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Governors issue new public health guidelines to combat coronavirus pandemic

President Trump says there won't be a national lockdown or mask mandate over COVID-19 but governors are cracking down, anyway, with blue states pumping the brakes on reopening and Republican governors beefing up rules or requiring face coverings for the first time.

November 17, 2020

Moderna: Coronavirus vaccine nearly 95% effective in early look

Moderna's coronavirus vaccine was nearly 95% effective and thwarted severe disease in an interim analysis, the company said Monday, putting a second drugmaker on track to request emergency approval before the end of the year.

November 16, 2020

Coronavirus spread in U.S. alarms officials as Americans grow weary of limits

The coronavirus is racing through the U.S. with alarming speed, with more than 150,000 cases of COVID-19 detected for three days running and hospitalizations at their highest levels since the pandemic began, prompting governors to plead for pre-vaccine discipline or issue the types of restrictions Americans were hoping to avoid.

November 15, 2020

Biden adviser Ron Klain: Trump stonewalling harming COVID-19 prep

Ron Klain said President Trump's Twitter feed "doesn't make Joe Biden president or not president" and the General Services Administration's refusal to green-light the transition could stall COVID-19 vaccine preparations.

November 15, 2020

Ga. Senate contender Raphael Warnock distances himself from DC Democrats

The Rev. Raphael Warnock tried Sunday to parry GOP attacks by distancing himself from Washington Democrats and their rhetoric, saying his runoff election for a Senate seat will be about Georgia.

November 15, 2020

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine: Fatigue, cold weather to blame for COVID-19 spike

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Sunday that weariness and the colder weather are to blame for the mounting COVID-19 crisis in his state.

November 15, 2020

President Trump: ‘I concede NOTHING!’

President Trump appeared to acknowledge Sunday that presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden "won" but quickly signaled he will keep fighting, saying he concedes "nothing" because it was a "rigged election."

November 15, 2020

Fauci: ‘Of course’ officials should confer with Biden team on virus

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that federal officials working on the coronavirus should be able to confer with Joseph R. Biden's transition team.

November 15, 2020

Trump takes victory lap on coronavirus vaccine, says New York will have to wait for doses

President Trump on Friday predicted Pfizer's promising vaccine will be approved "very, very quickly" as he ticked off successes delivered by Operation Warp Speed, his effort to tackle a coronavirus pandemic that is raging out of control as the world waits on pharmaceutical solutions.

November 13, 2020

U.S. sees alarming spread of the coronavirus, faces local restrictions

The coronavirus is racing through the U.S. with alarming speed, with known cases crossing the 150,000 mark for the first time and hospitalizations at their highest levels since the pandemic began.

November 13, 2020

Coronavirus vaccine rollout faces huge hurdles

The federal government wants to get a COVID-19 vaccine into the arm of every American who wants one by spring, but it faces steep hurdles.

November 12, 2020

Coronavirus hospitalizations in U.S. surpass pandemic record

Hospitalizations for COVID-19 have reached the highest point of the pandemic, forcing leaders from Alaska to Massachusetts to propose stringent mask rules and limits on gatherings while avoiding, at least for now, the sweeping lockdowns that ruined the economy in the spring.

November 11, 2020

COVID-19 antibody treatment heading to states immediately: HHS

The Trump administration said Tuesday it is starting to send out 300,000 doses of a COVID-19 antibody treatment from Eli Lilly and Co., one day after federal regulators approved it for emergency use.

November 10, 2020

Ben Carson tests positive for coronavirus

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson tested positive for the coronavirus after experiencing symptoms, making him the latest high-profile official in President Trump's orbit to get catch it.

November 9, 2020

Pfizer: Early look shows COVID-19 vaccine is 90% effective

A coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer proved 90% effective in early results, thrilling Wall Street and offering the world a dose of optimism at a critical point in the fight against the pandemic.

November 9, 2020

Joe Biden names coronavirus advisory board, includes experts and Rick Bright, who feuded with Trump

Presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden on Monday named a team of all-star scientists and veterans of the Clinton and Obama administrations -- including an architect of Obamacare -- to help him tackle the coronavirus pandemic in 2021, saying "the challenge before us is still immense and growing" despite optimism around a vaccine.

November 9, 2020