• WATCH: Coronavirus vaccine 'unlikely' by Election Day, Fauci says

    WATCH: Coronavirus vaccine 'unlikely' by Election Day, Fauci says

    Sep 08, 2020 05:01 PM EDT

    ... a full-blown flu season, the American health care system could be overwhelmed, particularly as some hospitals have already been stretched to capacity from the coronavirus pandemic. “We think because people have done public health measures to avoid infection with the coronavirus — namely masks, distancing, avoiding crowds, washing hands — we ...

  • How the U.S. can get coronavirus testing where it needs to be

    How the U.S. can get coronavirus testing where it needs to be

    Sep 07, 2020 10:45 PM EDT

    As summer comes to a close, the United States is averaging about 830 coronavirus deaths per day, along with tens of thousands of new cases. Although testing for the virus has improved, problems with access and obtaining expedient results persist. But Dr. Atul Gawande of Brigham and Women’s Hospital has a plan for how testing...

  • Hopes fading for coronavirus deal as Congress returns

    Hopes fading for coronavirus deal as Congress returns

    Sep 07, 2020 09:35 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — As lawmakers return to Washington for an abbreviated preelection session, hopes are dimming for another coronavirus relief bill — or much else. Talks between top Democrats and the Trump administration broke off last month and remain off track, with the bipartisan unity that drove almost $3 trillion in COVID ...

  • WATCH: Biden hits out at Trump over coronavirus, economy during Labor Day event

    WATCH: Biden hits out at Trump over coronavirus, economy during Labor Day event

    Sep 07, 2020 06:14 PM EDT

    ... backdrop of a pandemic that has upended campaigning, forcing much of the traditional activity online. When asked if he would be willing to take the coronavirus vaccine, should it be ready before election day, Biden said he would first wait to hear from the scientist before blasting President Trump. "I ...

  • WATCH: Trump attacks Biden over plans for coronavirus, economy

    WATCH: Trump attacks Biden over plans for coronavirus, economy

    Sep 07, 2020 04:17 PM EDT

    President Donald Trump used a Labor Day news conference from the White House to criticise his presidential election opponent, Joe Biden, over his plans for handling the coronavirus pandemic. Watch the president's remarks in the player above. Trump assailed the Democratic ticket and put the halting economic recovery under ...

  • Will long Labor Day weekend mean another coronavirus spike?

    Will long Labor Day weekend mean another coronavirus spike?

    Sep 04, 2020 07:59 PM EDT

    The rise in infections, deaths and hospitalizations over the summer was blamed in part on Americans behaving heedlessly over other long holiday weekends.

  • Middle East's confirmed coronavirus death toll surpasses 50,000

    Middle East's confirmed coronavirus death toll surpasses 50,000

    Sep 03, 2020 01:22 PM EDT

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The confirmed death toll from the coronavirus went over 50,000 in the Middle East on Thursday as the pandemic continues. That's according to a count from The Associated Press, based on official numbers offered by health authorities across the region. WATCH: How the ...

  • How Iowa became a coronavirus hot spot

    How Iowa became a coronavirus hot spot

    Sep 02, 2020 10:45 PM EDT

    Iowa is dealing with a surge of coronavirus cases that has turned the state into a hot spot for the disease. The increase has been driven in part by the return to school, with virus clusters developing around the state’s major universities. But Gov. Kim Reynolds has resisted measures like widespread bar closures and mask...

  • Brazil Indigenous Chief Raoni Metuktire tests positive for coronavirus

    Brazil Indigenous Chief Raoni Metuktire tests positive for coronavirus

    Aug 31, 2020 10:38 PM EDT

    RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Chief Raoni Metuktire, an Indigenous leader who became a symbol of the fight for the preservation of the Amazon forest in Brazil, was hospitalized with symptoms of pneumonia and tested positive for the new coronavirus, the Raoni Institute said Monday. The nearly 90-year-old Kayapó ...

  • Homeschooling through the coronavirus pandemic

    Homeschooling through the coronavirus pandemic

    Aug 30, 2020 09:29 PM EDT

    Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic there has been growing interest from parents in homeschooling their children after schools across the nation abruptly shut down and transitioned to remote learning. Ivette Feliciano caught up with two parents in Georgia who have homeschooled their kids for many years to find out how the pandemic has...