Science
Oxford's Coronavirus Vaccine Is 70% Effective, Early Data Shows. It's The Third Vaccine To Clear A Crucial Hurdle.
The vaccine, which Oxford University developed alongside the company AstraZeneca, was also highly effective in preventing hospitalizations or severe cases of the coronavirus.
Ikran Dahir
The US Just Passed 12 Million Total COVID Cases As People Start To Travel For Thanksgiving
On Friday, as people began crowding in airports to travel for the holiday, the US set a daily incidence record with 195,542 new coronavirus cases.
Ryan Mac
Democrats' New Plan To Win Georgia's Crucial Senate Seats In A Pandemic Is To Actually Knock On Doors
"It’s about having high-quality face-to-face conversations, and we tend to be able to do that by knocking on people’s doors," said the executive director of New Georgia Project.
Zahra Hirji
Pfizer Is Submitting The First US Coronavirus Vaccine To The FDA For Emergency Approval
If authorized, healthcare workers and vulnerable groups might start getting the two-shot vaccine before the end of the year.
Dan Vergano
Joe Biden Is Working With Governors On COVID-19, But There’s Not Much They Can Do Without Trump
The president-elect spoke about coronavirus relief with governors from across the country, including Republicans. The next steps are still hazy.
Nidhi Prakash
Coronavirus Is Surging Across The US So Mike Pence Held A Useless Briefing
With coronavirus cases surging nationwide, experts fear another 150,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 within the next three months.
Dan Vergano
Airlines Say Flying During COVID-19 Is Safe. The Science Isn’t Quite So Certain.
Your chances of catching the coronavirus on a plane are probably low, studies indicate. But the airline industry, which has funded a chunk of that research, hasn’t always stuck to the science.
Stephanie M. Lee
The CDC Is Now Strongly Recommending You Don't Travel For Thanksgiving
The CDC says people will put their families at risk of contracting COVID-19 by traveling to meet them.
Dan Vergano
More Than A Quarter Of A Million People In The US Have Now Died From COVID-19
Despite the rising death toll, simple measures that are effective in reducing the spread of the coronavirus, like wearing a mask, remain politically divisive.
Salvador Hernandez
People Are Making Vaccine Memes About Moderna And Pfizer
2020 has left us resorting to memes about Big Pharma.
Julia Reinstein
Joe Biden's COVID-19 Team Can't Get The Data It Needs From The White House
"We do not have access to official government data, internal data sets," said David Kessler, one of the cochairs of Biden’s COVID-19 advisory board.
Zahra Hirji
The First Coronavirus Vaccines Are Looking Very Effective. Here’s What That Means For You.
"The vaccines that we are talking about and the vaccines to come are really the light at the end of the tunnel,” said Anthony Fauci.
Dan Vergano
Moderna's Coronavirus Vaccine Is More Than 94% Effective, Early Data Says
The new results suggest that the two early vaccine candidates will be extremely effective against the coronavirus.
Azeen Ghorayshi
The US Added 1 Million New Coronavirus Cases This Week Alone
The US on Sunday hit the grim milestone of 11 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 as several states announced new lockdown measures.
Olivia Niland
Is It Safe To Get Together With Loved Ones This Thanksgiving? We Asked 7 Experts.
We asked coronavirus experts about their plans for the holidays during the pandemic: “Whatever you do, whoever you invite to sit around the table, you’re also inviting the virus.”
David Mack
Chicago's Mayor Wants People To Cancel Thanksgiving And Stop Having People Over — Including Family
The governor of Illinois said he will also take more "more stringent action" statewide on containing the spread of COVID-19 "if the numbers keep going in the wrong direction."
Tanya Chen
Trump Was Expected To Lose Votes In Places Where More People Died Of COVID-19. He Didn’t.
If anything, Trump did better in counties with higher COVID-19 death rates.
Peter Aldhous
Climate Activists Put Aside Their Differences With Biden To Help Get Him Elected. Now They Want Results.
The Sunrise Movement has high expectations for the Biden administration. And it’s planning to hold the president-elect to them.
Ryan Brooks
More Americans Are In The Hospital With COVID-19 Than Ever Before
More than 60,000 Americans are currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Several states and cities are reporting ICUs are at full capacity.
Dan Vergano
The FDA Has Authorized The COVID-19 Antibody Drug That Chris Christie Took
Eli Lilly’s experimental coronavirus therapy, bamlanivimab, received an emergency use authorization for mild to moderate COVID-19.
Stephanie M. Lee
There Have Now Been More Than 10 Million Coronavirus Cases In The US
The number of Americans hospitalized with COVID-19 is expected to exceed the peaks seen in April and July.
Peter Aldhous
Ben Carson Has The Coronavirus After Attending An Election Night Party At The White House
At least seven COVID-19 infections have been confirmed in the newest White House cluster, including chief of staff Mark Meadows.
Amber Jamieson
Pfizer's Coronavirus Vaccine Is More Than 90% Effective, Early Data Says
The highly anticipated late-stage results are the first to be announced by a pharmaceutical company conducting a coronavirus vaccine trial.
Azeen Ghorayshi
Just Electing Joe Biden Won’t Stop The Coronavirus Pandemic
Doctors and scientists expect a night-and-day difference in how the Biden administration will seek to handle the coronavirus. Is it too late?
Stephanie M. Lee
Trump Screwed The US On Climate Change. Can Biden Save It?
The president-elect ran with an ambitious climate plan. Congress could derail it.
Zahra Hirji
Scientists Are Relieved About A Biden Presidency. They Say The Real Work Can Start Now.
After four years of relentless attacks on science, researchers and doctors are hopeful that Biden will fight the pandemic and climate change.
Stephanie M. Lee
The US Just Hit 100,000 New Coronavirus Cases In A Single Day For The First Time
This summer, Anthony Fauci warned that the US would reach 100,000 new cases of COVID-19 a day if it didn’t get the virus under control. Now he’s warning we’ll see more deaths.
Peter Aldhous
If You Were To Leave Earth Right Now, This Is Where You Would Live
"There are hundreds of thousands of pictures taken on the space station, but these were done really with the intent of, 'What would it look like if you were there?'"
Kate Bubacz
Biden Narrowly Won Wisconsin, A State That Has Been Hit Hard By COVID-19
Biden won Wisconsin by a razor-thin margin, and the Trump campaign declared it will "immediately" push for a recount.
Peter Aldhous
One Day After The Election, The US Has Officially Pulled Out Of the Paris Climate Agreement
What happens next hinges on the bitterly contested presidential election.
Zahra Hirji
