Novel coronavirus

WATCH: Biden says post-pandemic plan can fight racial economic inequality

By Will Weissert, Bill Barrow, Associated Press

Joe Biden has unveiled a plan to ensure that the nation's post-pandemic economic recovery is built around promoting racial equality and promising to drastically spur investment in Black-owned small businesses.

Democrats, GOP far apart as virus aid talks intensify

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

The differences in Washington over the next coronavirus aid package are vast. And millions of Americans' jobless benefits, school reopenings and eviction protections are at stake.

Despite judge’s order, migrant kids remain in ICE custody

By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

The U.S. government did not release 100 immigrant children detained with their parents despite this week's deadline set by a judge who had described family detention centers as "on fire" due to the threat of the coronavirus.

Head of China CDC gets injected with experimental vaccine

By Dake Kang, Associated Press

The head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention says he has been injected with an experimental coronavirus vaccine in an attempt to persuade the public to follow suit when one is approved.

Mnuchin, Pelosi talk virus relief as deadline looms

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Unemployment assistance, eviction protections and other relief for millions of Americans are at stake as White House officials launch negotiations with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a new coronavirus aid package that's teetering in Congress.

Virus-linked hunger tied to 10,000 child deaths each month, UN finds

By Lori Hinnant, Sam Mednick, Associated Press

In a study published Monday, four U.N. agencies said failing to act now will have devastating long-term consequences not just for the children, but for society as a whole.

Analysis: Telework mostly benefits white, affluent Americans – and offers few climate benefits

By Cutler J Cleveland, Alicia Zhang, Jacqueline Ashmore, Taylor Dudley, The Conversation

Working from home has become the new norm for many during the pandemic. But it's an opportunity that divides along racial and economic lines – and isn't as beneficial to the environment as many believe.

WATCH: Trump speaks at drug-making plant to tout COVID-19 vaccine development

By Zeke Miller, Kevin Freking, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

“I heard very positive things,” Trump said, when asked about the timetable for bringing a vaccine to market, “but by the end of the year we think we’re in very good shape to be doing that.”…

80,000 people leave Vietnamese city after new virus cases appear

By Hau Dinh, Associated Press

Vietnam, widely seen as a success in dealing with the coronavirus, reimposed a social distancing order in Da Nang following the cases, the first known to be locally transmitted in the country in over three months.

2 MLB games postponed as Miami Marlins deal with coronavirus outbreak

By Associated Press

The Marlins' home opener against Baltimore was called off, as was the New York Yankees' game at Philadelphia. The Yankees would have been in the same clubhouse the Marlins used last weekend.