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Updated: 17 hours ago
|By Associated Press
Days before the presidential election, new confirmed virus cases continue to spiral, passing the 9 million mark Friday.
Updated: 20 hours ago
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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Friday that independent monitors had recommended placing on hold enrollment of the most severely ill patients because of a potential safety problem and unfavorable balance of risks and benefits.
Updated: Oct. 30, 2020 at 10:27 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
Parisians — along with the rest of this nation of 67 million — were confined to their homes as of Friday, for the second time in seven months, under a presidential decree ratified by Parliament.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2020 at 2:20 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Pope Francis is halting his public general audiences and will limit participation at Christmas and other upcoming Masses amid a surge of coronavirus cases in Italy and the Vatican, officials said Thursday.
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Updated: Oct. 29, 2020 at 12:23 PM CDT
|By CNN staff
While the Centers for Disease and Prevention has already classified trick or treating as high-risk, the agency says the tradition can be made safer.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2020 at 10:54 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
Germany’s disease control agency said local health authorities reported 16,774 new positive tests for COVID-19 in the past day, pushing the country’s total since the start of the outbreak close to the half million-mark.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2020 at 3:03 PM CDT
|By Ed Payne
The FDA-authorized tests will be available at all Kroger locations by the end of November.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2020 at 1:13 PM CDT
|By FRANK JORDANS and JOHN O’CONNOR
The World Health Organization said more than 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases were reported last week — the shortest time ever for such an exponential increase.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2020 at 11:48 AM CDT
|By CNN staff
The pharmacy chain wants to add rapid-result testing at nearly 1,000 locations by the end of the year.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2020 at 10:40 AM CDT
|By CNN Staff
Right now, there's no FDA-approved vaccine for COVID-19, but researchers are racing to create one.
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Updated: Oct. 27, 2020 at 8:18 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The average number of new cases per day in the U.S. has soared more than 40% over the past two weeks, from around 49,000 to about 70,000.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2020 at 5:41 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The alleged attack late Sunday by 21-year-old Jessica Hill and 18-year-old Jayla Hill left the 32-year-old victim hospitalized in critical condition.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2020 at 4:23 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
At age 83 and with part of his lung removed after an illness in his youth, Pope Francis would be at high risk for complications if he were to become infected with COVID-19.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2020 at 3:54 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Surging COVID-19 cases in Chicago prompted Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday to ban indoor dining and bar services and limit the number of people gathering in one place.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2020 at 12:20 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The administration official said Medicare’s announcement will try to resolve several legal technicalities that could conceivably get in the way of delivering free vaccines to millions of seniors, a high-risk group for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2020 at 11:53 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
The U.S. casino industry is seeking tax and regulatory relief from the government as it tries to recover from the coronavirus outbreak, which cost states more than $2 billion in lost tax revenue while casinos were shut down for four months this year.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2020 at 10:39 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
All of Europe is grappling with how to halt a fall resurgence of the virus before its hospitals become overwhelmed again.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2020 at 10:26 AM CDT
|By CNN Staff
Researchers have found that ultrasounds give a better indication of which COVID-19 patients have a higher risk of dying.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2020 at 9:01 AM CDT
|By CNN Staff
A new study estimates that if most Americans wore masks in public, more than 100,000 lives could be saved from COVID-19 between now and the end of February.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2020 at 3:13 AM CDT
|By CNN
The couple had received the Guinness record for the world’s longest-lived marriage on August 25, with a combined age of 214 years and 358 days.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2020 at 4:15 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Health experts had warned that it was only a matter of time before deaths turned upward, given the record-breaking surge in cases engulfing the country.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2020 at 11:19 AM CDT
|By ANGELA CHARLTON and MIKE CORDER
Europe’s confirmed death toll has surpassed 250,000 according to a count by Johns Hopkins University, which puts the global toll at more than 1.1 million.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2020 at 7:20 AM CDT
|By CNN Staff
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reminding Americans to be cautious while voting.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2020 at 7:03 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
Close to 8.6 million Americans have contracted the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and about 225,000 have died.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2020 at 1:15 PM CDT
|By WIFR Newsroom
Alchemy and Legacy, the restaurants at Giovanni’s Convention Center at 610 N. Bell School Road in Rockford, will temporarily close effective Monday, October 26 in support of the state’s new COVID-19 guidelines
Updated: Oct. 24, 2020 at 1:02 PM CDT
|By WIFR Newsroom
The daily case count is now the most cases Illinois has ever reported in one day since the start of the pandemic.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2020 at 5:54 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
The U.S. coronavirus caseload has reached record heights with more than 83,000 infections reported in a single day.
