Politics Aug 06 Biden tests negative for COVID, continues to isolate pending follow-up test By Chris Megerian, Zeke Miller, Associated Press
Politics Jul 31 Biden still testing positive for COVID, White House doctor says In a letter noting the positive test, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, the White House physician, said Sunday that the president “continues to feel well” and will keep on working from the executive residence while he isolates. By Josh Boak, Associated Press
Politics Jul 30 Biden again tests positive for COVID-19 in rare ‘rebound’ case White House physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor said in a letter that Biden “has experienced no reemergence of symptoms, and continues to feel quite well.” O'Connor said “there is no reason to reinitiate treatment at this time.”… By Zeke Miller, Josh Boak, Associated Press
World Jul 30 North Korea reports no new fever cases amid outside doubts over COVID data North Korea on Saturday reported no new fever cases for the first time since it abruptly admitted to its first domestic COVID-19 outbreak and placed its 26 million people under more draconian restrictions in May. By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press
Health Jul 29 U.S. not considering second boosters for all until updated vaccine is ready U.S. regulators say they are no longer considering authorizing second COVID-19 booster shots for all adults under 50 this summer. By Matthew Perrone, Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press
Jul 28 Watch 7:43 An epidemiologist answers viewers’ questions about COVID-19 More than two years into the pandemic, most Americans have returned to a sense of some normalcy. But the virus is still disrupting daily life in the U.S. with more than 130,000 per day and deaths on the rise. We… Continue watching
Jul 28 How to know when a recession has begun By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press The U.S. economy has contracted for two straight quarters, intensifying fears that it is on the cusp of a recession, if not already in one, barely two years after the pandemic downturn officially ended. Continue reading
Jul 27 Watch 6:35 Compelling new evidence tracks COVID’s origin to Wuhan market From the start of the pandemic, scientists have tried to determine exactly where and how the novel coronavirus spread to humans. New studies conclude the virus first emerged from a live-animal market in Wuhan, China. One of the authors of… Continue watching
Jul 27 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. Continue reading
Jul 26 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. Continue reading