• CDC coronavirus guidance more restrictive than White House

    CDC coronavirus guidance more restrictive than White House

    May 13, 2020 02:11 PM EDT

    The White House’s plan that was released April 17 included some of the CDC’s approach, but put the onus for reopening decisions was solely on state governors and local officials.

  • Key moments from the Senate’s coronavirus hearing with top health officials

    Key moments from the Senate’s coronavirus hearing with top health officials

    May 12, 2020 11:19 PM EDT

    ... been particularly hard hit, with some places showing black people accounting for 70 percent of virus deaths in April. As many call for a free coronavirus vaccine, Sanders asked Giroir whether he thinks a future coronavirus vaccine should be available to all Americans regardless of income. “We need to be ...

  • Coronavirus pandemic threatens Flint, Michigan, with 2nd major health crisis

    Coronavirus pandemic threatens Flint, Michigan, with 2nd major health crisis

    May 12, 2020 10:25 PM EDT

    ... we found a lot of people who continued distrust of the government. And now there's concerns about the way the leadership is handling the coronavirus pandemic. How is that affecting people? Mona Hanna-Attisha: There's been significant loss and trust of every level of government because of the ...

  • WATCH: White House press secretary holds briefing on coronavirus updates

    WATCH: White House press secretary holds briefing on coronavirus updates

    May 12, 2020 06:02 PM EDT

    ... Weijia Jiang of CBC News and Kaitlan Collins of CNN. Jiang had asked the president why he was putting so much emphasis on how much coronavirus testing had been done in the United States, wondering why it was a “global competition.” The president replied that Jiang, who was born in ...

  • WATCH: Pelosi unveils $3 trillion coronavirus aid package

    WATCH: Pelosi unveils $3 trillion coronavirus aid package

    May 12, 2020 05:29 PM EDT

    “Not acting is the most expensive course," she said on Tuesday.

  • Russia: Putin's spokesman hospitalized with coronavirus

    Russia: Putin's spokesman hospitalized with coronavirus

    May 12, 2020 02:18 PM EDT

    MOSCOW (AP) — Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says he is hospitalized with the coronavirus. Peskov, a key aide of Russian President Vladimir Putin, told the Interfax news agency on Tuesday, "Yes, I've gotten sick. I'm being treated." Peskov, 52, has been Putin's spokesman since 2008, but started working ...

  • WATCH: Virginia governor gives coronavirus update

    WATCH: Virginia governor gives coronavirus update

    May 11, 2020 10:38 PM EDT

    Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam held a news conference to give an update on the state's efforts to fight the novel coronavirus. Watch the governor's remarks in the player above. In the U.S., where health officials will watch closely in coming days for any resurgence of the virus ...

  • WATCH: Louisiana governor gives a coronavirus update

    WATCH: Louisiana governor gives a coronavirus update

    May 11, 2020 04:20 PM EDT

    ... Tattoo parlors, spas, amusement parks and children’s museums will remain closed. The governor said he decided to lessen the constraints because Louisiana, one of the nation’s early hot spots for the coronavirus, is seeing consistent declines in new virus cases and hospitalization rates for COVID-19 disease patients.

  • US approves new coronavirus antigen test with fast results

    US approves new coronavirus antigen test with fast results

    May 09, 2020 07:30 PM EDT

    The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday announced emergency authorization for antigen tests developed by Quidel Corp. of San Diego. The test can rapidly detect fragments of virus proteins in samples collected from swabs swiped inside the nasal cavity, the FDA said in a statement.

  • Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy dies from coronavirus at 75

    Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy dies from coronavirus at 75

    May 09, 2020 01:21 PM EDT

    Magician Roy Horn of the famed Las Vegas act Siegfried & Roy has died of complications from the coronavirus. He was 75.