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Starting Monday, the U.S. will require all air passengers coming from the U.K. to have a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of their departure, the CDC announced late Thursday night. In a statement, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said President Donald Trump will sign the order …

One week after authorizing the first COVID-19 vaccine for Americans, the Food and Drug Administration granted a second emergency authorization Friday, to Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine. Moderna said it would begin delivering the vaccine to the U.S. government immediately, and expects to deliver 20 million doses by the end of …

Vice President Mike Pence plans to get the coronavirus vaccine live on TV on Friday, and President-elect Joe Biden will get his early next week, according to reports late Wednesday. Axios reported that Pence will get his shot Friday morning at the White House, and wants it to be carried …

Health-care workers and nursing-home residents should be the first in line for the fast-approaching COVID-19 vaccine shots, a federal government advisory panel voted Tuesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices supported the recommendations in a 13-1 vote. The recommendations aren’t binding but they can …

• U.S. added record 4.2 million COVID-19 cases in November • Osterholm says there’s light at the end of tunnel in form of promising vaccines • Grand Prix driver Lewis Hamilton tests positive • Vietnam records its first case of local transmission in almost three months The U.S. set a …

A patient is transported outside of Tisch Hospital in New York City earlier in November. AFP/Getty Images As New York braces for an influx of COVID-19 cases after Thanksgiving, efforts to curb the spread have shifted from closing nonessential businesses to ramping up hospital capacity and trying to stem small …

Demand for food delivery has risen dramatically during the COVID-19 crisis. MarketWatch photo illustration/iStockphoto Zachary Davis, owner of The Glass Jar restaurant group in Santa Cruz, Calif., said he intentionally avoided working with food-delivery apps before the COVID-19 pandemic because the costs to his business just seemed too high. But …

How will you be spending Thanksgiving? The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday said it was “alarmed” about the 1 million new infections over the last week, and recommended against traveling this Thanksgiving. Potential alternatives include a virtual Thanksgiving meal with friends or loved ones and contact-free …

The Internal Revenue Service still has about one million 2020 tax returns to process after the coronavirus pandemic and distribution of millions of stimulus checks upended operations, the agency’s commissioner told federal lawmakers on Friday. “We have done all that we can really do,” said IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, talking …