• Why India's coronavirus numbers probably underestimate the country's outbreak

    Why India's coronavirus numbers probably underestimate the country's outbreak

    Jul 27, 2020 10:35 PM EDT

    ... s spread, leading to social stigma, or, as we found at the labor site, more immediate worries. Man (through translator): What do I think about coronavirus? I have nothing to eat. Fred de Sam Lazaro: "I will more likely die from hunger before I get coronavirus," he says. For the ...

  • 2 MLB games postponed as Miami Marlins deal with coronavirus outbreak

    2 MLB games postponed as Miami Marlins deal with coronavirus outbreak

    Jul 27, 2020 04:52 PM EDT

    MIAMI (AP) — Two major league games scheduled for Monday night were postponed as the Miami Marlins deal with a coronavirus outbreak that stranded them in Philadelphia. The Marlins' home opener against Baltimore was called off, as was the New York Yankees' game at Philadelphia. The Yankees would have been in ...

  • Coronavirus crisis sparks a young Israeli protest movement

    Coronavirus crisis sparks a young Israeli protest movement

    Jul 27, 2020 03:06 PM EDT

    A wave of demonstrations is sweeping Israel against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his perceived failure to handle the country’s deepening economic crisis.

  • Trump's national security adviser has coronavirus

    Trump's national security adviser has coronavirus

    Jul 27, 2020 02:21 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien has tested positive for the coronavirus — making him the highest-ranking official to test positive so far. That's according to two people familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized ...

  • Some US police resist enforcing coronavirus mask mandates

    Some US police resist enforcing coronavirus mask mandates

    Jul 26, 2020 07:27 PM EDT

    “We as law enforcement are NOT the social distancing police OR the face mask police. Just be responsible, that’s all, and be safe,” the Bay Minette Police Department announced in a Facebook post. In New York City, which was at the heart of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak ...

  • Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he tested negative for coronavirus

    Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he tested negative for coronavirus

    Jul 25, 2020 03:35 PM EDT

    BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Saturday that he has tested negative for the new coronavirus, based on a fourth test since he said July 7 that he had the virus. “Good morning everyone,” Bolsonaro wrote on Facebook after reporting that the test was “negative.” The 65-year-old ...

  • Honoring 5 more victims of the coronavirus pandemic

    Honoring 5 more victims of the coronavirus pandemic

    Jul 24, 2020 10:30 PM EDT

    As we have every Friday for the past several months, we take a moment to remember some of the lives lost to the novel coronavirus pandemic, including a high school English teacher and a 39-year-old mother of six. ... Judy Woodruff: As we come to the end of another ...

  • WATCH: Trump calls off GOP National Convention in Florida, citing coronavirus

    WATCH: Trump calls off GOP National Convention in Florida, citing coronavirus

    Jul 23, 2020 07:06 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has canceled the bulk of the Republican National Convention scheduled for Florida next month, citing a “flare-up” of the coronavirus. Watch the president's briefing in the player above. Trump's formal renomination will still go forward in North Carolina ...

  • Uganda confirms first coronavirus death

    Uganda confirms first coronavirus death

    Jul 23, 2020 05:54 PM EDT

    ... more than 1,000. However, the country tests only a few thousand daily samples. A new survey released this week found most Ugandans fear the coronavirus less this month than they did in March. Meanwhile, South Africa’s confirmed coronavirus cases have nearly reached 400,000 as the country reports ...

  • Trump announces return of coronavirus briefings amid 'big flare-up'

    Trump announces return of coronavirus briefings amid 'big flare-up'

    Jul 20, 2020 10:55 PM EDT

    With the novel coronavirus running rampant across much of the U.S., more states are facing a dilemma about whether to shut down again. In Washington, D.C., political leaders are confronting their own critical choices over a potential new round of federal pandemic legislation. But President Trump says the states have already been given enough aid...