The world set a 2020 deadline to save nature but not a single target was met, UN report

Trump disputes health officials, sees mass vaccinations soon

As Second Wave of Virus Builds, U.K. Enters New Testing Crisis

LONDON — With Britons fretting last week that a new six-person limit on gatherings would effectively cancel Christmas, Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled what he called Operation Moonshot, an audacious plan to test 10 million people every day for the coronavirus and restore life to normal by winter.

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STUDY: The impact of characteristics of US counties on COVID-19 incidence

Study says Covid-19 may have arrived in US in December -- earlier than thought

US outlines sweeping plan to provide free COVID-19 vaccines

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to all Americans, even as polls show a strong undercurrent of skepticism rippling across the land.

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Even as Cases Rise, Europe Is Learning to Live With the Coronavirus

PARIS — In the early days of the pandemic, President Emmanuel Macron exhorted the French to wage “war” against the coronavirus. Today, his message is to “learn how to live with the virus.”

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India: 5M people infected, virus outbreak still soaring

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s confirmed coronavirus infections passed 5 million on Wednesday, still soaring and testing the feeble health care system in tens of thousands of impoverished towns and villages.

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Nigerian health workers strike over coronavirus allowance

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian health workers demanding the payment of a hazard allowance for treating coronavirus patients have gone on strike only a week after doctors in Africa’s most populous country staged a walk out.

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Coronavirus kills far more Hispanic and Black children than White youths, CDC study finds

Some Urban Hospitals Face Closure Or Cutbacks As The Pandemic Adds To Fiscal Woes

A basic guide to Coronavirus tests

What are the different types of coronavirus tests?

There are three broad categories of coronavirus tests in the U.S. Two diagnose whether you have an active infection, and a third indicates if you previously had the virus.

Here’s how they work:

GENETIC TESTS

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Guide to what happens if you catch flu and COVID-19 at the same time?

CDC data shows thousands of patients caught coronavirus in hospitals while seeking care for other conditions

HHS chief overrode FDA officials to ease testing rules

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar led an escalating pressure campaign against his own Food and Drug Administration this spring and summer, urging the agency to abandon its responsibility for ensuring the safety and accuracy of a range of coronavirus tests as the pandemic raged.

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