Lawmakers press Trump on relief bill as jobless aid expires

The fate of an end-of-year COVID-19 relief and spending bill remained in doubt Sunday as millions lost unemployment aid, the government barreled toward a mid-pandemic shutdown and lawmakers implored President Donald Trump to act.

US reaches grim milestone after COVID-19 cases top 19 million

The U.S. has now topped 19 million coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, data compiled by Johns Hopkins University shows.

Fauci claims herd immunity numbers were 'guestimates,' settles on 75-80%

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday dismissed accusations that he deliberately moved the goalposts on when the country would vaccinate enough people against COVID-19 to reach herd immunity, saying he was previously offering "guestimates."

Europe comes together to receive COVID-19 vaccine

Doctors, nurses and the elderly rolled up their sleeves across the European Union to receive the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine Sunday.

AstraZeneca believes vaccine will work against COVID-19 variant

The head of drugmaker AstraZeneca said Sunday that researchers believe the shot will be effective against a new variant of the virus driving a rapid surge in infections in Britain.

In-N-Out Burgers linked to 80 Colorado coronavirus cases

At least 80 In-N-Out Burger employees have tested positive for coronavirus, according to data published by the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment.

Two cases of more contagious COVID virus detected in Canada

A variant of COVID-19 that has ravaged the U.K. is now in Canada, health officials said Saturday as they announced an Ontario couple had been diagnosed with the contagious new strain.

COVID-19 vaccinations begin in Hungary, Germany hours after shipments

Germany, Hungary and Slovakia began giving out their first coronavirus vaccine shots on Saturday only hours after receiving their first shipments.

Japan to block new entry from around world amid new virus variant

Japan will suspend new entry into the country of nonresident foreign nationals from around the world from Monday through late January as a precautionary step against the new, potentially more transmissible coronavirus variant.

Frontline healthcare workers on LI spend Christmas battling COVID-19

Working on the holidays is a reality nurses and doctors expect every year, and even on Christmas during a pandemic, they are still showing up for their patients.

US requires UK passengers to get negative test

The United States will require airline passengers from Britain to get a negative COVID-19 test before their flight. 

Hospital develops 'hugging curtain' for sick children to touch loved ones

A hospital in Rome has come up with a unique solution to allow families to have personal contact with children who are patients while also minimizing the risk of them catching the coronavirus.

'We have a big problem': Experts fear the holidays will fuel the US COVID-19 crisis

Hard-hit California has eclipsed 2 million coronavirus cases as the U.S. heads into a Christmas travel surge that could fuel the deadly crisis across the nation.