Jun 18 'The system wasn't designed to ramp up to millions.' Here's why U.S. is struggling with coronavirus testing By Laura Santhanam Testing for COVID-19 has improved but remains a major stumbling block for reopening as large and small communities across the United States try to resume a more normal pace of life. Continue reading
Jun 18 1.5 million more laid-off workers seek unemployment benefits By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press About 1.5 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a historically high number, even as the economy increasingly reopens and employers bring some people back to work. Continue reading
Jun 17 WATCH: Biden delivers remarks in Darby, Penn., on reopening the country amid coronavirus By Associated Press Last week, Biden was in Philadelphia to unveil a multifaceted plan he said would gradually reopen the economy, increasing growth while not putting business owners or consumers at unnecessary risk. Continue reading
Jun 16 Watch 6:20 News Wrap: Man arrested after Albuquerque protest shooting In our news wrap Tuesday, police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, have arrested a man after a shooting during a protest Monday night. It happened as demonstrators tried to tear down a Spanish conquistador’s statue and confronted armed men who were… Continue watching
Jun 16 Watch 7:01 Peter Piot spent his career chasing viruses. Then COVID-19 'got' him No part of the globe has been spared the effects of the novel coronavirus, with people in nearly every country becoming infected. Although the severity of cases varies widely, even those who know viruses the best can fall victim to… Continue watching
Jun 16 Internships get canceled or go virtual because of pandemic By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press Half of all internship openings in the U.S. have been cut since the pandemic outbreak, and 64% of those in the U.K., according to research by Glassdoor, the career website. Continue reading
Jun 16 Drug dexamethasone provides first evidence of improving COVID-19 survival By Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer Researchers in England say they have the first evidence that a drug can improve COVID-19 survival: A cheap, widely available steroid called dexamethasone reduced deaths by up to one third in severely ill hospitalized patients. Continue reading
Jun 16 Beijing expands lockdowns as cases top 100 in new outbreak By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press Chinese authorities locked down a third neighborhood in Beijing on Tuesday as they rushed to prevent the spread of a new coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 100 people in a country that appeared to have largely contained the… Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch 3:11 News Wrap: FDA revokes approval for hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 treatment In our news wrap Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration withdrew emergency approval for hospitals to use hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19. The FDA said the malaria drug is unlikely to be effective against the coronavirus. Meanwhile, infections continue to… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch 7:40 Meet people volunteering to be exposed to COVID-19 for vaccine research By Amna Nawaz, Mike Fritz, Maea Lenei Buhre As the world anxiously awaits development of a vaccine for COVID-19, new and controversial research measures are being considered for the first time. These include the possibility of deliberately exposing volunteers to the disease to see if they are infected. Continue watching