COVID-19

This looks like the end of a beautiful friendship. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican and close ally of President Donald Trump throughout the 2020 election, found himself in the president's Twitter crosshairs on Monday when he signed off on the state's…

{{featured_button_text}} A Bartolino's South staff member looks out from the business after a county health inspector ordered the business closed for violating the county health order on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. Photo by Robert Cohen, [email protected] A St. Louis County police officer leaves…

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KCRA Staff Another county moves into California's most restrictive COVID tier Mono County joins the majority of the state in facing tighter restrictions and a 10 p.m. curfew Share Shares Updated: 3:21 PM PST Dec 1, 2020 Hide Transcript Show Transcript…

MIAMI — Florida joined Texas and California in surpassing 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases Tuesday as the governor has vowed not to adopt any further restrictions or impose closures like those enacted in the spring and summer. Hospitalizations have also climbed in…

Health care personnel and residents of long-term care facilities should be the first in line to get the coronavirus vaccine, a panel of medical experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. The 15-member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices…

Hundreds of nurses at a Westchester County hospital went on strike Tuesday — accusing their health-care system of underpaying them and creating dangerous staffing issues amid the surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations. At least 200 nurses from Montefiore hospital in New Rochelle walked…

The coronavirus may have been in the US weeks earlier than previously thought — and before the first cases of the bug were publicly reported in China, a new study suggests. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was first identified in Wuhan,…

A trove of newly-leaked documents detail how China bungled its handling of the pandemic’s early days — including lowballing COVID-19 data and taking weeks to diagnose new cases, according to a report on Monday. The 117 pages of internal docs obtained by…

Dr. Scott Atlas, President Trump’s controversial special adviser on the coronavirus pandemic, resigned on Monday, according to a report. Atlas was serving on the White House coronavirus task force on a 130-day Special Government Employee detail, and his role was set to…