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General view of the Hollywood Sign on November 17, 2020 in Hollywood, California. AaronP/Bauer-Griffin | GC Images | Getty Images After months of rising coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths in California, several Hollywood guilds and labor unions are recommending that in-person production of television shows and independent films be temporarily …

A man receives a nasal swab COVID-19 test at Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) amid a coronavirus surge in Southern California on December 22, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Three states across the U.S. have now identified cases of the …

A bus drives past a sign displaying the measures imposed by the government against the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the first day of a newly imposed lockdown, in London, Britain, November 5, 2020. John Sibley | Reuters LONDON — The U.K. government has introduced stricter coronavirus restrictions …

American Airlines flight 718, the first U.S. Boeing 737 MAX commercial flight since regulators lifted a 20-month grounding in November, takes off from Miami, Florida, December 29, 2020. Marco Bello | Reuters American Airlines expects the impact of the coronavirus pandemic to continue to weigh on demand and schedules into …

A United Airlines passenger aircraft arrives over the top of residential houses to land at Heathrow Airport in west London, Britain, March 13, 2020. Matthew Childs | Reuters Airline stocks slipped Monday as a highly contagious mutation of Covid-19 found in the U.K. and South Africa prompted travel restrictions by …

New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a news conference on September 08, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images New York’s non-essential businesses may be forced to close again in January if the state doesn’t clamp down on escalating coronavirus cases, which have soared in …

A medical staff member Susan Paradela pauses for a moment as she places her hands on a a deceased patient’s hands before put the patient into a body bag in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center on December 6, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Go …

Cleveland Browns Quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) hands off to Cleveland Browns Running Back Nick Chubb (24) during the game between the Cleveland Browns and the Jacksonville Jaguars on November 29, 2020 at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Fl. David Rosenblum | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images Despite the National Football …

Sr. Jeanne Arsenault returns to her room after breakfast at St. Chretienne Retirement Residence, a home for Catholic nuns in Marlborough, MA on August 26, 2020. Arsenault fell ill to COVID-19 during the outbreak. Craig F. Walker | Boston Globe | Getty Images The coronavirus death toll at U.S. nursing …

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a news conference in the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. Chris Kleponis | Bloomberg | Getty Images The United States is likely to see a “surge upon a surge” of …

A patient is transported outside of Tisch Hospital in New York on November 13, 2020. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images The New York State Department of Health is implementing emergency hospital measures to help hospitals cope with the surge in Covid cases and hospitalizations as the outbreak grows …

A Paratrooper assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, prepares for a Airborne Operation at Fort Bragg, N.C., on May 7. Spc. Hubert Delany III | US Army WASHINGTON —The Defense Department has reported a Covid-19 outbreak aboard a U.S. Navy destroyer, a new record of 1,300 coronavirus …

[The stream is slated to start at 11 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding a press briefing Wednesday as the state works to fight off an increase in Covid-19 cases. On Monday, …

Travelers wearing protective masks wait in line to go through security at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, on Monday, Nov. 24, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images With Covid-19 deaths rising rapidly and daily new cases and hospitalizations both reaching all-time highs, epidemiologists …

A patient arrives outside Maimonides Medical Center, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., November 17, 2020. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The United States reported more than 195,500 new cases of the coronavirus on Friday, a record-high spike less than a week before …

Singapore Airlines crew members at Changi International Airport in Singapore on Oct. 24, 2020. Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore and Hong Kong will go ahead with their air travel arrangements on Sunday as planned, but there will be additional precautionary measures imposed as new coronavirus …

Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) administer Covid-19 tests at a drive-thru testing site at the Alemany Farmers Market in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The United States reported 187,833 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, yet another …

Covid-19 crackdowns are cutting into U.S. equity returns. Recent upticks in U.S. coronavirus case counts weighed on the major averages Thursday, with the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite eking out modest gains in afternoon trading after sustaining losses earlier in the session. Market analysts were looking longer term at …

People sit as Macys shopping bags are placed on a table at Herald Square as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on August 20, 2020 in New York City. The fourth phase allows outdoor arts and entertainment, sporting events without …

Walmart CEO Doug McMillion said Tuesday that customers are loading up on items like toilet paper again as coronavirus cases rise — but he said the retail giant is better prepared to keep up. “It feels to me like we’ll work through this period of time better than we did …

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis told CNBC that his state “really needs the federal government to step up on the health side and on the economic side” as the coronavirus pandemic barrels into a devastating new phase. “We’re trying to do that as a state, we did a one-time plus up …

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown speaks Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Cathy Cheney | Portland Business Journal | AP Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Friday announced a “two-week freeze” on most activities and non-essential business across the state to curb what she described as an “alarming spike” in coronavirus …

Spc. Demetrie Barnett of the Nevada National Guard administers a COVID-19 test during a preview of a free drive-thru COVID-19 testing site in the parking garage of the Texas Station Gambling Hall & Hotel on November 12, 2020 in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller | Getty Images The United …

Dr. Paul Casey, emergency department medical director at Bellin Hospital in Green Bay, Wisconsin, told CNBC that his state was in “crisis mode” as one in three Badger State residents has the coronavirus.  “All hospitals across the state are either at or nearing capacity,” Casey told “The News with Shepard …

Scott Gottlieb, former Commissioner of the FDA Adam Jeffery | CNBC The next two to three months will be difficult for Americans as the coronavirus sweeps the nation and the second surge of the virus picks up steam, says Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the FDA and a …

In this March 24, 2019 photo, Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot participates in a candidate forum. Lightfoot won a runoff election April 2, 2019, to become the city’s first black female mayor. AP Photo | Teresa Crawford Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday asked all residents to cancel Thanksgiving plans …

Newly diagnosed coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to rise in nearly every state across the country as the U.S. reports fresh record one-day spikes in cases. Average daily new cases are up by at least 5% over the last week in at least 47 states and D.C. as of Wednesday, …

An attendant talks to a person waiting in their car at a coronavirus testing site at Ascarate Park on October 31, 2020 in El Paso, Texas. Cengiz Yar | Getty Images News | Getty Images The United States has now reported more than 10 million cases of Covid-19, a bleak …