Covid 19
Joe Biden Has Tested Negative For The Coronavirus
President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, just days after debating Biden.
Nidhi Prakash
Trump’s Chief Of Staff Didn’t Wear A Mask When He Talked To Reporters Hours After Trump’s Positive COVID-19 Test
Mark Meadows said he tested negative.
Kadia Goba
Here's A Running List Of False And Misleading Information About Trump's Coronavirus Diagnosis
One rumor suggested a Trump video was edited to cut out a cough, but six experts said they saw no definitive signs of manipulation.
Jane Lytvynenko
Trump Has COVID-19. These Are The Health Risks He Could Face.
Exactly what is the state of Trump’s health? How severe will his symptoms be? And how might those symptoms play out politically?
Azeen Ghorayshi
A Steelworker Who Sat In The Debate Hall Says About Trump’s Positive Coronavirus Test: “It’s Frustrating”
"I just literally heard about it when I looked at my newsfeed on my phone about an hour ago."
Henry J. Gomez
Here's A Look At All The Places Trump Was Before Testing Positive For Coronavirus
The President had a packed schedule before testing positive for the coronavirus on Oct. 1.
Kate Bubacz
Donald Trump Has The Coronavirus
The announcement comes 32 days before the presidential election. The White House physician says Trump will "continue carrying out his duties without disruption."
Matt Berman
Trump Said He Is In Quarantine After One Of His Top Aides Got COVID-19
The president said he and the first lady were awaiting coronavirus test results; later in the evening, he announced they had tested positive.
Tom Namako
Hope Hicks, Who Recently Traveled With Trump, Tested Positive For The Coronavirus
Hicks traveled with the president for Tuesday’s presidential debate, and again on Wednesday for a Minnesota campaign rally.
Kadia Goba
Anti-Vaxxers Are Feeding Off Concerns That Trump Is Rushing A Coronavirus Vaccine
Vaccine skeptics have long stoked unfounded conspiracy theories about immunizations. Political pressure to produce a coronavirus vaccine at “warp speed” is adding fuel to their fire.
Stephanie M. Lee
More Than 1 Million People Around The World Have Now Died From The Coronavirus
Despite the grim marker, public health experts believe it is a gross undercount of the true devastation wrought by the virus.
Stephanie K. Baer
America’s “Patchwork Pandemic” Is Why We Haven’t Gotten COVID-19 Under Control
The world’s most powerful nation has played whack-a-mole with the coronavirus, slowing its transmission in one place only for it to flare up somewhere else.
Peter Aldhous
A Man Who Violated Coronavirus Safety Orders By Throwing House Parties Has Been Sentenced To A Year In Prison
Shawn Marshall Myers was convicted of two counts of failure to comply with an emergency order.
Clarissa-Jan Lim
A Judge Ordered Him Released From Prison Due To COVID-19 Concerns. He Died Of The Disease Two Months Later In ICE Custody.
“He always believed he was going to get out,” his daughter said. "We had so many plans. And then…none of that happened.”
Hamed Aleaziz
200,000 People In The US Have Now Died Of The Coronavirus
The figure, which public health experts believe is still grossly undercounted, marks half a year since US officials started scrambling to contain the pandemic.
Clarissa-Jan Lim
The CDC Removed A New Guidance About Airborne Coronavirus Transmission Days After Posting It
"We need the public institutions to have a clear message based on science and not to be announcing something on Friday and pulling it out on Monday," said one scientist.
Dan Vergano
Northeastern University Will Give 11 Students Suspended Over COVID-19 Rules Tuition Credit
A lawyer for two of the students said the families believe the school's response to the incident "remains unacceptable."
Ade Onibada
Two Pharma Companies Released Their Coronavirus Vaccine Blueprints In A Bid To Regain Public Trust
The disclosures from the two frontrunners, Pfizer and Moderna, come as public trust in a coronavirus vaccine is declining.
Stephanie M. Lee
Savings Gone Due To Coronavirus? We Want To Hear From You.
Years of careful financial planning might not mean much right now. BuzzFeed News wants to hear from you.
Venessa Wong
Trump Called The CDC Director’s Timeline For A Coronavirus Vaccine A “Mistake”
As the coronavirus vaccine is thrust into the center of the US presidential election, experts fear that public trust in the vaccine is taking a serious hit.
Dan Vergano
Trump Said “Herd Mentality” Will Help COVID-19 “Disappear”
The president was referring to herd immunity.
Kadia Goba
Class Of COVID-19: The Horrifying Sadness Of Sending My Kids To College During A Pandemic
Having your kids leave the nest has always been sad. In 2020, it’s also terrifying.
John Paczkowski
Six Average People Shared What They’ve Lost This Year Due To The Coronavirus
To mark six months since the pandemic was officially declared, BuzzFeed News has published The Lost Year series: a collection of six profiles of six people from six age groups across the US to see what toll the coronavirus has taken on their lives.
David Mack
YouTube Is Demonetizing Popular Frat Channel Nelk Boys For Encouraging People To Ignore COVID Safety
Illinois State University, where the YouTubers last visited to throw huge parties, is also investigating the matter.
Tanya Chen
A Third-Grade Teacher Has Died From The Coronavirus At 28
“I’m just hopeful," her uncle told BuzzFeed News, "that her death will be a reminder to the public that this coronavirus is mean, it’s nasty, it does not discriminate, and that it’s devastating."
Tasneem Nashrulla
At 35, Carrie Was Finally Feeling Secure In Her Adult Life. The Coronavirus Completely Derailed It.
In New Orleans, Carrie Stuckwisch is exhausted. She's worn out from months of post-COVID-19 symptoms. She's tired of people not believing her. And she's weary that she and others in the Burnout Generation are starting over, yet again.
Brianna Sacks
Mizzou Students Say The School's President Is Blocking Them Online For Expressing Concerns About COVID Safety
"Our school boasts having the country’s first and best journalism school, yet has silenced student journalists and failed to acknowledge the COVID concerns," one student told BuzzFeed News.
Tanya Chen
Trump Said He Underestimated How Quickly The Coronavirus Would Spread Despite Reports Saying He Knew
“All of a sudden, the world was infected. The entire world was infected," Trump said when asked about his comments to Bob Woodward.
Kadia Goba
The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Was A Massive COVID-19 Superspreader Event, A New Study Claims
If the numbers stand up to subsequent analysis, the South Dakota rally would be the single biggest known superspreader event in the US coronavirus epidemic.
Peter Aldhous
A Major Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Has Been Put On Hold
The trial, led by the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, has been paused due to an "unexplained illness" in someone who received the vaccine.
Azeen Ghorayshi
