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[ad_1] Sen. Mitch McConnell Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Senator Mitch McConnell said a coronavirus relief package should be passed by the end of the year. “Hopefully the partisan passions that prevented us from doing another rescue package will subside with the election. I think we need to do it and I think we need to do […]

[ad_1] A college student in Indiana died in her dorm room after testing positive for the coronavirus, school officials and her family said. Bethany Nesbitt, 20, was found dead in a residence hall at Grace College, an evangelical Christian school in Winona Lake, about 40 miles northwest of Fort Wayne, around 10 a.m. Friday, the

[ad_1] Nurses hold a meeting on one of five Covid-19 wards at Whiston Hospital in Merseyside where patients are taken to recover from the virus – Peter Byrne /PA Coronavirus patients in British hospitals will be given aspirin in a new trial to find out whether the cheap drug could prevent deadly blood clotting in

[ad_1] Many signs suggest a fall surge may be in full swing as the United States reports more than 90,000 new COVID-19 cases in a week for the second time since the onset of the pandemic.  While 21 states set records for new cases in a week, CNN exit polls suggest COVID-19 isn’t a top issue for

[ad_1] North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum. Stephen Yang/Getty Images Several cities in North Dakota have enacted mask mandates as COVID-19 cases in the state continue to rise.  The state’s governor has encouraged mask use but stopped short of enacting requirements, despite calls from some mayors.  North Dakota was the first state to surpass 100 cases

[ad_1] People who are in quarantine or sick with COVID-19 are allowed to vote in person for the U.S. elections on Tuesday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Voters have the right to vote, regardless of whether they are sick or in quarantine,” the CDC’s recently updated guidelines say. But you should

[ad_1] At a campaign event for Joe Biden in Atlanta on Monday, former President Barack Obama criticized Georgia’s Republican senators, Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, both of whom are up for reelection, for their response to the coronavirus pandemic. Video Transcript BARACK OBAMA: You have two extraordinary candidates in John and the Reverend who deserve

[ad_1] New York Attorney General Letitia James on Sunday accused the Trump administration of trying to “rig the system once again’’ with a COVID-19 vaccine-distribution plan that she claimed discriminates against minorities. Joining Gov. Andrew Cuomo in blasting the White House for expecting to rely on the country’s traditional flu-vaccine distribution system to combat the

[ad_1] A photo illustration show a syringe. Argentina was selected to test a vaccine against COVID-19, it is estimated that the clinical phases will begin in August. Carol Smiljan/NurPhoto via Getty Images Experts at the Centers for Disease Control are considering a plan that would distribute vaccines to the most vulnerable in the population first,

[ad_1] Australia has recorded no new locally transmitted coronavirus infection for the first time in five months. In Melbourne, the capital of Victoria state, which had the highest number of cases in the country, residents were enjoying the first weekend of cafes, restaurants and pubs reopening to walk-in customers. The city only has one mystery