Chipotle to hire 10,000 employees

The Mexican grill pledged to ramp up hiring as more restaurants reopen.

Walmart to require customers to wear masks at all its stores

Walmart will require customers to wear face coverings at all of its namesake and Sam’s Club stores, making it the largest retailer to introduce such a policy that has otherwise proven difficult to enforce without state and federal requirements.

Junk mail? Tens of thousands may have mistakenly thrown away stimulus payment

Despite warnings issued by the federal government, tens of thousands of individuals may have inadvertently thrown out their $1,200 stimulus payments.

Most PPP recipients expect to run out of money by August, study finds

A majority of small businesses that tapped the taxpayer-funded Paycheck Protection Program expect to run out of money by the first week of August, according to a Goldman Sachs survey released Tuesday.

22 states now on travel restriction list in NY, NJ, CT

Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio and Wisconsin were added to the list of states from which travelers must quarantine when arriving in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Doctor: Miami becoming 'epicenter' of pandemic, comparable to Wuhan, China

Florida's rapidly increasing number of coronavirus cases is turning Miami into the “epicenter of the pandemic,” a top doctor warned Monday, while an epidemiologist called the region's situation “extremely grave.”

First COVID-19 vaccine tested in US produced antibodies in all patients during trial

The experimental vaccine, developed by Fauci’s colleagues at the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., will start its most important step around July 27: A 30,000-person study to prove if the shots really are strong enough to protect against the coronavirus.

Virginia GOP congressman Morgan Griffith tests positive for coronavirus

Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., became the latest member of the House of Representatives to test positive for coronavirus as his staff announced Tuesday that the lawmaker had been infected and was self-isolating.

NYC begins rolling out rapid COVID-19 testing sites

A new coronavirus testing site has opened in the Bronx. You can get your test results in about 15 minutes.

Cuomo takes heat over his administration's 'flawed' coronavirus nursing home study

Scientists, health care professionals and elected officials assailed a Cuomo administration internal report for failing to address the actual impact of the governor's order that sent thousands of recovering coronavirus patients into nursing homes.

In another blow to ‘herd immunity,’ study shows decline of COVID-19 antibodies after a few weeks

A study published on July 11 by researchers at King’s College London found that antibodies detected in the human body which fight the coronavirus declined after just a few weeks, leaving the possibility of herd immunity out of the question.

35 prisoners in California have died so far of COVID-19

The inmate from Avenal State Prison in Central California died Monday at a hospital outside of the facility.