Aug 27 Despite virus surge, Europe reopens schools By Angela Charlton, Associated Press Despite a spike in coronavirus infections, authorities in Europe are determined to send children back to school. They want to narrow learning gaps between haves and have-nots that deepened during virus lockdowns – and to get their parents back to… Continue reading
Aug 27 More than 1 million Americans file for unemployment, again By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press Just over 1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that the coronavirus outbreak continues to threaten jobs even as the housing market, auto sales and other segments of the economy rebound from a springtime collapse. Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch 5:58 Are U.S. medical experts being influenced by the Trump administration? By William Brangham Questions are again being raised about whether the Trump administration is injecting politics into science -- and the national pandemic response. Recent moves by the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention appear to conflict… Continue watching
Aug 26 WATCH: Pelosi calls new CDC guidelines 'scary and dangerous' By Associated Press House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling the new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on coronavirus testing "scary and dangerous."… Continue reading
Aug 26 Officials change COVID testing advice, bewildering experts By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press U.S. health officials have sparked a wave of confusion after posting guidelines that coronavirus testing is not necessary for people who have been in close contact with infected people. Continue reading
Aug 26 Decades later, Al Sharpton still insists: No justice, no peace By Aaron Morrison, Associated Press This week’s commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom will focus on police violence, and its ever-expanding roll call of victims. But at the center will be the Rev. Al Sharpton, the protest's organizer. Continue reading
Aug 26 New York City's museums to reopen their doors By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press Many cultural institutions in New York City are gingerly reopening their doors. They're weighing the safety of visitors and staff with the need to educate, inspire and support the city's recovery. Continue reading
Aug 25 New COVID-19 mandates on health care facilities get pushback By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced it will require facilities to test staff regularly or face fines. It included a thinly veiled threat to cut off Medicare and Medicaid funds to facilities that fail to send in certain… Continue reading
Aug 25 New virus cases decline in the U.S. and experts credit masks By Carla K. Johnson, Adam Geller, Associated Press The number of Americans newly diagnosed with the coronavirus is falling — a development experts credit at least partly to increased wearing of masks — even as the outbreak continues to claim nearly 1,000 lives in the U.S. each day. Continue reading
Aug 25 University of Alabama shuts down bars amid spike in COVID-19 cases By Associated Press Tuscaloosa is closing bars for the next two weeks after what University of Alabama officials call an unacceptable rise in coronavirus cases on campus. Continue reading