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Katie Miller, the Pence press secretary, also handled communications for the coronavirus task force. The news came a day after the revelation that a personal valet for President Trump tested positive.

Tesla had wanted to start production again in Fremont, California, on Friday afternoon, but officials said the company did not have authorization to break shelter-in-place rules. The plant is where the company makes vehicles for Europe and North America.

Ultraviolet light is an effective tool that has been in use for decades in hospitals and operating rooms and technological breakthroughs in UV light could become a key tool used to help stop the spread of Covid-19.

Tech execs who are moms have had a particularly hectic couple months, managing a remote workforce while also homeschooling and carrying out chores.

San Francisco's residents recall what it was like to live in the city that was once the center of the HIV epidemic. The memories stayed with them, and are informing their response to Covid-19.

Across the country, the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way people vote. It is unclear whether these changes will become the new norm.

Fauci is the third high-ranking member of the White House coronavirus task force to enter some form of quarantine.

Russia has surpassed France and Germany to become the fifth-highest in the world in terms of positive coronavirus cases.

Tesla alleged in a lawsuit that California's Alameda County, where the automaker has a factory, went against state rules and "created a legal quagmire."

Covid-19 has infected more than 4 million people around the world as of Friday, killing at least 278,800 people.

Dental practices shed a record 503,000 jobs in April, but are already starting to bring workers back this month.

While Schmidt might not have his technical advisor role anymore, he remains an Alphabet shareholder after leaving the board seat he held for 18 years.

Crimes and arrests are down nationwide during the pandemic as people obey stay-at-home orders and police departments reduce operations. This has led many bail bond companies to lay off entire staff.

With a major power competition heating up between the United States and China, alongside a systemic struggle between authoritarian and democratic forms of government, how the European Union emerges from its COVID-19 challenges could be of decisive significance for world democracies.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Director Stephen Hahn is starting two weeks of self-quarantine after coming into contact with a person who tested positive for the coronavirus.

Habitat destruction like deforestation and agricultural development on wildland are increasingly forcing disease-carrying wild animals closer to humans, allowing new strains of infectious diseases to thrive.

Little Richard, the self-proclaimed "architect of rock 'n' roll" whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, has died Saturday. He was 87.

There is a higher chance of false negatives with an antigen test and a negative result may need to be confirmed with an additional PCR test prior to further treatments.

The U.S. shed a record number of jobs in April, Trump's personal valet tests positive for virus: This weeks news recap and our best reads.

A large share of American workers could earn more money while unemployed than from their prior jobs. Labor economists generally think the policy was appropriate given the situation.