Updated: Oct. 23, 2020 at 9:42 PM CDT
The country’s most famous expert on COVID is a fan of masks, but Dr. Anthony Fauci hasn’t supported mandating them at the federal level. In light a of a new model that shows a winter surge of infection is already upon us, he told CNN’s Erin Burnett maybe it is time to require them.
Updated: Oct. 23, 2020 at 3:09 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The United States is approaching a record for the number of new daily coronavirus cases in the latest ominous sign about the disease’s grip on the nation, as states from Connecticut to Idaho reel under the surge.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2020 at 4:41 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
U.S. regulators have approved the first drug to treat COVID-19. Remdesivir is an antiviral medicine given through an IV for patients needing hospitalization.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2020 at 3:26 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The Food and Drug Administration may have to decide by year’s end whether to allow use of the first vaccines against the virus.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2020 at 3:07 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
From Italy to the United Kingdom, nations are trying to get a handle on a surging pandemic.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2020 at 12:12 PM CDT
|By CNN staff
Some of those suffering from that symptom say they can feel its effects even months after their original diagnosis.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2020 at 11:15 AM CDT
|By CNN Staff
In an earnings report released Thursday, Southwest cited findings by medical and aviation organizations as a reason for resuming normal sales.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2020 at 3:43 AM CDT
|By KGO Staff
The school principal says the incident is the result of new California guidelines which require districts to keep a closer eye on student attendance.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2020 at 3:37 PM CDT
|By CNN staff
It wasn’t clear whether the volunteer received the vaccine or a placebo shot.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2020 at 2:02 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The CDC advises anyone who has been in close contact with a COVID-19 patient to quarantine for two weeks.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2020 at 1:50 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Hospitals around the United States are starting to buckle from a resurgence of COVID-19 cases, with several states setting records for the number of people hospitalized and leaders scrambling to find extra beds and staff.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2020 at 12:44 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Multiple vaccine candidates are in final-stage studies in tens of thousands of adults, and scientists are hopeful that the next few months will bring evidence that at least some of them are safe and effective enough for widespread use.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2020 at 12:05 PM CDT
|By Kimberly Palmer, NerdWallet
These items, all under $15, can help make distance learning more appealing to even the youngest learners.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2020 at 7:53 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
California will let fans back in outdoor stadiums for pro sporting events in counties with low coronavirus infection rates but isn’t ready to allow Disneyland and other major theme parks to reopen, the state’s top health official said Tuesday.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2020 at 4:23 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
New virus cases in the U.S. have surged in recent weeks from a daily average of about 42,000 in early October to about 58,000 — the highest level since late July.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2020 at 4:07 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
For the first time in nearly 50 years, older workers face higher unemployment than their midcareer worker counterparts, according to a study released Tuesday by the New School university in New York City.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2020 at 1:39 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Imperial College London says the study involves healthy volunteers aged 18 to 30.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2020 at 12:21 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The CDC says masks should be worn by all passengers and workers on planes, ferries, trains, subways, buses, taxis and ride-sharing vehicles. That includes in airports and at subway and bus stations.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2020 at 9:08 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
Experts in health, science and political communication said they see three reasons for the drop in trust: fear, politics and the public watching science messily forming in real time.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2020 at 8:55 AM CDT
|By CNN Staff
Target is planning to pay out $70 million in bonuses to workers as the retail giant moves into the busy holiday shopping season.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2020 at 6:56 AM CDT
|By CNN Staff
The sicker a patient is with the virus, the stronger the antibody response seems to be.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2020 at 4:57 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
The governor said the state wants its own independent review no matter who wins the presidential election next month.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2020 at 8:11 PM CDT
|By ANDREW TAYLOR
Republicans are reconvening the Senate this week to vote on a virus proposal, but it’s a bill that failed once before, and that Trump himself now derides as too puny.