Coronavirus

Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, called for a nationwide economic shutdown for up to six weeks to get coronavirus under control on Friday, warning that the rest of 2020 could be much worse than what America has experienced so far.

Bill Gates said the government should set up a reimbursement system for health care companies to complete COVID-19 tests more rapidly.

The Hawaii Department of Transportation has installed thermal screening technology at the gates of trans-Pacific flights in order to detect passengers with a temperature of 100.4 degrees or higher.

Amid the dual public health crises of COVID-19 and racism, some in the medical community are prescribing a somewhat nontraditional remedy: voting. Hospitals, doctors and healthcare institutions across the country are committing to efforts to engage Americans in the election process as part of Civic Health Month.

Organizers had planned for some performances inside Brooklyn’s Barclays Center for the Aug. 30 show.

The English language version of the country’s tourism website appeared with hilarious mistranslations.

Government officials in Rugao, China, used the coronavirus pandemic to conduct a takeover of an American-owned car company

At the beginning of June, the IRS still had to pay out between 30 million and 35 million checks. Here's what to do if the government owes you money.

The CEO of AMC Entertainment, Adam Aron, called the last three months, “the most challenging quarter in the 100-year history of AMC” Thursday after the company saw its revenue plunge to $18.9 billion for the second quarter from $1.5 billion a year ago.

Apparently everyone has been eating like family this pandemic.

Lawmakers claim the government has made little headway sending some their first round of economic impact payments.

Several recent surveys have found that passengers would be willing to pay more money to have the middle seats on airplanes open during the coronavirus pandemic.

Regal movie theaters are preparing to reopen their locations that have been shuttered in the U.S. amid the coronavirus pandemic, their top brass said on Friday.

Gilead says it has gone into hyperdrive creating remdesivir, the first treatment shown to be effective against the highly contagious virus that has infected more than 4.8 million Americans, killing more than 160,000.

Most people don't believe the virus will meaningfully affect education in the long run.

White House officials refused to speculate about whether a bill is off the table entirely.

Amazon's two-day event -- where Prime subscribers are offered a "parade of deals" -- has typically been held every July since 2015. This year's Prime Day, however, has been delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

An Indian yoga televangelist, who is an ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claims to have already found the cure for the new coronavirus -- and it's for sale. 

Lebanon was already suffering a severe economic crisis made worse by the coronavirus pandemic, when an explosion ripped through the port in capital city Beirut, killing at least 154 people and injuring over 5,000 others. 

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the president could sign orders over the weekend.