Novel coronavirus

Biden requiring federal workers to get COVID shot

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

Biden will sign a new executive order to require vaccination for employees of the executive branch and contractors who do business with the federal government.

COVID-19 surge slows travel industry's recovery

By David Koenig, Associated Press

Several leading U.S. airlines warned Thursday that the rise in COVID-19 cases due to the delta variant is hurting their bookings and further delaying a recovery for the travel industry.

Supreme Court hanging up phone, returns to in-person arguments

By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

The high court announced Wednesday that the justices plan to return to their marble courtroom for arguments beginning in October, more than a year and a half after the in-person sessions were halted because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Fed survey finds growth 'downshifted' in summer due to COVID

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

The Fed survey, released Wednesday, said the slowdown was largely attributable to a pullback in dining out, travel and tourism in most parts of the country, reflecting concerns about the spread of the delta variant.

WHO chief urges halt to booster shots for rest of the year

By Associated Press

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is calling on rich countries with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines to refrain from offering booster shots through the end of the year.

Meat, farm workers to get $600 grants in new $700 million aid plan

By Josh Funk, Associated Press

The grants announced Tuesday are intended to defray some of the costs workers bore as many of them bought their own protective equipment or took unpaid leave as the virus tore through their industries even as they were required to…

Efforts grow to end use of potentially harmful parasite drug touted to treat COVID-19

By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press

Ivermectin is approved in the U.S. to treat infections from parasites in humans and some animals like cows and horses. But with COVID-19 infections surging again, more Americans are turning to the drug despite warnings that it has shown little…

For countries with few vaccine doses, fighting COVID-19 is 'a race from behind'

By Laura Santhanam

The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare wide disparities in health care between countries on issues like vaccines and raised calls for more resource-sharing to save lives.

COVID-19 boosters are coming, but who will get them and when?

By Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press

COVID-19 booster shots may be coming for at least some Americans, but there's still important science to be worked out about who really needs them and when.

Hawaii health care workers decry lack of COVID mandates

By Caleb Jones, Associated Press

Health care workers in Hawaii say a lack of government action is worsening an already crippling surge of coronavirus cases in the islands, and without effective policy changes the state's limited hospitals could face a grim crisis.