In stunning reversal, CDC abruptly changes position on when to get tested
Hoptocopter/iStockBy ANNE FLAHERTY, ABC News (ATLANTA) — After weeks of encouraging people to get tested if they may have been exposed to COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention abruptly changed course this week and is
Washington changing COVID-19 test reporting
OLYMPIA – Health officials have changed the way they report COVID-19 testing in Washington state. The Washington State Department of Health is now reporting the total number of tests instead of the total individuals who were tested.
In coronavirus fight, new mandate for nursing homes: Test or face fines
Daisy-Daisy/iStockBy MATTHEW MOSK, HALLEY FREGER and LAURA ROMERO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Nursing homes that fail to test residents and staff for coronavirus could face fines under new measures announced by the Trump administration Tuesday, part
Before Navalny, a long history of Russian poisonings
macky_ch/iStockBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (MOSCOW) — The suspected poisoning of Russia’s best-known opposition leader Alexey Navalny is the latest to happen to a long line of Kremlin opponents. The Kremlin, as it has with Navalny’s case,
Tom Cruise's saw Christopher Nolan's 'Tenet' in theaters and “Loved it”
Melinda Sue Gordon; ©2020 Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved.(LONDON) — Tom Cruise, who is currently in London presumably to get back to work on Mission: Impossible 7, which was shut down in March amid the COVID-19 pandemic,
'Grey's Anatomy' star Camilla Luddington welcomes baby boy
ABC/Mike Rosenthal(LOS ANGELES) — Grey’s Anatomy star Camilla Luddington and her husband Matthew Alan have a new addition to the family — a baby boy. On Tuesday, alongside a photo of the 36-year-old actress cuddling her newborn, she shared, “After what felt like a
The winners in a pandemic economy: Big tech and lockdown essentials soar
Poike/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — As the novel coronavirus pandemic reshapes American life, some companies have found business booming in the new normal, even as the rest of the economy recedes. It has been
LeBron James launching multimillion-dollar effort to recruit poll workers for November
Scott Clarke / ESPN ImagesBy KENDALL KARSON, ABC News(NEW YORK) — NBA superstar LeBron James is wading further into the fight over voter suppression, with his voting rights organization, More Than A Vote, launching a multimillion-dollar campaign
Five takeaways from the second night of the Republican National Convention
Republican National ConventionBy KENDALL KARSON and QUINN SCANLAN, ABC News (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — The second night of the Republican National Convention closed out on a more hopeful note than the first night. Tuesday was first lady Melania
RNC 2020 Day 3: Mike Pence headlines, Kellyanne Conway slated to speak
Official White House Photo by Andrea HanksBy LIBBY CATHEY, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The Republican National Convention continues Wednesday under the theme “America, Land of Heroes” with Vice President Mike Pence closing out the evening from Fort