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A child plays near a sign advising people that the playground is closed and social distancing is requirements Thursday, April 9, 2020, in Rutledge, Ga. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) **FILE**

CDC: 121 people under 21 died of COVID-19 through July

The U.S. recorded 121 coronavirus deaths among those under 21 years old and many of them were minorities, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday in a report that indicates young people aren't immune to COVID-19 but represented a tiny fraction of fatal cases during the first half of the year.

September 15, 2020
In this March 31, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence and Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, listen. Trump acknowledged that from early on he was intentionally “playing down” the threat from the coronavirus outbreak that has gone on to kill more than 190,000 Americans. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump coronavirus optimism rebuffed by health experts fears

President Trump says America is turning the corner on the coronavirus and will defeat it "very easily" with a vaccine but public health experts are worried about a cold-weather spike in the meantime, posing a key test of whether Americans can buckle down for a few more months.

September 14, 2020
President Donald Trump awards the Medal of Honor to Army Sgt. Maj. Thomas P. Payne in the East Room of the White House on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump awards Medal of Honor to Sgt. Maj. Thomas Payne

President Trump awarded Army Sgt. Maj. Thomas P. Payne the nation's highest military honor Friday for his bravery in facing a "blistering hail of gunfire" and actual flames during a hostage-rescue mission in Iraq five years ago, at one point exchanging his rifle for bolt cutters to free prisoners while enemy bullets pinged the walls around him.

September 11, 2020
In this July 27, 2020, file photo, Nurse Kathe Olmstead, right, gives volunteer Melissa Harting, of Harpersville, N.Y., an injection as a study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., gets underway in Binghamton, N.Y. A letter from federal health officials instructing states to be ready to begin distributing a vaccine by Nov. 1 — two days before the election — has met, not with exhilaration, but with suspicion among public health experts and others. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

Americans fear coronavirus vaccine will be based on politics over safety

Most Americans worry that political pressure will force the Food and Drug Administration to approve a coronavirus vaccine before ensuring its safety, and more than half say they wouldn't want a vaccine that is approved and available before Election Day, according to a poll underscoring fears that politics will override science in the scramble to end the COVID-19 pandemic.

September 10, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden departs after speaking at a campaign event on manufacturing American products at UAW Region 1 headquarters in Warren, Mich., Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden: Trump ‘lied’ about threat of coronavirus

Joseph R. Biden pounced on the news Wednesday that President Trump purposely downplayed the threat of the coronavirus in the pandemic's early stages, calling his conduct a "life and death betrayal of the American people."

September 9, 2020
In this Monday, July 27, 2020, file photo, a nurse prepares a shot as a study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., gets underway in Binghamton, N.Y. On Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, the top executives of nine drugmakers likely to produce the first vaccines against the new coronavirus said that they will stick to the highest ethical and scientific standards in testing and manufacturing and will make the well-being of those getting vaccinated their top priority. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Nine drug CEOs sign safety pledge on COVID-19 vaccine

Nine drugmakers pledged Tuesday to secure reliable data showing the safety and effectiveness of their coronavirus vaccines before seeking federal approval, hoping to reassure the public as the vaccine race becomes a political football in the homestretch of the 2020 presidential campaign.

September 8, 2020
"We're currently witnessing the fastest labor-market recovery from an economic crisis in history, world history," President Trump said at a White House press conference Monday. His Democratic opponent, Joseph R. Biden Jr., used Labor Day to reach out to union voters. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump, Joe Biden Labor Day messages clash

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden showcased his union support Monday while President Trump touted the rebounding economy, his get-tough policy on China and the rapid development of a coronavirus vaccine as the campaigns sought to woo American workers.

September 7, 2020
Engineers from La Sabana University demonstrate low-cost ventilators for patients with COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, July 6, 2020. The machine called the Heron looks like many other ventilators used to treat COVID-19 patients, but this device costs about $4,000, a fifth of the price of ventilators imported from China, and it's made in Colombia, where some hospitals have been overwhelmed by coronavirus patients. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Trump ventilator production order creates surplus

The U.S. has donated more than 4,500 ventilators to 27 countries through its global aid agency as part of President Trump's push to make America the "king of ventilators" after a crush of springtime COVID-19 cases led to fears of catastrophic shortages.

September 6, 2020
In this July 20, 2019, file photo, Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny gestures while speaking to a crowd during a political protest in Moscow, Russia. Attempts over the years to silence Navalny have all failed so far. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Trump: Still looking into Navalny poison case

President Trump said Friday he's tough on Russia but he's still gathering information on what happened to Alexei Navalny, a key opponent of President Vladimir Putin who's reportedly been poisoned.

September 4, 2020
In this Monday, July 27, 2020, photo, a nurse prepares a shot as a study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., gets underway in Binghamton, N.Y. On Sept. 4, 2020, President Trump said he was looking forward to preliminary numbers from a vaccine trial coming out in late October. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink) **FILE**

Trump says vaccine data could be in by October

President Trump said Friday the nation is "rounding the corner" on the coronavirus that's killed over 187,000 in the U.S. and he expects to see results of late-stage vaccine trials as soon as next month.

September 4, 2020