Coronavirus Pandemic

The commission, modeled after the one that investigated 9/11, will examine the federal response to COVID-19 and explore ways to better prepare in the future.

Advocates in Pa. say there are ways to mitigate the disaster, but officials must act.

Google and Apple teamed up on using smartphones to track COVID infections. But the systems are only available in a few states, used by a tiny percent of the population.

It will be one of the world’s largest coronavirus vaccine studies so far, testing in 60,000 volunteers in the U.S.

Applications to start new businesses have surged significantly above normal in the last few months, a trend higher so far than what occurred following the Great Recession.

The stopgap measure will keep federal agencies fully up and running into December, giving lame-duck lawmakers time to digest the election.

Door-to-door trick-or-treating and crowded costume parties are out, and haunted forests and outdoor movie nights are in.

The proposed budget legislation reflects negotiations among Gov. Phil Murphy and his fellow Democrats who control the Senate and Assembly.

The in-home tests are designed especially to help older residents who are at higher risk of infection and may be hesitant to go to a public testing site.

The judge said the administration had failed to show “imminent and irreparable harm will occur” if the state can’t limit crowds to 25 people inside and 250 people outside.

Over 200,000 people have now died from COVID-19 in the U.S., reaching what was once the upper limit of some estimates for the American death toll.

Holding signs reading “no child left behind a screen,” the protesters demanded schools allow for the immediate return of five days of in-person instruction.

The university’s return brought the possibility of economic revival at a time when local businesses need a lift. But locals worry students will spread the virus in town.

The now-deleted updates were notable because so far the CDC has stopped short of saying that the virus is airborne.

PUA was created through the federal CARES Act and is easier to apply for than other forms of unemployment benefits.