Initial supplies of any successful coronavirus vaccines are now expected to fall short of what is needed even for high-priority groups like health-care workers, forcing drugmakers and U.S. officials to grapple with the thorny question of who should be first in line. Public-health officials estimate more than 100 million Americans, including doctors and nurses, other…

Home sales surged in July, signaling how much the pandemic is reshaping where and how Americans want to live during this period of social distancing and working from home. Home buyers who were reluctant to venture out in March and April when much of the country was under lockdown have returned in force since late…

In recent years, parents around the world have struggled to balance their careers with childcare. Then the coronavirus came along, and millions of people had to figure out how to do their jobs from home, while managing the household and caring for children. We meet a single mother living in Singapore, one of the world’s…

Image copyright EPA Image caption Mahinda Rajapaksa’s party is hoping to secure a “super majority” Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared victory in the country’s parliamentary election.His brother Mahinda Rajapaksa is expected to be installed as prime minister, having held the role as caretaker since November.The brothers’ party, Sri Lanka People’s Front, has secured…

The B.C. Centre for Disease Control has added seven more flights to its list of possible novel coronavirus exposures.Cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed on 7 more flights travelling through the Vancouver International Airport in the past 14 days. (Jennifer Gauthier/Bloomberg)Seven more flights that took off in the past 14 days have been added to…

President Trump on Saturday baselessly accused the Food and Drug Administration — which he likened to the “deep state, or whoever” — of making it harder for drug companies to distribute coronavirus treatments and vaccines.Why it matters: Trump’s tweet comes on the heels of a policy change by the Department of Health and Human Services to…

Several European countries have reported a jump in new coronavirus cases in recent weeks after a drop in cases over June and July, according to Johns Hopkins University data.Why it matters: The surge could indicate that Europe is on the verge of a second wave, though currently fewer people are dying from the virus and…

Dr. Ivan Melendez, the Hidalgo County, Texas Health Authority, joins Ali Velshi to discuss the disproportionate impact of coronavirus in Hidalgo County, which reported 85 percent of its virus deaths in just 36 days. Dr. Melendez says “this is far from over in Hidalgo County.”Aug. 6, 2020MSNBC Daily: Subscribe and stay on top of today’s…

The number of businesses seeking chapter 11 protection rose 52% in July from a year earlier as the coronavirus pandemic roiled the economy and upended businesses from coast to coast. Personal bankruptcy filings were also up, according to legal-services firm Epiq Systems Inc. The upward trend in bankruptcy filings in the U.S. is expected to…

New York City has seen a surge in shootings and other violent crime amid the new coronavirus pandemic, but the factors driving the trend are up for debate. Shooting victims were up 81%, and shooting incidents were up 76% from Jan. 1 through Aug. 2, compared with the same period in 2019, according to New…

Image copyright Getty Images Hong Kong scientists are reporting the case of a healthy man in his 30s who became reinfected with coronavirus four and a half months after his first bout.They say genome sequencing shows the two strains of the virus are “clearly different”, making it the world’s first proven case of reinfection.The World…

Image copyright Facebook Image caption Brian with his wife Erin, who passed away this month A Florida taxi driver, who believed false claims that coronavirus was a hoax, has lost his wife to Covid-19.Brian Lee Hitchens and his wife, Erin, had read claims online that the virus was fabricated, linked to 5G or similar to…

Even though cases have been ticking upwards over the last two weeks, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry noted on Thursday that most of the recent surge came from Canada Day events in and around Kelowna and commended British Columbians for doing their part to keep the disease in check.British Columbians about to emark on a long…

As the global race for a COVID-19 vaccine heats up, the U.S. is looking to prove it can deliver in a national crisis while China is in its own moment to demonstrate its scientific capabilities.The big picture: Beyond protecting citizens and bolstering the economy, displays of scientific prowess and tilting geopolitics are driving the development…