Nearly 8M have fallen into poverty since summer as US sees largest increase in single year

Poverty in the United States has risen sharply in recent months amid the coronavirus pandemic, with 7.8 million Americans falling into poverty since the summer, according to new data released this month.

Trump signs COVID relief bill granting stimulus checks, jobless benefits

President Donald Trump has signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package that will deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals.

Travelers react to new travel restrictions requiring negative COVID-19 test to fly from UK to US

Starting Monday, all airline passengers traveling from the United Kingdom to the United States will need to get negative COVID-19 tests within three days of their trip and give the results to their airline, or they will not be allowed to board. 

Hospitals ending up with extra doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
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Millions of Covid-19 vaccines are being distributed across the country, and some hospitals have found that they have more Pfizer doses than they had expected.

US reaches grim milestone after COVID-19 cases top 19 million

The U.S. has now topped 19 million coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, data compiled by Johns Hopkins University shows.

AstraZeneca believes vaccine will work against COVID-19 variant

The head of drugmaker AstraZeneca said Sunday that researchers believe the shot will be effective against a new variant of the virus driving a rapid surge in infections in Britain.

LA County reports 29,464 new COVID-19 cases from Christmas Day and Dec. 26

A day after public health officials said an outage crippled the county's ability to release new COVID-19 numbers, Los Angeles County gave a 2-day outlook on the virus' outbreak.

Unemployment benefits expire for millions as COVID-19 relief bill remains in limbo
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Trump?s refusal to sign the bipartisan package as he demands larger COVID relief checks and complains about "pork" spending could also force a federal government shutdown when money runs out at 12:01 Tuesday in the middle of a pandemic.

First two cases of more contagious COVID virus detected in Canada

Two people in Canada have the new, more contagious strain of COVID-19. They are a couple. They have not been traveling. They did not have any exposure to anyone who was at high risk.

LA County fears new strain of COVID-19 might be fueling surge in cases

Public health officials in Los Angeles County have begun testing patients for a new, more contagious strain of the coronavirus that's being reported in Europe.