Study: True US COVID-19 death toll likely much higher than reported

Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and Yale said there was a 20% increase in U.S. deaths than what was previously expected, but only 65% of those deaths were attributed to the coronavirus.

State Fair care facility opens amid Wisconsin's COVID-19 surge

As a continued surge in COVID-19 cases threatens to overwhelm Wisconsin's 134 hospitals, Gov. Tony Evers activated the alternate care facility.

COVID-19 survivors meet after life-saving plasma donation

On Tuesday, Oct. 13, in a special moment caught on camera, one woman met another whose donated convalescent plasma kept her alive.

Wisconsin DHS: Record 3,279 new COVID-19 cases, 34 deaths

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services on Tuesday reported a record rise in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths for a single day.

Mitch McConnell slates October revote on GOP COVID-19 relief plan

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says that he’s scheduling a procedural vote on a GOP COVID-19 relief bill for next week.

2020 L.A. Comic Con canceled due to coronavirus pandemic

L.A. Comic Con was officially canceled for 2020 on Tuesday, as organizers finally gave in to the realities of the coronavirus pandemic.

Social Security checks will increase 1.3% in 2021

Social Security recipients will get a modest 1.3% cost-of living-increase in 2021, but that might be small comfort amid worries about the coronavirus and its consequences for older people.

President Trump holds first rally since contracting coronavirus

Just a week after his release from the hospital, President Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Monday for the first time since contracting the coronavirus, resuming his effort to stage a late comeback in the election’s final stretch.

Johnson & Johnson pauses COVID-19 vaccine trial over 'unexplained illness'

Drug-maker Johnson & Johnson says it is temporarily pausing clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine due to "an unexplained illness in a study participant."

2nd coronavirus vaccine trial paused over unexplained illness

The pause is at least the second such hold to occur among several vaccines that have reached large-scale final tests in the U.S.

COVID-19 virus can survive for up to 28 days on common surfaces, study finds

A recent study uncovered new information about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and how it behaves on surfaces, revealing that the virus can survive on surfaces for significantly longer than previously thought.

Wisconsin judge upholds mask order for enclosed spaces

A Wisconsin judge upheld Gov. Tony Evers' mask mandate in the face of a conservative challenge.