After declining for months, U.S. coronavirus cases are rising again. Has the ‘fall wave’ begun?

In some previously hard-hit places — California, for instance — it’s almost certainly a byproduct of increased testing. In others, such as Texas, college outbreaks are a driving force. Meanwhile, a state like Wisconsin — where the average positive testing rate has soared from about 6 percent in early August to more than 17 percent today — seems to have a more widespread problem.

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White House dismisses criticism of persistent coronavirus supply chain problems as work of 'useful idiot'

The White House is objecting to a new report that concludes that the U.S. continues to struggle with supply chain logistics that have led to shortages of PPE and diagnostic tests.

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More than 200,000 Americans have now died of the coronavirus

The United States on Tuesday passed another grim COVID-19 milestone.

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As death toll climbs, Biden warns against becoming 'numb' to COVID-19

“Due to Donald Trump’s lies and incompetence over the last six months we have seen one of the greatest losses in American history,” Joe Biden said Monday. The remarks are the latest addition to a string of speeches that criticize the Trump administration’s pandemic response.

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Measures to control coronavirus have brought flu infections to 'historic lows.' Scientists want to keep it that way.

Lockdowns and protective measures like the widespread wearing of face masks as a result of the coronavirus pandemic have driven influenza infections to record lows, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study.

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Trump on COVID vaccine: I know better than the head of CDC

President Trump said CDC Director Robert Redfield "made a mistake" about when a COVID-19 vaccine would be ready.

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Trump appointees not influencing coronavirus science, CDC chief promises

Testifying before Congress on Wednesday, Dr. Robert Redfield strongly disputed that the CDC’s scientific research has been influenced by political appointees attempting to bring those findings in line with President Trump’s views.

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CDC chief says masks better at stopping coronavirus than a vaccine

“This face mask is more guaranteed to protect me against COVID than when I take a COVID vaccine,” Redfield said, referring to COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. “if I don't get an immune response, the vaccine's not going to protect me. This face mask will."

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Can coronavirus vaccine mistrust be overcome?

A large number of Americans say they won't feel safe taking a vaccine for coronavirus once one is available. Can their lack of trust be fixed or will vaccine skepticism make herd immunity impossible?

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Police called to home of boy with toy gun in virtual class. 'I could have been burying my son today,' mom says.

A Black seventh grader from Colorado had the police called to his house for playing with a toy gun during virtual art class. His mom, Dani Elliott, believes that if anyone did anything wrong, it was the school.

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Michael Caputo was brought in to streamline coronavirus messaging. He has fostered chaos instead.

A disciple of Nixonian “dirty trickster” Roger Stone, Caputo has worked for Oliver North, Russian energy giant Gazprom and, most recently, Trump, joining his presidential campaign back when few were taking that campaign seriously. 

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Poll: Number of Americans willing to get a vaccination falls to a new low amid fears that Trump is putting politics before safety

The latest Yahoo News/YouGov poll reveals that less than a third of Americans (32 percent) say they plan to get vaccinated, a stunning 23-point decline that reflects rising concern about the politicization of the vaccine process.

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Fallout from Trump's coronavirus admissions

President Trump told journalist Bob Woodward that he was deliberately downplaying the risks of the coronavirus in the early months of the pandemic. What impact will these statements have?

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Children transmit the coronavirus, Utah study suggests, but don't get sick themselves

The new findings could help shape the debate about how to reopen schools safely as the coronavirus continues to sicken thousands and kill hundreds daily.

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Biden campaign jumps on Woodward interview to pin COVID deaths on Trump's 'playing it down'

As the revelations by journalist Bob Woodward of how President Trump misled the American people about the severity of the coronavirus reverberated this week, the Biden campaign did its best to keep the story alive with scathing digital advertising.

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Red lights flash as New York speeds to open restaurants for indoor dining

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2 Black Senate hopefuls look to make history in the South — and fix healthcare while they're at it

Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins from Louisiana and Jaime Harrison from South Carolina envision a “new South” to address issues they say have been largely ignored by their longtime incumbent opponents.

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Post-COVID heart damage alarms researchers: 'There was a black hole' in infected cells

While more studies are needed, researchers and doctors throughout the country are warning of a likely connection between COVID-19 and a serious heart condition.

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A new COVID-19 forecast predicts more than 400,000 deaths by the end of 2020. Will the fall wave really be that big?

Experts have long feared that colder weather and other factors could create a fall wave of the coronavirus with the potential to dwarf previous peaks — and America’s most prominent COVID-19 modelers are projecting just that. So is it time to freak out about the fall? Maybe not just yet.

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Exclusive: The White House orders end to COVID-19 airport screenings for international travelers

The U.S. government on Monday will stop conducting enhanced screening of passengers on inbound international flights for COVID-19, Yahoo News has learned. The screening operations have been held at select airports since January, when the first cases began of the disease began to emerge from Wuhan, China. Since March, incoming international flights from select high-risk countries, which includes much of Europe, China, and Iran, among other regions, have been funneled through 15 designated airports in the U.S.

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