Novel coronavirus

Sweeping federal lawsuit seeks election changes in Wisconsin

By Scott Bauer, Associated Press

Advocates for people with disabilities and minority voters in Wisconsin filed a sweeping federal lawsuit Monday asking a judge to order that more poll workers be hired, every voter in the state receive an absentee ballot application and a host…

WATCH: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announces full Phase 1 of recovery plan

By Associated Press

Florida is entering the full Phase 1 of its step-by-step plan for recovery, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced in a news conference on Monday.

WHO to launch independent evaluation into coronavirus response

By Jamey Keaten, Maria Cheng, Associated Press

The World Health Organization has bowed to calls from most of its member states to launch an independent evaluation of how it managed the international response to the coronavirus.

Tech-assisted COVID-19 tracking is having some issues

By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press

Harnessing today's technology to the task of fighting the coronavirus pandemic is turning out to be more complicated than it first appeared.

Italy has its fewest daily deaths in 2 months

By Associated Press

Italy has registered its lowest daily increases in both deaths and new cases of COVID-19 since before the national lockdown began in early March.

WATCH: Western New York to begin reopening process

By Associated Press

Western New York, including the city of Buffalo, has met coronavirus containment goals and can begin to reopen its economy, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday.

WATCH: NYC could ease some virus restrictions in early June, mayor says

By Candice Norwood

"The first half of June is the first opportunity to relax anything," de Blasio said in a news conference.

Early coronavirus vaccine results are encouraging, Moderna says

By Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer

An experimental vaccine against the coronavirus showed encouraging results in very early testing, triggering hoped-for immune responses in eight healthy, middle-aged volunteers, its maker announced Monday.

Pandemic delivers financial blow to health care sector

By Tom Murphy, Associated Press

COVID-19 worries have kept patients away from doctors' offices and forced the postponement and cancellation of non-urgent surgeries.

Thousands defer plans to leave the military during crisis

By Associated Press

Across the military, uncertainty about future jobs or college opportunities is driving more service members to re-enlist or at least postpone their scheduled departures.