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Washington — As countries race to secure an effective vaccine for the coronavirus, the Trump administration announced it is partnering with drugmaker AstraZeneca for at least 300 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and committing up to $1.2 billion to the effort. President Trump has sought to expedite the …

New York City‘s death toll from the coronavirus may be thousands of fatalities worse than the tally kept by the city and state, according to an analysis released Monday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Between March 11 and May 2, about 24,000 more people died in the city than researchers would …

As coronavirus restrictions around the world are being lifted, a new report warns the pandemic that has already killed more than 230,000 people likely won’t be contained for two years. The modeling study from the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota also says that about 70% of people need to …

Coronavirus updates: COVID-19 cases in U.S. top 1 million  CBS News Coronavirus pandemic: Updates from around the world  CNN International Confirmed coronavirus cases in U.S. double to 1 million  AOL The US now has 1 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus  USA TODAY US Now Has More Than One Million Coronavirus Cases : Coronavirus Live Updates  NPR View Full Coverage …

  7m ago Some Midwest states set to reopen some businesses, but it will be a “new normal” Deaths from the coronavirus in the U.S. continue to climb, but things are slowly improving. As CBS News’ Dean Reynolds reports, at least 20 states are set to bring back business in some way in the coming …

  25m ago Two McDonald’s in Hawaii linked to a dozen coronavirus cases Hawaii officials said Tuesday a cluster of 12 COVID-19 cases had been linked to two McDonald’s locations in Kailua Kona, a town on the Big Island. The state Health Department said seven workers and five of their family members had tested positive …

  4m ago Improvements in hard-hit Italy and Spain as U.K.’s COVID-19-postitive leader hospitalized for tests Conditions appear to be improving in the two hardest-hit European countries, with Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll declining for two weeks and Spain reporting fewer deaths on each of the last three days. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was …

The number of people who have been killed by the coronavirus is now at least 8,503, a stark increase that comes as the country braces for what is likely to be the deadliest week of the pandemic in the U.S. thus far. There have been at least 312,245 confirmed cases in the U.S., according to …

Pink revealed on social media Friday night that her family has been quarantined for weeks after she tested positive for coronavirus. The superstar singer said she and her 3-year-old son Jameson were already self-isolating when they started showing symptoms several weeks ago.  Her primary care physician “fortunately” had access to tests, she said, and she …