Novel coronavirus

WATCH: Biden ‘feeling great’ after recovering from COVID, encourages vaccines

By Chris Megerian, Darlene Superville, Associated Press

President Joe Biden has emerged from five days of isolation after contracting the coronavirus, telling Americans that "COVID isn't gone" but saying serious illness can be avoided with vaccines, booster shoots and treatments.

2 new studies bolster theory coronavirus emerged from the wild

By Laura Ungar, Associated Press

Two new studies provide more evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic originated in a Wuhan, China market where live animals were sold, bolstering the theory that the virus emerged from the wild rather than escaping from a Chinese lab.

White House COVID task force calls for ‘flexibility’ in order to combat the changing virus

By News Desk and Associated Press

The nation’s top infectious disease expert says in order to keep up with ever evolving COVID-19, we need to be "flexible" to move with the changing virus.

WATCH: Biden says he’s feeling better after COVID infection during meeting on computer chip manufacturing

By Chris Megerian, Associated Press

After participating in a virtual meeting Monday to talk about computer chip manufacturing, Biden said "everything's on the button" with the medical tests he's been receiving each evening.

Sen. Manchin, Sen. Murkowski test positive for COVID

By Associated Press

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are able to vote remotely by proxy, but members of the U.S. Senate are not. Lawmakers are expected to take a final vote on a bill to boost semiconductor production in the United…

WATCH: White House COVID response coordinator says Joe Biden is improving ‘significantly’

By Chris Megerian, Associated Press

President Joe Biden continues to “improve significantly” despite a lingering sore throat from his coronavirus infection, according to an update Sunday from his doctor.

Biden says he’s feeling better after testing positive for COVID

By Associated Press

Administration officials have emphasized that his symptoms are mild because he has received four vaccine doses, and he started taking the antiviral drug Paxlovid after becoming infected.

WATCH: White House COVID coordinator faces questions after Biden tests positive

By Associated Press

The president tested positive on Thursday and is isolating with “very mild symptoms," the White House said, as new variants of the highly contagious virus challenge the nation's efforts to get back to normal.

Army cuts expected force size amid unprecedented shortfall of recruits

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

The Army is significantly cutting the total number of soldiers it expects to have in the force over the next two years, as the U.S. military faces what a top general calls "unprecedented challenges" in bringing in new recruits.

WATCH: Jan. 6 Committee hearings – Day 8

By Associated Press

The House Jan. 6 committee closed out its set of summer hearings with its most detailed focus yet on the investigation’s main target: former President Donald Trump.