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Shoppers buy face masks on O'Connell Street in Dublin city centre, Tuesday Oct. 20, 2020. Ireland’s government is putting the country at its highest level of coronavirus restrictions for six weeks in a bid to combat a rise in infections. The measures take effect at midnight Wednesday and run until Dec. 1. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)

Ireland To Impose 6-Week National Lockdown, Estimates 150,000 Job Losses

Under the lockdown, nonessential retail businesses are closed, and restaurants and bars are takeout only. Residents are to stay within about a 3-mile radius of their homes.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (FILE) Credit: Gov. Cuomo's Office

Pennsylvania Qualifies for New York's Quarantine List, But Travel Can Continue

New York will not restrict travel from Pennsylvania because of the number of people who go back and forth for business each day.

Broome Co. Executive Candidates Talk COVID-19, Airport

Democratic County Executive Jason Garnar and Republican challenger Karl Bernhardsen met in an online forum hosted by the Rotary Club of Binghamton.

The Final Biden-Trump Debate Is Thursday. Here's What You Need To Know

The debate likely marks President Trump's last chance to reach a massive audience as he trails Joe Biden in polls nationally and in key states.

EL CENTRO, CALIFORNIA - JULY 21: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Clinicians care for a COVID-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at El Centro Regional Medical Center in hard-hit Imperial County on July 21, 2020 in El Centro, California. Imperial County currently suffers from the highest death rate and near-highest infection rate from COVID-19 in California. The rural county, which is 85 percent Latino, borders Mexico and Arizona and endures high poverty rates and air pollution while also being medically underserved. In California, Latinos make up about 39 percent of the population but account for 55 percent of confirmed coronavirus cases amid the pandemic. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Studies Point To Big Drop In COVID-19 Death Rates

More hospitalized patients are surviving than early in the pandemic. Improved treatments make a big difference, but so does flattening the curve to keep hospitals from overfilling, researchers say.

Pandemic Prompts Salvation Army To Start Holiday Fundraiser Early

"It's definitely a perfect storm with the increased need, stores starting to close, and the donations potentially being fewer, which is why we’re really extending this campaign."

Ann Pautler (from left) and her father Albert Pautler visit their mother and wife, Marilyn Pautler, at the Elderwood at Lancaster nursing home in August. Many nursing homes are only offering outdoor visitation.

Nursing Homes Relied On Lawns And Patios For Visits. What Will Happen This Winter?

"There's the excitement of seeing her, and then the 30 minutes goes faster than you could ever imagine, and then when they wheel her away, it's very tough.”

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is tested for the coronavirus in Albany on Sunday. Credit: Dan Clark

New York Could Replace Out-Of-State Quarantines With Targeted Tests

“There’s new testing technology, there are rapid tests, is there a better, smarter way to handle a quarantine? None of this has been done before, so we’re figuring it out as it goes.”

Raising the Dinosaur Giant

Nature Raising the Dinosaur Giant aired on WSKG TV February 17, 2016.Have scientists discovered the biggest animal to have ever walked the planet? Deep in…

A sign greets visitors outside the Curb Event Center at Belmont University as preparations take place for the second Presidential debate, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn., during the coronavirus outbreak. Governors of states including Tennessee, Oklahoma, Nebraska and North Dakota are all facing calls from doctors and public health officials to require masks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

CDC Reduces Consecutive Minutes Of COVID-19 Exposure Needed To Be A 'Close Contact'

Health officials used to advise going into quarantine and being tested for the coronavirus if you were near an infected person for 15 minutes. Now the rule is a total of 15 minutes during one day.

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