As school begins in the US amid virus, parents see few good options
WOODSTOCK, Ga. — John Barrett plans to keep his daughter home from elementary school this year in suburban Atlanta, but he wishes she were...
US sinks another $2.1 billion into a potential vaccine
LONDON — Pharma giants GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur have announced they will supply 100 million doses of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine to the United...
Record economic plunge, bleak jobs numbers reveal virus toll
WASHINGTON — The coronavirus pandemic sent the U.S. economy plunging by a record-shattering 32.9% annual rate last quarter and is still inflicting damage across...
After 99 days of success, virus returns to haunt Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam — For 99 days, Vietnam seemed to have defeated the coronavirus. There wasn’t a single reported case of community transmission. Not a...
80,000 people fleeing Vietnamese city after new virus cases
HANOI, Vietnam — About 80,000 people, mostly local tourists, are being evacuated from the popular Vietnamese beach city of Da Nang after more than...
Florida overtakes NY State in coronavirus cases, adds 9,300
ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida surpassed New York over the weekend as the state with the second-most coronavirus cases in the U.S., as more than...
UK puts Spain back on unsafe country list for COVID-19
LONDON — Britain is advising people not to travel to Spain and has removed the country from the list of safe places to visit...
US accuses Chinese hackers in targeting of COVID-19 research
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Tuesday accused two Chinese hackers of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars of trade secrets from companies across...
Outbreak in northwest China spreads to 2nd city
BEIJING — China’s latest coronavirus outbreak has spread to a second city in the northwestern region of Xinjiang.
One of the 17 new cases reported...
Governments around world eye tougher steps to fight virus
Signs of governments reassessing their coronavirus response were scattered around the world Sunday, with the mayor of Los Angeles saying the city was reopened...