Novel coronavirus

WATCH: Senators hear update on early outpatient treatment for COVID-19

By Courtney Vinopal

The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee is holding a hearing Nov. 19 on early outpatient treatment for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

On Thanksgiving gatherings, public health officials say ‘don’t do it’

By Courtney Vinopal, Isabella Isaacs-Thomas

An overwhelming surge of the coronavirus is afflicting the United States at the very moment that extended families are considering if, and how, they can gather for the holidays. Public health experts have three words for you: “don’t do it.”…

New York City schools to close again as city fights virus surge

By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

New York City's mayor says he's shuttering schools to try to stop the renewed spread of the coronavirus. It's a painful about-face for one of the first big U.S. school systems to bring students back to classrooms this fall.

Dolly Parton adds pandemic hero to list of accomplishments

By Associated Press

Parton's $1 million gift to Nashville's Vanderbilt University Medical Center helped researchers develop Moderna's experimental coronavirus vaccine, announced this week.

Berlin police forcefully disperse protest over virus rules

By David Rising, Associated Press

German police fired water cannons Wednesday at demonstrators protesting coronavirus restrictions in Berlin's government district, after crowds ignored calls to wear masks and keep their distance from one another.

Pfizer says new data shows COVID vaccine candidate is 95% effective, will seek approval soon

By Associated Press

The announcement from Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech, just a week after they revealed the first promising preliminary results.

Toilet paper limits, empty shelves are back as virus surges

By Joseph Pisani, Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press

A surge of new coronavirus cases in the U.S. is sending people back to stores to stockpile again, leaving shelves bare and forcing retailers to put limits on purchases.

Sen. Chuck Grassley says he tested positive for novel coronavirus

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the longest-serving Republican senator and third in the line of presidential succession, says he has tested positive for the coronavirus.

U.S. judge blocks Trump rule change affecting home care workers

By Don Thompson, Associated Press

Despite providing what the judge called “physically and psychologically demanding” home care services, the workers are paid a median $10.49 an hour nationwide.