• WATCH: House committee holds hearing on coronavirus response

    WATCH: House committee holds hearing on coronavirus response

    May 06, 2020 01:52 PM EST

    Members of the House Committee on Appropriations are scheduled to hold a hearing Wednesday on the country's coronavirus response efforts. Watch the hearing in the player above. The subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies will hear from two witnesses: Dr. Tom ...

  • WATCH: New Jersey governor gives coronavirus update

    WATCH: New Jersey governor gives coronavirus update

    May 05, 2020 07:52 PM EST

    New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy held a news conference May 4 on the state’s response to the novel coronavirus. Watch the governor's remarks in the player above. The COVID-19 hotspot has had nearly 8,000 deaths and over 128,000 positive cases. It is not fully reopening ...

  • Britain's death toll from the coronavirus rivals Italy's

    Britain's death toll from the coronavirus rivals Italy's

    May 05, 2020 06:57 PM EST

    ... be rolled out across the country later this month. In France, scientists released a study saying they may have identified a possible case of the coronavirus dating back to December, about a month before the first cases were officially confirmed in Europe.Outside experts said the study was interesting but ...

  • Coronavirus fears may lead to big gap year for college students

    Coronavirus fears may lead to big gap year for college students

    May 05, 2020 03:41 PM EST

    Many students have a simpler reason than travel or work for considering a gap year: They consider it better than spending a semester or even a year taking college classes online.

  • Additional 1,700 coronavirus-related deaths reported in New York nursing homes

    Additional 1,700 coronavirus-related deaths reported in New York nursing homes

    May 05, 2020 03:37 PM EST

    ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state is reporting more than 1,700 previously undisclosed deaths at nursing homes and adult care facilities as the state faces scrutiny over how it’s protected vulnerable residents during the coronavirus pandemic. At least 4,813 people have died from COVID-19 in ...

  • Coronavirus returns long-banned drive-in movies to Iran

    Coronavirus returns long-banned drive-in movies to Iran

    May 05, 2020 12:38 PM EST

    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The new coronavirus pandemic has brought back something unseen in Iran since its 1979 Islamic Revolution: a drive-in movie theater. Once decried by revolutionaries for allowing too much privacy for unmarried young couples, a drive-in theater now operates from a parking lot right under Tehran ...

  • WATCH: Louisiana governor gives coronavirus update

    WATCH: Louisiana governor gives coronavirus update

    May 04, 2020 10:23 PM EST

    Louisiana lawmakers began restarting their legislature — even as they feuded over whether they should return at all. Watch the governor's remarks in the player above. Political battles have become increasingly embedded in coronavirus policy in the United States. In Louisiana, Republican legislators irritated by Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards ...

  • How robots and other tech can make the fight against coronavirus safer

    How robots and other tech can make the fight against coronavirus safer

    May 04, 2020 09:47 PM EST

    ... deploying telehealth devices into these rooms, we could cut the use of personal protective equipment by 50 percent,” Czartoski said.Disinfecting hospitals Prior to the coronavirus outbreak, there had been a big push to reduce the number of hospital-acquired infections that kill tens of thousands of Americans every year ...

  • WATCH: South Dakota governor gives coronavirus update

    WATCH: South Dakota governor gives coronavirus update

    May 04, 2020 05:23 PM EST

    ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report Friday said more than 4,900 workers at meat and poultry processing facilities have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, including 20 who died. Not all states provided data. The CDC researchers cited risks including difficulties with physical distancing and hygiene, and crowded living ...

  • Rural hospitals were already struggling. Then the coronavirus hit.

    Rural hospitals were already struggling. Then the coronavirus hit.

    May 04, 2020 09:57 AM EST

    Much of what we’ve heard about the coronavirus is from major cities like New York. But what’s happening to hospitals in rural America, where there are more high-risk patients, fewer resources and a smaller safety net -- if there is one at all? We talk to two front ...