Coronavirus

By Manu Raju, Clare Foran, Ted Barrett and Alex Rogers, CNN The Senate is voting into the wee hours of Saturday morning on a series of amendments to the $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, following a nearly twelve hour...

Mask mandates and restaurant restrictions tied to fewer Covid-19 illnesses and deaths, CDC study says
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN In counties where states require masks, Covid-19 case and death rates slow down -- but in counties where states allow on-site restaurant dining, illness and death rates appear to speed up,...

Texas Gov. Abbott stalled federal offer to test migrants then blamed them for spreading Covid
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is stalling efforts by the Biden administration to provide federal funds for Covid-19 tests for migrants released from custody, a senior Homeland Security official tells CNN.

Fauci: US shouldn't loosen coronavirus restrictions until daily new cases fall below 10,000
By Madeline Holcombe, Theresa Waldrop and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN The US shouldn't ease restrictions in place to prevent Covid-19 before the number of new coronavirus cases falls below 10,000 daily, "and maybe even...

Senate begins marathon Covid relief push as debate opens with reading 600-page bill aloud
By Clare Foran and Ted Barrett, CNN The Senate is now engaged in a marathon effort to take up President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill, a process that could stretch into the weekend before a final vote...

CDC director urges people to keep masking and distancing 'regardless of what states decide'
By Jason Hanna and Christina Maxouris, CNN The director of the US Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday said she hopes people will decide to individually "do the right thing" about distancing and wearing masks, even...

These Texas chains will still require masks once the state's mandate is lifted
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business The end of mask mandates in Texas and Mississippi has created a dilemma for businesses: Keep such safety rules in place to protect against Covid-19 spread, as leading health officials...

'The impossible is not impossible': The push to make Covid-19 vaccines at record speed
By Jen Christensen, CNN Before the pandemic, Anne Leonard's friends and family had only a cursory interest in her two decades of work manufacturing pharmaceuticals. But recently, when her grandmother learned that her...

Mammograms pick up swelling due to Covid-19 vaccine, causing unnecessary fear, radiologists say
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN When she found a lump in her left breast during a routine self-check, Boston primary care physician Dr. Devon Quasha knew exactly what to do. She immediately scheduled a diagnostic mammogram and...



















