Coronavirus

The striking workers said Infinity discontinued pandemic pay for employees at the end of July and pays workers base wages well below those of other nursing homes in the Chicago area, despite receiving $12.7 million in COVID-19 funding through the federal coronavirus rescue package.

COVID-19 vaccine trials have shown promising results on adults thus far, but testing on children is just getting started. 

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Monday called on New York and other states to accept a COVID-19 vaccine once it’s approved by the Food and Drug Administration, noting that he “doesn’t agree” that an individual review by states is necessary.

The results of a new vaccine to deal with the deadly Covid-19 pandemic are just out and it could be a “game-changer.”

The family of a Publix employee who died from coronavirus complications in April is suing the Lakeland-based grocery giant over allegations that his request to wear a mask was denied, and that its failure to keep workers safe led to the 70-year-old’s illness and death.

According to new data from Los Angeles County's Department of Public Health, COVID-19 cases traced back to the county's restaurants and bars accounted for just 3.1%, or 70 of the total 2,257 confirmed cases found from 204 "outbreak" locations. 

Stocks started off the Thanksgiving-shortened week sharply higher after another drugmaker announced positive results for its coronavirus vaccine.

This projection, which excludes automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants, marks a potential increase from 2019.

Consumer demand for seafood at restaurants dropped by more than 70% during the early months of the pandemic, according to the scientists, who published their findings recently in the scientific journal Fish and Fisheries.

Sunday marked the highest passenger volume since the virus prompted a "steep decline" in passenger travel in early March.

Millions of Americans face a sudden loss of their unemployment benefits the day after Christmas if Congress fails to enact a new coronavirus relief package before year's end, deepening the economic pain of the pandemic. 

JPMorgan Chase & Co. economists expect the U.S. economy will contract in the first quarter as state rollback coronavirus reopenings due to the new wave of COVID-19 infections that are sweeping across the country.

President-elect Joe Biden is facing growing pressure to erase student loan debt on his first day in office as part of a broader coronavirus relief effort – but doing so may be an ineffective way to boost the nation's pandemic-stricken economy, according to a new analysis.

A group including the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, which is aligned with US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, currently has its sights on powerful liberal Upper East Side state Sen. Liz Krueger.

Gov. Cuomo's orders still face challenges from religious organizations and some state lawmakers who now say there should be limits on the authority they ceded in March.

Many Americans have been forced to learn to cook, and those who were already handy in the kitchen have grown more so.

The results bode well for the near-term availability of a third vaccine to battle Covid-19, after a shot created by Moderna Inc. and one made jointly by Pfizer Inc. and Germany’s BioNTech SE were found to be more than 90% effective in their own late-stage trials.

U.S. healthcare workers and others recommended for the nation’s first COVID-19 inoculations could start getting shots within a day or two of regulatory consent next month, a top official of the government’s vaccine development effort said on Sunday.

Airlines are looking at potential testing innovations and protocols to help revive confidence and improve safety.

Earlier this year, when much of the country's economy shut down in the first waves of the coronavirus pandemic, companies withdrew cash from credit lines, stopped repurchasing stock and halted dividend payments amid the uncertainty.