Novel coronavirus

Amazon rainforest city scrambles to provide oxygen to COVID-19 patients

By Mauricio Savarese, David Biller, Associated Press

Some hope for Manaus, an isolated city of 2 million people, landed in a Brazilian air force plane on Friday with 6,000 liters of oxygen that are being distributed to hospitals.

Biden's COVID-19 aid plan could revamp economy, prompt GOP resistance

By Josh Boak, Associated Press

The $1.9 trillion rescue plan unveiled by President-elect Joe Biden offers the chance to sculpt the U.S. economy toward the Democrats’ liking: a $15 minimum wage, aid to poor families and federal dollars going to public schools.

Pfizer temporarily reduces European deliveries of vaccine

By Jan M. Olsen, Associated Press

U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer has confirmed it will temporarily reduce deliveries to Europe of its COVID-19 vaccine while it upgrades production capacity to 2 billion vaccine doses per year.

Expanded vaccine rollout in U.S. spawns a new set of problems

By Janie Har, Jennifer Peltz, Allen G. Breed, Associated Press

The rapid expansion of COVID-19 vaccinations to senior citizens across the U.S. has led to bottlenecks, system crashes and hard feelings in many states because of overwhelming demand for the shots.

At virus tipping point, Lebanon imposes all-day curfew

By Zeina Karam, Associated Press

It was a choice between containing a spiraling virus outbreak and resuscitating a dying economy in a country that has been in steady financial and economic meltdown over the past year. Authorities in Lebanon chose the latter.

At-home COVID test availability is growing. Can it help turn the tide?

By Fedor Kossakovski

At-home testing aims to solve some of the hurdles that have hindered efforts in the U.S., but not all tests are equal nor are they all useful for the same situations.

WATCH: Biden unveils sweeping coronavirus health and economic recovery plan

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Bill Barrow, Associated Press

A coronavirus action plan being unveiled by President-elect Joe Biden centers on a mass vaccination campaign and closer coordination among all levels of government.

WHO team arrives in Wuhan to investigate pandemic origins

By Sam McNeil, Huizhong Wu, Associated Press

A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries.

U.S. unemployment claims jump to 965,000 as virus takes toll

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

The number of people seeking unemployment aid soared last week to 965,000, the most since late August and evidence that the resurgent virus has caused a spike in layoffs.

FAA steps up enforcement against unruly airline passengers

By Associated Press

The move Wednesday by the Federal Aviation Administration follows several incidents involving people who refused to wear masks or conducted in-flight demonstrations of support for President Donald Trump.