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One.

National teacher union supports strikes over reopening plans

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

One of the nation's largest teachers unions is authorizing its members to strike if their schools plan to reopen without proper safety measures in the middle of the global pandemic.

Democrats, GOP far apart as virus aid talks intensify

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

The differences in Washington over the next coronavirus aid package are vast. And millions of Americans' jobless benefits, school reopenings and eviction protections are at stake.

WATCH: Trump defends disproved COVID-19 treatment

By Darlene Superville, Amanda Seitz, Associated Press

The Trump administration will begin allowing so-called “Dreamer” immigrants to renew their permits to remain and work in the U.S. for a year while it reviews a Supreme Court ruling.

Head of China CDC gets injected with experimental vaccine

By Dake Kang, Associated Press

The head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention says he has been injected with an experimental coronavirus vaccine in an attempt to persuade the public to follow suit when one is approved.

Mnuchin, Pelosi talk virus relief as deadline looms

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Unemployment assistance, eviction protections and other relief for millions of Americans are at stake as White House officials launch negotiations with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a new coronavirus aid package that's teetering in Congress.