Coronavirus
While Texans Brace For Another COVID Spike, Healthcare Is Defining Their Senate Race
“A lot of people are one illness or injury away from bankruptcy,” Democratic Senate candidate MJ Hegar said.
Nidhi Prakash
Two Major Coronavirus Vaccine Trials Have Restarted After Being Paused For Safety Investigations
Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca will resume their coronavirus vaccine trials in the US after pauses to investigate unexplained illnesses in trial participants.
Azeen Ghorayshi
"We're Learning To Live With It": Trump Dismissed The Virus That's Killed 220,000 Americans And Put Him In The Hospital
During the final debate, President Donald Trump said the coronavirus was going away, even as a third wave of COVID-19 cases sweeps most of the country.
Zahra Hirji
Remdesivir Just Became The First Drug Approved By The FDA To Treat COVID-19
"It is absolutely not a blockbuster drug or a miracle drug," one expert said. "We give it because we don’t have anything better."
Azeen Ghorayshi
People Have Nothing Left — Literally $0 — Because Of The Pandemic
Even people who built rainy day funds over years are watching their savings run down to zero, with no relief from the government in sight.
Venessa Wong
Katie Porter Said Parenthood Has “Always Been Considered Unpaid Work,” And That Needs To Change
“What I’m trying to do is engage more Americans in speaking up about what they need,” said Katie Porter.
Venessa Wong
Obama Railed Against Trump’s Coronavirus Response In His First Campaign Trail Speech
The president has done nothing but “completely screw this up,” Obama said in Philadelphia.
Ryan Brooks
Ben Carson Attended An Indoor Fundraiser Where Dozens Were Maskless
Carson, a medical doctor, was not wearing a mask at an event in a state that requires masks "in indoor public settings."
Kadia Goba
A Woman In Her Thirties Died Of COVID-19 On A Plane
A Texas woman in her thirties died after she had trouble breathing while the plane was on the tarmac.
Tasneem Nashrulla
A Wichita Man Allegedly Threatened To Kidnap And Kill The Mayor Over The City's Mask Mandate
"He said he was going to kidnap me and slash my throat and he needed my address," Mayor Brandon Whipple told the Kansas City Star.
Salvador Hernandez
It’s A US Territory Where The Coronavirus Never Arrived — But Some Residents Can’t Get Home
The remote US territory of American Samoa has not recorded a single case of COVID-19 after shutting itself off to the world in March. Even some locals can't get home.
Julia Reinstein
Endless Waits At An Immigrant Camp On The Mexico Border Are Pushing Desperate People To Make Tough Choices
"They've lost hope in the system and are abandoning their entire asylum case in favor of human smugglers."
Adolfo Flores
Scientists Are Slamming The Great Barrington Declaration’s Call For “Herd Immunity”
A week after White House officials met with scientists endorsing herd immunity, dozens of other researchers called it “a dangerous fallacy unsupported by scientific evidence.”
Stephanie M. Lee
The US Is Heading Into A Third Wave Of COVID Hospitalizations As Election Day Nears
First, the coronavirus ravaged the northeast. Then it hit the Sun Belt. Now hospitals across the Midwest and northern plains are feeling the strain as COVID-19 continues to stalk the nation.
Peter Aldhous
Barron Trump Tested Positive For COVID-19
First lady Melania Trump said Wednesday that said Barron, 14, exhibited no symptoms during his infection and has since tested negative.
Salvador Hernandez
The Promoter Of The Chainsmokers Concert In The Hamptons Was Fined $20,000 For Coronavirus Health Violations
An investigation found that the promoter did not mention in a permit application for the event that there would be a section where people could gather freely without social distancing.
Clarissa-Jan Lim
Seniors Who Aren't Afraid Of The Coronavirus Love What Trump Is Saying About COVID
Trump and his campaign are keeping focused on their base, and the base doesn't want to hear about the coronavirus. Even among older adults in Florida.
Kadia Goba
Two Major COVID Clinical Trials Were Paused Over Safety Concerns — Which Is Exactly How Trials Should Work
Trials for Eli Lilly’s antibody treatment and Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine were both paused this week.
Stephanie M. Lee
Facebook Is Banning Ads That "Discourage" Vaccines
It follows efforts to limit Holocaust denial, voter intimidation, and the QAnon mass delusion.
Craig Silverman
Doctors Are Questioning Trump’s COVID-19 Test After His Physician Said He Tested Negative
Trump’s doctor cited a rapid test as a key factor in determining that he is “not infectious,” but the CDC does not recommend using such tests to clear sick patients from isolating.
Stephanie M. Lee
