COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has tested positive for the coronavirus and was slated to receive outpatient antibody treatment for “mild symptoms,” his office said Tuesday. McMaster, 73, learned he had tested positive late Monday following a test “due to coming into close contact with the ...
The stalemate is over as the nation's lawmakers prepared to vote Monday on measures to provide financial relief during the pandemic, to fund the federal government and to address other key concerns. Lisa Desjardins joins Judy Woodruff to discuss.
Shipments of the new Moderna vaccine began arriving Monday in the U.S., with more than 6 million doses expected by the end of the week. But that news was almost overshadowed by fears of a mutation in the coronavirus, which has led to lockdowns and closed borders in Europe. Judy Woodruff spoke with Dr. Anthony...
... data on hospitalization rates among children, and findings about a dangerous condition called "multi-inflammatory syndrome," which afflicts some children who get sick from the coronavirus. Attacked a draft MMWR article showing a jump in prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug that Trump embraced early on as a "game ...
December has seen a staggering rise in the number cases and the deaths in the U.S. from the pandemic. As we do each Friday, we take a moment to honor five individuals who have lost their lives to COVID-19.
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — One of President-elect Joe Biden's closest advisers tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday, according to his transition team. Louisiana Rep. Cedric Richmond, who is set to resign from Congress to join the incoming Biden administration as a senior adviser, tested positive two days after ...
In our news wrap Wednesday, Trump administration officials confirmed they are negotiating to buy more of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo self-quarantines after coming in contact with the virus, President-elect Biden formally introduced Pete Buttigieg as his pick for secretary of transportation, and Republican senators again pushed unfounded claims of election fraud.
... even in states with the biggest prison outbreaks, inmates often weren't on early vaccine distribution plans. The five states with the highest number of coronavirus cases in their prisons, according to data compiled as part of a joint project by The Associated Press and The Marshall Project — Texas, California ...
California broke new records this week with the coronavirus, prompting officials to order restrictions in more than 90 percent of that state. Stephanie Sy reports on the situation in Los Angeles County, where frontline workers and communities of color are being hit hard.
“The myth of sports is that politics and sports don’t mix, when really politics and sports are mixing all the time,” McManus said. “That’s what we’re seeing in this poll, the politics of the coronavirus are being waged in the sports world as well.” Since the ...
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