885,000 US workers filed jobless claims last week
courtneyk/iStockBy ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Some 885,000 workers filed for unemployment insurance last week, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday, as the pandemic continues to upend the labor market. This is an uptick of 23,000 from
It's not too late for a flu shot — even if you also get the COVID-19 vaccine
~User7565abab_575/iStockBy DR. SHIELA BEROUKHIM AFRAHIMI (NEW YORK) — The COVID-19 pandemic has taken center stage in 2020, but medical experts want to remind Americans to get their yearly flu shots this winter season. There is a palpable
More vaccines need authorization to inoculate all Americans
MarianVejcik/iStockBy VICTOR ORDONEZ, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Millions of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are likely to be distributed before year’s end, but experts say more vaccines will need authorization if most Americans wish to
Even as nursing homes start receiving vaccine, vulnerable residents face hurdles
Daisy-Daisy/iStockBy LAURA ROMERO and MATTHEW MOSK, ABC News (NEW YORK) — For many of the nation’s elderly nursing home residents, the arrival Wednesday of the coronavirus vaccine represents the first glimmer of hope following a long, painful
Couple adopts boy with same rare disease as their biological son
Poynter familyBy NICOLE PELLETIERE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A boy with a rare genetic disease has found a forever home after he was abandoned as a toddler living in China. Earlier this year, Monica and Josh
Scoreboard roundup — 12/16/20
iStockBy ABC News (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PRESEASONNew York 100, Cleveland 93Chicago 124, Oklahoma City 103Denver 126, Portland 95LA Lakers 112, Phoenix 107 TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALLVillanova 85,