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Mediterranean beaches and Las Vegas casinos have set out plans to reopen to tourists as economies lurch back to life where the tide of coronavirus infections is receding

China demanded Monday that Washington withdraw export sanctions imposed on Chinese companies in the latest round of a worsening conflict over technology, security and human rights.

Drug maker AstraZeneca secured its first agreements Thursday for 400 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, bolstered by an investment from the U.S. vaccine agency.

Combined deaths from alcohol, drugs and suicide in the U.S. plateaued in 2018 for the first time in two decades, according to a report published Thursday.

U.S. births continued to fall last year, leading to the fewest number of newborns in 35 years

The U.S., Canada and Mexico have agreed to extend their agreements to keep their shared borders closed to non-essential travel to June 21 during the coronavirus pandemic.

Public health officials in at least two-thirds of U.S. states are sharing the addresses of people who have the coronavirus with first responders. Supporters say the measure is designed to protect those on the front line, but it’s sparked concerns of profiling in minority communities already mistrustful of law enforcement.

President Donald Trump reacted to a statement former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign made saying the candidate would be open to having a phone call with the president about the coronavirus pandemic. “I’d love to speak to him,” responded Trump. “I always found him to be a very nice guy.

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed a structural vulnerability to biological attacks in the U.S. and Europe that requires urgent government action, multiple current and former national security and public health officials told NBC News.

The latest U.S. sanctions on Huawei threaten to devastate China’s first global tech competitor, escalating a feud with Beijing that could disrupt technology industries worldwide.

Census Day arrives Wednesday with a nation almost paralyzed by the spread of the novel coronavirus

The Trump administration has shelved a set of detailed documents created by the nation’s top disease investigators meant to give step-by-step advice to local leaders deciding when and how to reopen public places during the still-raging pandemic.

From Italy to Kansas, health authorities are increasingly warning that the question isn’t whether a second wave of coronavirus infections and deaths will hit, but when — and how badly.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States had nothing to do with an alleged incursion into Venezuela that landed two U.S. citizens behind bars in the crisis-stricken South American nation.

Officials and nonprofit groups are trying to get hard-to-count groups to participate in the census, and Arab Americans say the undercount is even more pronounced for them

Essential workers are striking nationwide on May Day to demand safer conditions during the coronavirus outbreak, while other groups organized rallies against tight stay-at-home orders they say are crippling the U.S. economy.

The U.S. economy shrank at a 4.8% annual rate last quarter as the coronavirus pandemic shut down much of the country and began triggering a recession that will end the longest expansion on record

Everyone wants to know: When, oh when, will it go back to normal?

The United States and Britain have condemned the arrests of at least 14 veteran pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong on charges of joining massive anti-government protests last year