‘Are people to be left to die?’ Vaccine pleas fill UN summit
JOHANNESBURG — If the United Nations was created from the ashes of World War II, what will be born from the global crisis of...
World leaders criticize haphazard response to pandemic
UNITED NATIONS — World leaders gathering remotely Wednesday criticized a haphazard global response to a microscopic virus that has unleashed economic havoc and taken...
200,000 dead as Trump vilifies science, prioritizes politics
NEW YORK — With the nation’s COVID-19 death toll at 200,000, President Donald Trump is engaged in an ongoing war against his administration’s own...
UN chief warns of crisis as world powers meet remotely
UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the U.N.’s first-ever virtual meeting of global leaders Tuesday that the world is facing an “epochal” health...
CDC changes, then retracts, its take on coronavirus spread
NEW YORK — The top U.S. public health agency has stirred confusion by posting — and then taking down — an apparent change in...
US to hit 200K dead; Trump sees no need for regret
WASHINGTON — As the coronavirus pandemic began bearing down on the United States in March, President Donald Trump set out his expectations.
If the U.S....
Gulf between Trump and doctors on mask wearing gets wider
WASHINGTON — The gulf between President Donald Trump and public health officials over wearing face masks keeps widening, undercutting medical experts who say consistent...
US unveils broad vaccine plan — but no quick rollout
WASHINGTON — The government outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to all Americans when proven safe and...
As Trump played down virus, health experts’ alarm grew
WASHINGTON — Public health officials were already warning Americans about the need to prepare for the coronavirus threat in early February when President Donald...
US cuts remaining dues payment to WHO after Trump pullout
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Wednesday it won't pay more than $60 million in dues it owes to the World Health Organization and...