COVID-19

Pence participates in discussion of COVID-19 challenges in nursing homes

By Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence will deliver personal protective equipment to a nursing home in Orlando.

As U.S. births fall, the virus could drive them down more

By Associated Press

The CDC found the number of births fell about 1% from 2018, to about 3.7 million. Birth rates continued to fall for teen moms and for women in their 20s.

WATCH: Mayor de Blasio says online schooling will last through summer for 1 in 6 NYC kids

By Associated Press

Online schooling will continue through the summer for some 177,700 New York City public school students, officials announced Tuesday.

WATCH: Fed's Powell says new lending programs to launch by June 1

By Martin Crutsinger, Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will testify Tuesday at 10 a.m. before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.

Outbreak on edge of Navajo Nation overwhelms rural hospital

By Morgan Lee, Associated Press

While much of New Mexico is showing signs of emerging from the initial wave of the pandemic, stubbornly high rates of infection and death persist in the state's northwest corner — including in the Navajo Nation that extends into Arizona…

Iraq faces full local lockdowns as virus cases jump

By Samya Kullab, Associated Press

Iraq will impose a complete lockdown on some areas of the capital, the country's new health minister said on Monday, amid an uptick in coronavirus cases in recent weeks since curfew hours were relaxed.

Why a 1946 novel resonates with today's working-class struggles

By Courtney Vinopal

In Ann Petry’s 1946 novel “The Street,” which chronicles an African American woman’s pursuit of the American dream, the main character’s predicament is not unlike that of many workers today.

WATCH: NYC could ease some virus restrictions in early June, mayor says

By Candice Norwood

"The first half of June is the first opportunity to relax anything," de Blasio said in a news conference.

Early coronavirus vaccine results are encouraging, Moderna says

By Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer

An experimental vaccine against the coronavirus showed encouraging results in very early testing, triggering hoped-for immune responses in eight healthy, middle-aged volunteers, its maker announced Monday.

World stock markets rebound on economic recovery hopes

By Associated Press

Investors appear to be looking past the outbreak to a recovery despite rising infection numbers in the United States, Brazil and some other countries.