White House Chief Of Staff Mark Meadows Tests Positive For The Coronavirus Meadows, never far from the president's side, traveled extensively to rallies in the homestretch of the campaign, and was with Trump and his family on election night. Ayesha Rascoe
FDA Advisory Panel Rejects Controversial Alzheimer's Drug A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted that studies of the drug aducanumab for Alzheimer's treatment don't show it's effective. Jon Hamilton
Coronavirus FAQs: Should I Purell My Nostrils? Can Lysol Disinfect The Air? Can rubbing hand sanitizer inside the nostrils help reduce infection? Can spraying Lysol in a room every hour or so disinfect the air? Plus: A primer on how to use hand sanitizer effectively. Fran Kritz
Northern Denmark In Lockdown Over Coronavirus Variant Outbreak In Minks The government announced a number of restrictions on parts of northern Denmark, the area hit hardest by the infections. Danish officials recently ordered the killing of up to 17 million minks. Reese Oxner
Federal Supply Deal For COVID-19 Antibody Treatment Lacks Some Customary Protections To boost the supply of Regeneron's antibody therapy for COVID-19, the federal government entered into a $450 million supply contract. Details of the deal show some safeguards are missing. Sydney Lupkin
U.S. Shattered Records For New Coronavirus Cases This Week As Hospitalizations Climb The coronavirus continued its relentless spread throughout the country this week. Here's what you need to know about rises in cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Will Stone
New Daily U.S. Coronavirus Cases Jump Nearly 20%, Hitting Almost 122,000 The U.S. recorded nearly 122,000 new daily coronavirus cases, a sharp uptick over the previous day that saw the country's first six-figure increase since the start of the pandemic. Scott Neuman
Unemployment Drops, But Pandemic Surge Clouds Hopes For Recovery U.S. employers added 638,000 jobs last month, as the unemployment rate dipped to 6.9%. A winter spike in coronavirus infections threatens to further weaken job growth. Scott Horsley
CDC Report: Officials Knew Coronavirus Test Was Flawed But Released It Anyway An unreleased CDC review obtained by NPR shows that lab officials knew an early coronavirus test kit had a high failure rate. They decided not to recall it and sent it to the nation's labs anyway. Dina Temple-Raston
First COVID-19 Vaccine Doses To Go To Health Workers, Say CDC Advisers A team of independent advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a science-based outline for deploying a vaccine when it's ready. The goal is to stop deaths and viral spread fast. Pien Huang
