Is There Any Progress In Negotiations Over A New Pandemic Relief Bill? President Trump says he wants a pandemic aid package done in the next two weeks. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ended another call on Monday without a deal. Kelsey Snell
UNICEF To Stockpile Over Half A Billion Syringes For Future COVID-19 Vaccine The agency, also known as the United Nations Children's Fund, plans to distribute up to 1 billion syringes by 2021. Reese Oxner
40 Million Coronavirus Cases Are Now Reported Worldwide With the flu season looming, the rate of new cases in the U.S. and other countries is rising at rates not seen in months. Bill Chappell
Coronavirus Cases Rise To Highest Level Since Late July Raging outbreaks in the Midwest and Great Plains are driving the numbers, but every region of the country is showing growth in new infections. Will Stone
COVID-19 Test Results Get Faster, But Still Too Slow To Help Slow Disease Spread The average wait time for results of a coronavirus test has dropped to about three days, but that is still too slow to keep infected people from unknowingly spreading the virus, researchers report. Rob Stein
U.K. COVID-19 Restrictions Tighten As Europe Sees Spike In Cases As coronavirus infections spike in Europe, the U.K., which has the highest death toll among European countries, is imposing new restrictions in an effort to avoid a nationwide lockdown. Frank Langfitt
Outbreak Voices: A Hawaiian Man's Journey From DJ To Farmer Thomas Kahikina Ching of Kailua Kona, Hawaii, lost his jobs because of the pandemic and decided to grow his own food. He explains how he went from DJ and tour guide to backyard farmer.
My Breast Cancer Diagnosis Came In The Pandemic. I Wanted More Than A 'Virtual Hug' The diagnosis — delivered at a distance of 6 feet in the doctor's office — was a shock. It brought back memories of my work in the Ebola ward. Then as now, an intimate touch was a rare thing. Karin Huster
Trump Announces Partnership With CVS, Walgreens For Nursing Home COVID Vaccination The federal government is offering nursing homes the chance to opt in to the new program, in which pharmacy staff would deliver and administer a future vaccine on site. Selena Simmons-Duffin
Targeting Grandparents, Trump Tries Out New Compassionate COVID-19 Message As the campaign heads into the homestretch, Trump is testing out a new coronavirus message aimed at seniors, a key voting bloc that has given him poor marks on his handling of the pandemic. Franco Ordoñez