The COVID-19 Report – Reporting on Virus Impact on Nonprofits Nationally and Internationally
UK Cuts Overseas Aid After Worst Recession in Over 300 Years
LONDON (AP) — The British government faced fury Wednesday after ditching its long-standing target for overseas aid in the wake ...
Virus Outbreak Delays Production at World’s Top Glove Maker
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's Top Glove Corp., the world's largest maker of rubber gloves, said Tuesday it expects ...
Millions Stick to Thanksgiving Travel Plans Despite Warnings
About 1 million Americans a day packed airports and planes over the weekend even as coronavirus deaths surged across the ...
3rd Major COVID-19 Vaccine Shown to be Effective and Cheaper
LONDON (AP) — Drugmaker AstraZeneca said Monday that late-stage trials showed its COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective, buoying the prospects ...
Heading Home for the Holiday? Get a Virus Test, Colleges Say
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As college students prepare to go home for the holidays, some schools are quickly ramping ...
CDC Pleads with Americans to Not Travel for Thanksgiving
NEW YORK (AP) — With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation's top public health agency pleaded with Americans ...
Not Just COVID: Nursing Home Neglect Deaths Surge in Shadows
When COVID-19 tore through Donald Wallace's nursing home, he was one of the lucky few to avoid infection ...
Oxford Scientists Expect COVID-19 Vaccine Data by Christmas
LONDON (AP) — University of Oxford scientists expect to report results from the late-stage trials of their COVID-19 vaccine by ...
Evers to Extend Mask Mandate as COVID Strains Hospitals
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Wednesday that he will extend an order requiring masks to be ...
States Tightening Anti-Virus Restrictions Amid Case Surge
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The deadly rise in COVID-19 cases across the U.S. is forcing state and local officials ...
2nd Virus Vaccine Shows Striking Success in US Tests
A second experimental COVID-19 vaccine — this one from Moderna Inc. — yielded extraordinarily strong early results Monday, another badly ...
Missouri Guidance Change Seeks to Reduce School Quarantines
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday announced new guidance aimed at keeping more kids, teachers and ...
States Ramp Up For Biggest Vaccination Effort in US History
With a COVID-19 vaccine drawing closer, public health officials across the country are gearing up for the biggest vaccination effort ...
Pfizer Says COVID-19 Vaccine is Looking 90% Effective
Pfizer Inc. said Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine may be a remarkable 90% effective, based on early and incomplete test ...
Hospitals Competing for Nurses as US Coronavirus Cases Surge
FENTON, Michigan (AP) — As the coronavirus pandemic surges across the nation and infections and hospitalizations rise, medical administrators are ...
Families, Day Cares Feel Strain of New COVID-19 Health Rules
SEATTLE (AP) — Joelle Wheatley hit her pandemic-parenting rock bottom after her son was sent home from day care for ...
US Vetted Stars’ Politics to Showcase Trump Virus Response
WASHINGTON (AP) — Public relations firms hired by the Department of Health and Human Services vetted political views of hundreds ...
Halloween in 2020: Some Fun with Death and Fear, Anyone?
PORTERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — The setting: a rolling patch of Pennsylvania farmland, about 15 miles from the little town where ...
Voters in Some States Unable to Cast Early Ballots in Person
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — With coronavirus cases spreading rapidly across her state, Samantha Allen laments that Missouri does not allow ...
Coronavirus Deaths are Rising Again in the US, As Feared
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Deaths per day from the coronavirus in the U.S. are on the rise again, just as ...
Feeding Houston’s Hungry: 1M Pounds of Food Daily for Needy
HOUSTON (AP) — In car lines that can stretch half a mile (0.8 kilometers), workers who lost jobs because of ...
Attack, Then Pandemic: Pittsburgh Jewish Congregations Cope
Two years ago, the three congregations sharing space at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue relocated after an anti-Semitic gunman killed ...
Some Hospitals in Crisis as US Nears High for COVID-19 Cases
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The United States is approaching a record for the number of new daily coronavirus cases in ...
In Video Classes Teachers Parse Clues to Student Wellbeing
DENVER (AP) — Orange skies, winds gusting up to 70 mph, smoke tornadoes and hazardous air. While it could be ...
Florida Says it Will Give More Scrutiny to COVID-19 Deaths
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida plans to more closely scrutinize deaths attributed to the coronavirus, as the Department of Health ...
Next Up in Hunt for COVID-19 Vaccine: Testing Shots in Kids
The global hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine for kids is only just beginning — a lagging start that has some ...
Older Workers Face Higher Unemployment Amid Virus Pandemic
For the first time in nearly 50 years, older workers face higher unemployment than midcareer workers, according to a study ...
Rethinking the Holidays: Traditions, Change Are on the Table
Nina Bryant will cook a feast for Thanksgiving this year, as always ...
World Struggles as Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Pass 40 Million
LONDON (AP) — The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the planet has surpassed 40 million, but experts say that ...
Tennessee Gov: Hold Teachers, Schools Harmless on Tests
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Bill Lee is calling for the temporary suspension of negative consequences for Tennessee schools and ...
Feds Unveil Plan to Get Coronavirus Shots to Nursing Homes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials on Friday unveiled a plan to get approved coronavirus vaccines to nursing home residents ...
GIGXR Launches Holographic Standardized Patients for Medical and Nursing School Remote Simulation Training
GIGXR, Inc., provider of the extended reality (XR) GIG Immersive Learning System for instructor-led teaching and training, announced today the ...
Extra Safety Scrutiny Planned as virus Vaccine Worries Grow
Facing public skepticism about rushed COVID-19 vaccines, U.S. health officials are planning extra scrutiny of the first people vaccinated when ...
How Long Can I Expect a COVID-19 Illness to Last?
How long can I expect a COVID-19 illness to last? ...
WFP Fights Hunger in Food-Deprived Places, Crises, War Zones
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The World Food Program won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts ...
Enrollment Drops Worry Public Schools as Pandemic Persists
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Rather than wait to see how her children's Florida public school would teach students this ...
Antibody Drugs Are No Cure but Seem Promising for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) — They're not cures and it's not likely that everyone will be able to get them as President ...
Unemployed in New Orleans Find Careers in Community Health
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Service workers in New Orleans who were laid off because of the coronavirus's impact on the ...
US Medical Supply Chains Failed, and COVID Deaths Followed
Nurse Sandra Oldfield's patient didn't have the usual symptoms of COVID-19 -- yet. But then he tested positive for the ...
Some Orthodox Jews Bristle at NYC’s Response to Virus Surge
A decade-long global effort to save Earth's disappearing species and declining ecosystems has mostly stumbled, with fragile habitats like coral ...
