Returning vacationers face new constraints as coronavirus spikes

Countries in Europe and Asia that saw a summer respite from coronavirus outbreaks are tracking swiftly rising numbers of new confirmed cases.

'Sharp as a tack' 99-year-old World War II veteran ready to head home after beating COVID-19

Fighting tough battles is par for the course for Donald Betts, who flew 51 bombing missions during World War II. He served as a waist-gunner in a B-17, flying raids to cut off crucial Nazi supply lines. 

French nursing home sees 9 deaths in one week as coronavirus returns

Nine people with the virus died over the past week in a single nursing home in eastern France, and other French care homes are shutting their doors as the country battles a new rise in COVID-19 infections.

Coronavirus pandemic reshaping air travel as carriers struggle

Airlines are trying to convince a frightened public that measures like mandatory face masks and hospital-grade air filters make sitting in a plane safer than many other indoor settings during the coronavirus pandemic, but it isn’t working.

Politics slows flow of US coronavirus funds to local public health

Congress has allocated trillions of dollars to ease the coronavirus crisis. A joint Kaiser Health News and AP investigation finds that many communities with big outbreaks have spent little of that federal money on local public health departments for work such as testing and contact tracing.

Trump makes call for new White House doctor's virus advice

Trump last week announced that Dr. Scott Atlas, a frequent guest on Fox News Channel, has joined the White House as a pandemic adviser.

New Zealand delays election after COVID-19 outbreak in Auckland

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has chosen to delay New Zealand’s national elections by four weeks as the country deals with a new coronavirus outbreak in its largest city Auckland.

Fear, language barriers hinder immigrant COVID-19 contact-tracing

The crucial job of reaching people who test positive for the coronavirus and those they’ve come in contact with is proving especially difficult in immigrant communities because of language barriers, confusion and fear of the government.

Parts of SC with mask mandates saw a 46% decline in coronavirus cases compared to areas without rules

New data from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control found that parts of the state which implemented mask ordinances saw a 46% decline in confirmed coronavirus cases compared to areas that did not.

‘The worst fall from a public health perspective’: CDC director warns of dual threat of COVID-19 and flu

CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield warned that if Americans don’t practice basic measures to fight the spread of the coronavirus now, the U.S. could face “the worst fall from a public health perspective.”