• News Wrap: Coronavirus infections keep climbing across U.S.

    News Wrap: Coronavirus infections keep climbing across U.S.

    Nov 04, 2020 11:20 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Wednesday, COVID-19 continues its march across the U.S., with 92,000 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. The United Kingdom is bracing for the start of a new lockdown, while Europe’s worst hot spot, Belgium, reported slowing hospitalizations for the first time in a month. Also, Central America has spent...

  • North Carolina voters applaud Cooper's coronavirus response, giving him another term

    North Carolina voters applaud Cooper's coronavirus response, giving him another term

    Nov 04, 2020 05:46 AM EDT

    Gov. Roy Cooper’s handling of the coronavirus earned him support among North Carolina voters and helped the Democrat secure re-election. In preliminary data, 62 percent of voters surveyed by AP VoteCast said they approved of the way the governor had handled the pandemic, and among those who approved ...

  • Does weather affect the spread of the coronavirus outside?

    Does weather affect the spread of the coronavirus outside?

    Nov 03, 2020 10:37 PM EDT

    Does weather affect the spread of the coronavirus outside? Not really. The World Health Organization says the coronavirus can be transmitted in any kind of weather and that there is no reason to believe that cold weather can kill it. The U.N. health agency says the virus is mainly ...

  • Hospitals competing for nurses as U.S. coronavirus cases surge

    Hospitals competing for nurses as U.S. coronavirus cases surge

    Nov 02, 2020 07:54 PM EDT

    With total confirmed coronavirus cases surpassing 9 million in the U.S. and new daily infections rising in 47 states, the need is only increasing. Wausau, Wisconsin-based Aspirus Health Care is offering $15,000 signing bonuses for nurses with at least a year of experience and hiring contract nurses ...

  • Germany launches 4-week partial shutdown to curb coronavirus

    Germany launches 4-week partial shutdown to curb coronavirus

    Nov 02, 2020 03:51 PM EDT

    BERLIN (AP) — A four-week partial shutdown has started in Germany, with restaurants, bars, theaters, cinemas and other leisure facilities closing down until the end of the month in a drive to flatten a rapid rise in coronavirus infections. The restrictions that took effect Monday are milder than the ones ...

  • 'Coronavirus tsunami' in Belgium threatens health care system

    'Coronavirus tsunami' in Belgium threatens health care system

    Oct 30, 2020 10:33 PM EDT

    ... It's to prevent the health care system from total collapse. Phillipe Devos: We had 5 percent of nurses and doctors that were positive to coronavirus, but not sick. They didn't have COVID-19. And so we needed these 5 percent who are essential to treat all the patients ...

  • A Utah infectious disease doctor on his state's coronavirus crisis

    A Utah infectious disease doctor on his state's coronavirus crisis

    Oct 26, 2020 10:40 PM EDT

    ... better than inside, and handwashing. It's as simple as that. William Brangham: One last question. The president has alleged that hospitals are exaggerating the coronavirus death totals. And he said that they're doing it to make more money, that, if you have a COVID case, you get more ...

  • Honoring people lost to the coronavirus pandemic

    Honoring people lost to the coronavirus pandemic

    Oct 23, 2020 10:25 PM EDT

    The NewsHour takes a moment every week to honor victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are the stories of five more Americans who lost their lives in the crisis.

  • WATCH LIVE: Biden promises 'free' coronavirus vaccine

    WATCH LIVE: Biden promises 'free' coronavirus vaccine

    Oct 23, 2020 04:33 PM EDT

    Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has long accused the Trump administration of giving up on the coronavirus pandemic, but he is getting more aggressive, arguing that the president actively encouraged its spread. Watch Biden's remarks in the video player above. Announcing his plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic if ...

  • Czech PM asks health minister to resign for breaking coronavirus restrictions

    Czech PM asks health minister to resign for breaking coronavirus restrictions

    Oct 23, 2020 02:59 PM EDT

    ... Republic to help their local colleagues. Before he became health minister, Prymula was a deputy health minister who led the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic for a time in the spring. The country recorded a relatively low number of COVID-19 cases and deaths then compared to hard ...