Despite the Illinois' stay-at-home order, the weekend's death toll has already surpassed last year's holiday weekend, when seven people were killed and 34 were injured, the Chicago Sun Times said in a report on Monday....
Indian-American Rik Mehta, the frontrunner to take on Democrat New Jersey Senator Cory Booker this year, recently launched his "Made in America" medicines campaign that will require companies to disclose the country of origin of their prescription drugs, a media report said....
New York state and local governments will provide death benefits for the frontline workers who died from COVID-19, said Governor Andrew Cuomo....
US President Donald Trump said that he would be "reluctantly forced" to move the Republican National Convention (RNC) scheduled to be held in August in North Carolina to a new site if the state's governor cannot guarantee "full attendance" at the event. ...
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's chief aide Dominic Cummings has defended his actions during his first public appearance since a major row erupted over reports that he "broke" the country's COVID-19 lockdown rules. ...
A cluster of COVID-19 outbreaks hit nine facilities in the Southern California city of Vernon, including a meat packing plant in which 153 employees were reported to test positive for the virus, authorities said....
Memorial Day gatherings have put local plans around the US to ease coronavirus lockdown restrictions to the test as various states allowed the public to visit beaches and enjoy other outdoor activities while continuing to adhere to social distancing and other protective measures....
Fast-food giant McDonald's revealed a plan to open all of its drive-thru restaurants in the UK in the coming weeks and has"not forgotten" about people in the north of England, it was reported on Monday....
Due to a decline in infection rate, the team at Oxford University developing a Covid-19 vaccine believe that the chances of the trial yielding "no result" is now 50 per cent, The Telegraph reported....
The White House announced on Sunday that the US has imposed travel restriction on Brazil, which has become the nation with the second-highest number of COVID-19 cases....
