• WATCH: Trump, Biden go after each other on coronavirus

    WATCH: Trump, Biden go after each other on coronavirus

    Oct 23, 2020 02:24 AM EDT

    It's debate night for President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden. They've squared off in Nashville in their final face-to-face confrontation before the election. Right from the start they went at each other on the pandemic.

  • Pope reverts to mask-less old ways amid surging coronavirus infections

    Pope reverts to mask-less old ways amid surging coronavirus infections

    Oct 21, 2020 02:22 PM EDT

    ... Vatican City State has had 27 cases, according to the Johns Hopkins University running tally. In Italy, the one-time European epicenter of COVID-19, coronavirus cases are surging, with the Lazio region around Vatican City among the hardest hit. Lazio has more people hospitalized and in intensive care than ...

  • Coronavirus vaccine storage issues could leave 3 billion people without access

    Coronavirus vaccine storage issues could leave 3 billion people without access

    Oct 19, 2020 01:32 PM EDT

    ... given 1 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine today, the country wouldn’t be able to handle it, Jean-Claude Mubalama, UNICEF’s head of health and nutrition for the African nation. “If we had to vaccinate against the coronavirus now, at this moment, it would be impossible,” he said.

  • As coronavirus flares globally, new strategies target hot spots

    As coronavirus flares globally, new strategies target hot spots

    Oct 19, 2020 01:09 PM EDT

    Confirmed world coronavirus infections surpassed 40 million, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally early Monday.

  • A global view of the worsening coronavirus crisis

    A global view of the worsening coronavirus crisis

    Oct 16, 2020 10:35 PM EDT

    Across the globe, new cases of the coronavirus have climbed to an all-time high of more than 330,000 per day. Continental Europe is facing unprecedented spread, but conditions are worsening in the United Kingdom and in parts of Latin America, as well. Nick Schifrin and special correspondents Lucy Hough, Malcolm Brabant and Mary Triny Mena...

  • Feds unveil plan to get coronavirus shots to nursing homes

    Feds unveil plan to get coronavirus shots to nursing homes

    Oct 16, 2020 08:22 PM EDT

    Federal health officials on Friday unveiled a plan to get yet-to-be-approved coronavirus vaccines to nursing home residents free of charge, enlisting two national pharmacy chains to help.

  • Plot highlights threats faced by governors amid coronavirus protests

    Plot highlights threats faced by governors amid coronavirus protests

    Oct 09, 2020 10:41 PM EDT

    Across the country, armed protesters have rallied this year against coronavirus-related shutdowns. In Michigan, some protesters with guns were allowed inside the statehouse in April after passing temperature screenings. Some lawmakers wore bulletproof vests. Protests both against virus restrictions and racial injustice this year have targeted not just the ...

  • How coronavirus is shaping voter mindsets in the battleground of Wisconsin

    How coronavirus is shaping voter mindsets in the battleground of Wisconsin

    Oct 09, 2020 10:30 PM EDT

    As President Trump seeks to highlight his apparent recovery from coronavirus, cases are once again surging in several U.S. states – just weeks before the election. One of them is Wisconsin, a battleground Trump won in 2016 but where he is now trailing former Vice President Joe Biden by 5 percentage points, according to polls....

  • Where Trump, Democrats stand on additional coronavirus relief

    Where Trump, Democrats stand on additional coronavirus relief

    Oct 07, 2020 10:55 PM EDT

    ... part of what he said, which is: "It's a slaughter, not just a political dispute." So what he was talking about there is the coronavirus pandemic, essentially saying that too many Americans have died, and this administration has really not done what it needed to do for the virus ...

  • With 239 deaths, Iran hits its highest daily coronavirus toll

    With 239 deaths, Iran hits its highest daily coronavirus toll

    Oct 07, 2020 05:06 PM EDT

    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV said the country has hit its highest number of daily deaths from the coronavirus, with 239 new fatalities reported on Wednesday. The report quoted the spokesperson of the country’s health ministry, Sima Sadat Lari, as saying that the 239 died since Tuesday. Iran ...