• 'We have been through this before.' Why anti-Asian hate crimes are rising amid coronavirus

    'We have been through this before.' Why anti-Asian hate crimes are rising amid coronavirus

    Jun 25, 2020 10:44 PM EDT

    ... their direction. A student teacher at an elementary school reported one student, whose race was not identified, teasing a Chinese student, saying he had the coronavirus and saying the virus spread because of what Chinese people eat. The White House has defended Trump’s use of the term; earlier this ...

  • New York City Marathon canceled because of coronavirus

    New York City Marathon canceled because of coronavirus

    Jun 24, 2020 09:48 PM EDT

    NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City Marathon, the world's largest marathon, was canceled Wednesday because of the coronavirus pandemic, with organizers and city officials deciding that holding the race on Nov. 1 would be too risky. New York Road Runners announced the cancellation of the prestigious marathon, set ...

  • Mongolians vote amid economic woes, anti-coronavirus success

    Mongolians vote amid economic woes, anti-coronavirus success

    Jun 24, 2020 03:16 PM EDT

    The votes were held amid considerable success in the country’s fight against the coronavirus, with just 215 cases of COVID-19 recorded.

  • WATCH: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gives coronavirus update

    WATCH: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gives coronavirus update

    Jun 23, 2020 11:55 PM EDT

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Alarming surges in coronavirus cases across the U.S. South and West raised fears Monday that the outbreak is spiraling out of control and that hard-won progress against the scourge is slipping away because of resistance among many Americans to wearing masks and keeping their ...

  • Quarantine bubbles – when done right – limit coronavirus risk and help fight loneliness

    Quarantine bubbles – when done right – limit coronavirus risk and help fight loneliness

    Jun 23, 2020 03:51 PM EDT

    People are turning to quarantine bubbles as a way to see friends and family while limiting the risk from the coronavirus. Research shows that this can work, but it's not easy to be in a quaranteam.

  • Novak Djokovic tests positive for coronavirus

    Novak Djokovic tests positive for coronavirus

    Jun 23, 2020 12:57 PM EDT

    BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Novak Djokovic tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday after taking part in a tennis exhibition series he organized in Serbia and Croatia. The top-ranked Serb is the fourth player to test positive for the virus after first playing in Belgrade and then again last weekend ...

  • Where the coronavirus is spreading worldwide -- and why

    Where the coronavirus is spreading worldwide -- and why

    Jun 22, 2020 10:55 PM EDT

    The World Health Organization says Sunday marked the largest global daily surge in new coronavirus cases since the pandemic began: 183,000. In the U.S., daily fatalities from the disease have dropped since the initial peak this spring, but more than 600 people are still dying each day. Amna Nawaz reports and talks to Stephen Morrison...

  • Past pandemics have reshaped society. Will coronavirus do the same?

    Past pandemics have reshaped society. Will coronavirus do the same?

    Jun 22, 2020 10:20 PM EDT

    Although the coronavirus pandemic presents unprecedented challenges for people living through it, humans have endured similar health ordeals in the past. Jeffrey Brown speaks to two historians, Frank Snowden of Yale University and Nancy Bristow of the University of Puget Sound, about how previous pandemics have shaped societies. It’s part of our ongoing arts and...

  • WATCH: White House addresses Trump's use of racist coronavirus term

    WATCH: White House addresses Trump's use of racist coronavirus term

    Jun 22, 2020 05:24 PM EDT

    ... more cases, because when you test more people, you find more cases." A White House reporter then asked if it was "appropriate to joke about coronavirus, when the 120,000 people have died." "He was not joking about coronavirus," said McEnany."I just said he was joking about the media ...

  • WHO reports largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases

    WHO reports largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases

    Jun 21, 2020 09:30 PM EDT

    ... cases, so the regional government issued a quarantine for all 6,500 workers, managers and family members. In Asia, China and South Korea reported new coronavirus cases Sunday in outbreaks that threatened to set back their recoveries. Chinese authorities recorded 25 new confirmed cases — 22 in Beijing. In the past ...