Five former CDC directors on where US went wrong in its COVID-19 response
ABC NewsBy ANTHONY RIVAS, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Five former directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who came together to speak about the coronavirus on Thursday said repeatedly that the United States is
Why stopping COVID at schools may not be as easy as taking temperatures
smolaw11/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — What are schools going to look like when they reopen this year? It’s a complicated question with few answers at this point: for some, there might be plastic guards
Trump signs executive order giving Chinese owner 45 days to sell TikTok
Anatoliy Sizov/iStockBy MARK OSBORNE and MATTHEW VANN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday night effectively giving ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, 45 days to sell the video sharing
With negotiations on brink of collapse, no clear path forward on coronavirus relief
drnadig/iStockBy ALLISON PECORIN and TRISH TURNER, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Conversations between administration officials and Democratic congressional leaders about coronavirus relief may soon fall apart, with both parties leaving the Capitol on Thursday evening claiming to be
Scoreboard roundup — 8/6/20
iStockBy ABC News (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUESt. Louis, Detroit (Postponed)Pittsburgh 6, Minnesota 5Philadelphia 5, NY Yankees 4Cleveland 13, Cincinnati 0NY Yankees, Tampa Bay (Postponed)Arizona 5, Houston
COVID-19 continues resurgence across US through July as mask mandates begin
Samara Heisz/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, JANET WEINSTEIN and JP KEENAN (NEW YORK) — July turned out to be another deadly month for the U.S. as hundreds of thousands of people contracted the novel coronavirus. There were 1,882,692 new
Parents of AFM survivors share five things parents should know as CDC warns of outbreak
Amornrat Phuchom/iStockBy KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Rachel Scott’s son Braden was 5 years old when he was diagnosed in 2016 with acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, a rare, rapid-onset neurological disease affecting the spinal
Wolf defends feds in Portland protests, rebuffs former Homeland Security leaders
Official White House Photo by Shealah CraigheadBy QUINN OWEN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf continued to defend his agency’s response to the recent Portland, Oregon, protests, when he appeared before a Senate
Alicia Keys is launching a cruelty-free collection with e.l.f. Beauty
BET2020/Getty Images for BET NETWORKSBy JACQUELINE LAUREAN YATES, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Alicia Keys is a bonafide beauty in her own right, and now fans will be delighted to hear she’s coming out with a line
Stephen Colbert and James Corden to returning to the studio
Best Possible Screen Grab/CBS 2020 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved(LOS ANGELES) — It looks like Stephen Colbert and James Corden will be following Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon’s lead and moving their respective CBS late night shows back into the studio, according to Entertainment