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Coronavirus
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Marlise Irby
This is the first time the state of Alaska is seeing numbers above 400.
Updated: 19 hours ago
|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 2:54 AM AKDT
|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 6:42 PM AKDT
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.
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Updated: Oct. 23, 2020 at 12:09 PM AKDT
|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 1:41 PM AKDT
|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 12:26 PM AKDT
|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 12:07 PM AKDT
|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 9:12 AM AKDT
|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 8:15 AM AKDT
|By CNN Staff
In an earnings report released Thursday, Southwest cited findings by medical and aviation organizations as a reason for resuming normal sales.
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Updated: Oct. 22, 2020 at 12:43 AM AKDT
|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 1:02 PM AKDT
|By Cheyenne Mathews
The Department of Health and Social Services is reporting the sixth straight day of 200-plus COVID-19 cases.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2020 at 12:37 PM AKDT
|By CNN staff
It wasn’t clear whether the volunteer received the vaccine or a placebo shot.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2020 at 11:02 AM AKDT
|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 10:50 AM AKDT
|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 10:48 AM AKDT
|By Cheyenne Mathews
The majority of the cases were reported in Chevak, which saw 51 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, YKHC said.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2020 at 9:44 AM AKDT
|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 9:05 AM AKDT
|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 4:53 PM AKDT
|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 2:14 PM AKDT
|By Cheyenne Mathews
Alaska is on its fifth straight day of seeing 200-plus COVID-19 cases.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2020 at 1:23 PM AKDT
|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 1:07 PM AKDT
|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 10:39 AM AKDT
|By Associated Press
Imperial College London says the study involves healthy volunteers aged 18 to 30.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2020 at 9:21 AM AKDT
|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 6:08 AM AKDT
|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 5:55 AM AKDT
|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 3:56 AM AKDT
|By CNN Staff
The sicker a patient is with the virus, the stronger the antibody response seems to be.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2020 at 1:57 AM AKDT
|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 5:11 PM AKDT
|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.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2020 at 12:55 PM AKDT
|By Cheyenne Mathews
DHSS has reported 200-plus cases of COVID-19 for the past four days.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2020 at 10:24 AM AKDT
|By CNN staff
Up to this point, more than 200,000 people have died in the United States and not even 10% of the population has been infected.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2020 at 7:52 AM AKDT
The company needs help administering COVID-19 tests and flu shots.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2020 at 7:12 AM AKDT
|By Associated Press
Authorities are trying to avoid a dreaded resurgence of illness and deaths, this time with economies weakened from earlier lockdowns and populations chafing at the idea of renewed restrictions.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2020 at 3:42 AM AKDT
|By Associated Press
China’s shaky economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is gaining strength as consumers return to shopping malls and auto dealerships while the United States and Europe endure painful contractions.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2020 at 6:30 PM AKDT
|By Associated Press
After struggling to ramp up coronavirus testing, the U.S. can now screen several million people daily, thanks to a growing supply of rapid tests. But the boom comes with a new challenge: keeping track of the results.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2020 at 12:27 PM AKDT
|By Marlise Irby
Sunday marks the 25th consecutive day of the state reporting more than 100 new COVID-19 cases a day.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2020 at 12:17 PM AKDT
|By Marlise Irby
Schools announced the closures due to COVID-19; contact tracing in process.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2020 at 4:31 AM AKDT
|By Associated Press
International air traffic is down 92% this year as travelers worry about catching COVID-19 and government travel bans and quarantine rules make planning difficult.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2020 at 1:05 PM AKDT
|By Associated Press
Rural Jerauld County in South Dakota didn’t see a single case of the coronavirus for more than two months stretching from June to August. But over the last two weeks, its rate of new cases per person soared to one of the highest in the nation.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2020 at 12:13 PM AKDT
|By Marlise Irby
Saturday marks the 24th consecutive day of the state reporting more than 100 new COVID-19 cases a day.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2020 at 8:43 AM AKDT
|By Associated Press
Doctors are warning that Europe is at a turning point as the coronavirus surges back across the continent, including among vulnerable people, and governments try to impose restrictions without locking whole economies down.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2020 at 7:50 AM AKDT
|By CNN Staff
The pandemic has turned out the lights on Broadway with no productions scheduled now until next May.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2020 at 7:25 AM AKDT
|By Associated Press
The vaccine made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech are among several leading candidates in final testing.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2020 at 7:22 AM AKDT
|By Associated Press
The World Health Organization announced the long-awaited results of a six-month trial that endeavored to see if existing drugs might have an effect on the coronavirus.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2020 at 3:49 PM AKDT
|By CNN staff
The Department of Defense research concluded aircraft ventilation systems are effective at removing COVID-19 from the air.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2020 at 3:01 PM AKDT
|By Jill Riepenhoff
Some nursing homes are beginning to allow visitors, but hundreds report to the federal government that they are experiencing staff shortages or have no protective masks in their supplies.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2020 at 11:33 AM AKDT
|By Associated Press
Coronavirus cases around the world have climbed to all-time highs of more than 330,000 per day as the scourge comes storming back across Europe and spreads with renewed speed in the U.S.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2020 at 9:51 AM AKDT
|By MARK KENNEDY
The nominations were pulled from just 18 eligible plays and musicals, a fraction of the 34 shows the season before.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2020 at 7:16 AM AKDT
|By CNN staff
New cases rose in at least 35 states over the past week, while the nation averaged more than 50,000 new cases a day.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2020 at 6:50 AM AKDT
|By Associated Press
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week by the most in two months, to 898,000, a historically high number and evidence that layoffs remain a hindrance to the economy’s recovery from the pandemic recession.