• Vice President Mike Pence, second lady test negative for coronavirus

    Vice President Mike Pence, second lady test negative for coronavirus

    Oct 02, 2020 12:59 PM EDT

    Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence tested negative for COVID-19 Friday morning, hours after President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were diagnosed with the coronavirus. Spokesman Devin O’Malley says Pence “remains in good health and wishes the Trumps well in their recovery.” Pence ...

  • Top Trump aide Hope Hicks tests positive for coronavirus

    Top Trump aide Hope Hicks tests positive for coronavirus

    Oct 02, 2020 01:05 AM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump's closest aides, has tested positive for the coronavirus. Hicks, who serves as counselor to the president and traveled with him to a rally Wednesday, tested positive Thursday, according to an administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss ...

  • Push to bring coronavirus vaccines to those in poverty faces trouble

    Push to bring coronavirus vaccines to those in poverty faces trouble

    Oct 01, 2020 08:02 PM EDT

    In one of the biggest obstacles, rich countries have locked up most of the world's potential vaccine supply through 2021, and the U.S. and others have refused to join the project, called Covax.

  • India’s confirmed coronavirus tally reaches 6 million cases

    India’s confirmed coronavirus tally reaches 6 million cases

    Sep 28, 2020 05:01 PM EDT

    NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s confirmed coronavirus tally reached 6 million on Monday, keeping the country second to the United States in number of reported cases. The Health Ministry reported 82,170 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, driving the overall total to 6,074,703. At least ...

  • WATCH: Under strain of the coronavirus, Europe's leaders plead for unity during day 4 of the United Nations General Assembly

    WATCH: Under strain of the coronavirus, Europe's leaders plead for unity during day 4 of the United Nations General Assembly

    Sep 25, 2020 01:03 PM EDT

    The United Nations General Assembly meets amid finger-pointing among world leaders over responsibility the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Iowa fines beef plant $957 after huge coronavirus outbreak

    Iowa fines beef plant $957 after huge coronavirus outbreak

    Sep 24, 2020 07:27 PM EDT

    Inspection records show the outbreak at the Iowa Premium Beef Plant in Tama in April resulted in 338 of the plant's 850 workers testing positive for the virus.

  • Finland deploys coronavirus-sniffing dogs at main airport

    Finland deploys coronavirus-sniffing dogs at main airport

    Sep 23, 2020 07:41 PM EDT

    HELSINKI (AP) — Finland has deployed coronavirus-sniffing dogs at the Nordic country’s main international airport in a four-month trial of an alternative testing method that could become a cost-friendly and quick way to identify infected travelers. Four dogs of different breeds trained by Finland’s Smell Detection ...

  • Research shows coronavirus spreads primarily through air. Here's how to reduce risk

    Research shows coronavirus spreads primarily through air. Here's how to reduce risk

    Sep 22, 2020 10:35 PM EDT

    A growing body of evidence indicates that airborne transmission is the main way people are becoming infected with the novel coronavirus. Given that understanding, how should we change our behavior to reduce our risk of infection? William Brangham talks to Virginia Tech’s Dr. Linsey Marr about aerosols vs. droplets, ventilation and more.

  • U.S. death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000

    U.S. death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000

    Sep 22, 2020 04:03 PM EDT

    ... to CDC figures. The death toll from COVID-19 during the same period was put at about 150,000 by Johns Hopkins.Researchers suspect some coronavirus deaths were overlooked, while other deaths may have been caused indirectly by the crisis, by creating such turmoil that people with chronic conditions such ...

  • WATCH: At U.N., Trump faults China's coronavirus response

    WATCH: At U.N., Trump faults China's coronavirus response

    Sep 22, 2020 12:56 PM EDT

    President Donald Trump says the United Nations must hold China “accountable” for failing to contain the coronavirus, which has killed about 200,000 Americans and nearly 1 million around the world. Trump is accusing China of not sharing timely information with the world on the new disease in a taped ...