Novel coronavirus

Working families enlist grandparents to help with the kids

By Leanne Italie, Associated Press

As the school year gets under way for many kids with working parents, more grandparents have jumped into daily caregiver roles. Many are happily working without pay, for the love of family. Others have accepted offers of money from their…

U.S. jobless claims rise to 1.1 million amid COVID-19

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

The latest figures suggest that more than five months after the viral outbreak erupted the economy is still weak, despite recent gains as some businesses reopen and some sectors like housing and manufacturing have rebounded.

Pharmacists can give childhood shots, U.S. officials say

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

Public health officials have been worried that vaccination rates would fall because doctors' offices were closed by the pandemic. The authorization allows state-licensed pharmacies to administer childhood vaccines without a doctor's prescription.

Lax approach to virus at Trump campaign events sends confusing message, health experts say

By Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press

Hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump stood and sat shoulder to shoulder in Yuma, Arizona, this week, against the advice of Trump's own health experts.

Why wearing a mask and breathing in less coronavirus probably means you get less sick

By Monica Gandhi, The Conversation

In places where everyone wears a mask, cases of COVID-19 seem to be less severe. Evidence from labs and outbreaks suggests that masks protect not only others, but the person wearing the mask, too.

Apple is first U.S. company to be valued at $2 trillion

By Associated Press

Apple is the first U.S. company to boast a market value of $2 trillion, just two years after it became the first to reach $1 trillion.

WATCH : White House press secretary defends Trump's attack on Goodyear

By Associated Press

Trump on Wednesday urged people to boycott tires from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., tweeting that the Ohio-based company had “announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS.”…

WATCH: Barr gives update on anti-violent crime initiative Operation Legend

By Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr is expected to speak at 12 p.m. ET today. Watch his remarks here.

Pandemic shifts how consumers use gig companies, poll shows

By Cathy Bussewitz, Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press

The pandemic shuffled the deck for the so-called gig economy as fear of contracting the coronavirus led many who once traveled in shared vehicles to stay home, and grocery delivery services struggled to keep up with demand from people who…

Millions of women lose access to contraceptives, abortions amid COVID-19

By Aniruddha Ghosal, Cara Anna, Associated Press

Millions of women and girls globally have lost access to contraceptives and abortion services because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now the first widespread measure of the toll says India with its months-long lockdown has been hit especially hard.