Pfizer to supply U.S. with 100 million more vaccine doses
The $2 billion deal also gives the federal government the option to acquire up to 400 million more doses.
Coronavirus Pandemic
Debate rages over who should be next in line for vaccine
States are beginning to make their own priority lists, while labor unions say their members should go first.
Pfizer, U.S. said to be near large new deal for vaccine doses
Agreement reportedly would have government buying tens of millions more doses and give Pfizer greater access to vaccine source materials.
Trump blasts COVID-19 economic relief package and demands changes
The House and Senate passed the legislation overnight but it still needs the president's signature.
Second stimulus check: How much would you get?
The $900 billion package includes $600 per-person cash payments — half of what people received in the spring. President Trump says that's not enough.
New COVID strain in U.K. may be "already here" in U.S., doctors say
"We have had people coming from the U.K. for the past few weeks, so why would this virus not jump on the plane with everybody?" Dr. Dyan Hes said.
Birx says she plans to retire, citing strain on family
The Coronavirus Task Force coordinator said the experience has been difficult on her family.
José Andrés is on a mission to feed the hungry
The celebrity chef's nonprofit pays restaurants to prepare hot meals for the hungry.
Stimulus includes $2 billion for funerals of COVID-19 victims
The federal government often helps bury the dead after disasters, but that hasn't been the case with COVID-19.
Video shows NYC Republicans dancing at maskless holiday party
"COVID conga lines are not smart," New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said of the party that was held amid a worsening coronavirus pandemic.
Stimulus bill's "three-martini lunch" tax break draws outrage
Tax break was derided as "corporate socialism" by critics. Restaurants have a bigger problem: A lack of business clients.
Strip club owner won't have to pay back millions in PPP aid
The owner of Rick's Cabaret got $5.4 million from the Paycheck Protection Program. Its stock soared 70% this year.
Stimulus bill to rid patients of "surprise" medical bills
"This has been a profoundly distressing pocketbook issue for families for years," said one health insurance expert.
Dr. Fauci gets COVID vaccine: "I consider it an honor to be part of this"
Fauci and Health Secretary Alex Azar got Moderna's vaccine on live TV to build confidence in the shot.
Fired COVID scientist sues Florida over "sham" search warrant
Rebekah Jones contends that she was fired for not falsifying data.
What we know about the new strain of COVID in the U.K.
"It's probably not more lethal," Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CBS News, but added that "It seems like this new strain is more contagious."
New York, Washington state impose curbs on passengers from U.K.
Moves are designed to keep a new, highly contagious strain of COVID-19 from being brought to their states or spreading within them.
California could see 100,000 hospitalizations in January
The state's health secretary said entire regions may run out of room in their makeshift "surge" capacity units "by the end of the month and early in January" because of COVID.
Nations ban travel with U.K. over more infectious COVID strain
Experts say there is currently no evidence that the new strain causes illnesses to be more severe.
WHO discusses new coronavirus strain circulating in U.K.
Nearly 77 million people around the world have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.
Congress passes massive COVID relief and government funding bill
The $900 billion aid package was added to a $1.4 trillion spending bill that funds the government through September.
2020 turning out to be deadliest year ever in U.S.
COVID-19 the main culprit. Nation on track for 3.2 million deaths this year, at least 400,000 more than 2019 and first time ever over 3 million.
More nations banning flights from U.K. due to new virus strain
Many in Europe, along with Canada, Hong Kong, Israel and others going that route, and New York's governor calling for U.S. to do same.
Biden receives first dose of COVID vaccine, stressing its safety
Mr. Biden joins a growing list of public officials who have shared their experiences getting inoculated against COVID-19 as part of efforts to build public trust in its safety.
U.S. teen jailed in Cayman Islands for breaking COVID-19 rules
Skylar Mack, an 18-year-old pre-med student at Mercer University in Georgia, was sentenced after breaking her mandatory quarantine.
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