Novel coronavirus

Introducing 'The Longest Year,' a podcast about life during the pandemic

By News Desk

We hear the stories of people across America as they've tried to get their arms around the staggering toll the coronavirus has taken. New episodes drop every Friday in March.

WATCH: Biden says jobs report shows stimulus urgently needed

By Associated Press

Biden noted that at the current rate of recovery, "it will take two years to get us back on track," and urged the quick passage of his coronavirus stimulus package.

WATCH: White House press secretary Jen Psaki says jobs numbers reveal 'long road ahead'

By Associated Press

The White House said Friday the newly released jobs report reveals “the long road ahead” in getting the U.S. back to a path of economic recovery.

Canada approves Johnson & Johnson vaccine

By Rob Gillies, Associated Press

Canada is getting a fourth vaccine to prevent COVID-19 as the country’s health regulator has cleared a Johnson & Johnson shot that works with just one dose instead of two.

WATCH: White House COVID-19 response team holds briefing

By Zeke Miller, Linda A. Johnson, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

The White House says two new mass vaccination sites will soon be open, in Atlanta and Cleveland, each with the ability to provide 6,000 daily coronavirus shots.

WATCH: Senate leaders, Manchin strike deal on COVID-19 relief bill

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

Senate leaders and moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin struck a deal late Friday over emergency jobless benefits, breaking a nine-hour logjam that had stalled the party's showpiece $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.

U.S. adds a strong 379,000 jobs in hopeful sign for economy

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

U.S. employers added a robust 379,000 jobs last month, the most since October and a sign that the economy is strengthening as confirmed viral cases drop, consumers spend more and states and cities ease business restrictions.

The Longest Year: Fighting 'the invisible enemy'

By Amna Nawaz, Mike Fritz, Sam Lane, Vika Aronson, Emily Carpeaux, Erica R. Hendry

In the first episode of a series we're calling "The Longest Year," which tells the stories of the isolation, uncertainty, fear, loss and new understanding that have spread alongside the virus, we focus on the people on the front lines.

Animated 'Demon Slayer' strikes chord with Japan amid pandemic

By Yuri Kageyama, Associated Press

The terrifying plight depicted in the swashbuckling animated film, "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train," has struck a chord with pandemic-era Japan and possibly with the world.

Older adults left behind in desperate dash for vaccine shots

By Gillian Flaccus, Heather Hollingsworth, Russ Bynum, Associated Press

Nonprofits, churches and health care outreach workers are scrambling to to reach older people who are falling through the cracks before the nation's focus moves on and the competition for vaccines stiffens.