Anne Schuchat
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam gives a thumbs up after he receives a COVID-19 vaccination from Lt. Col. Kris Clark, of the Virginia Air National Guard at the Governor's Mansion in Richmond, Va., Monday, March 15, 2021. Northam got a shot of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine on Monday, joining the growing number of Virginians who are being inoculated against the potentially deadly disease. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
The Latest: China donates vaccine doses to UN peacekeepers

By The Associated Press Mar. 15, 2021 09:47 AM EDT

President Donald Trump speaks from the South Lawn of the White House on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
AP FACT CHECK: Is US great again or dystopian? GOP says both

By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen And Josh Boak Aug. 29, 2020 08:51 AM EDT

Republican National Committee Chairwoman, Ronna McDaniel, speaks during the Republican National Convention from the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
AP FACT CHECK: Trump, GOP distort on health care, vote fraud

By Hope Yen, Amanda Seitz And Calvin Woodward Aug. 24, 2020 10:29 PM EDT

FILE- In this July 15, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump listens to a reporter's question on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. President Donald Trump has taken an increasingly hands-off approach to the coronavirus crisis in recent days even as COVID-19 related deaths and positive cases have surged to record highs in a huge slice of the country, including areas where he has enjoyed strong support. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's bends facts on virus, Biden, economy

By Hope Yen Jul. 19, 2020 03:11 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Jul. 08, 2020 03:21 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ July 6 The Florida Times-Union on the Affordable...

Editorial Roundup: North Carolina

By The Associated Press May. 27, 2020 02:34 PM EDT
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ May 26 The Winston-Salem Journal on how...

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro walks to do a television interview at the White House, Friday, May 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
AP FACT CHECK: Trump, GOP falsehoods on Flynn, Biden, virus

By Hope Yen, Eric Tucker And Matthew Perrone May. 18, 2020 12:08 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2017, file photo, former President Donald Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn leaves federal court in Washington. The Justice Department's dismissal of the Michael Flynn case has been swept up in a broader push by President Donald Trump and Republican allies to reframe the Russia investigation as a plot to sabotage his administration. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
AP FACT CHECK: Trump, GOP distortion on Flynn; virus fiction

By Hope Yen, Eric Tucker And Matthew Perrone May. 16, 2020 10:38 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2013, file photo, a sign marks the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. In the United States, the nation with the most pandemic deaths, the reporting of vital coronavirus case and testing data is not keeping pace with its speedy spread. Public health officials nationwide lean too heavily on faxes, email and spreadsheets, sluggish and inefficient 20th-century tools. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
How faxes and email are slowing the U.S. COVID-19 response

By Frank Bajak May. 13, 2020 02:41 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2013, file photo, a sign marks the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. In the United States, the nation with the most pandemic deaths, the reporting of vital coronavirus case and testing data is not keeping pace with its speedy spread. Public health officials nationwide lean too heavily on faxes, email and spreadsheets, sluggish and inefficient 20th-century tools. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
Faxes and email: Old technology slows COVID-19 response

By Frank Bajak May. 13, 2020 01:17 PM EDT

President Donald Trump speaks during an event to sign a proclamation in honor of World Nurses Day, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's perfect China 'ban,' death toll myths

By Hope Yen And Calvin Woodward May. 11, 2020 12:32 AM EDT

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 22, 2020, in Washington, as Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Experts worry CDC is sidelined in coronavirus response

By Mike Stobbe, Jason Dearen And Zeke Miller May. 07, 2020 06:23 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2020, file photo, Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, speaks during a news conference about the coronavirus in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, as President Donald Trump stands behind her. The U.S. government was slow to understand how much the new coronavirus was spreading from Europe, which helped drive the acceleration of outbreaks in the U.S., a top health official said Friday, May 1. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Health official says US missed some chances to slow virus

By Mike Stobbe May. 01, 2020 06:52 PM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, April 10, 2020 file photo, public health nurse Lee Cherie Booth conducts a test for COVID-19 outside of the Salt Lake City Public Health Center, accompanied by Salt Lake County infectious disease nurse Travis Langston. When a swab test comes back positive, contact tracing starts. Local health departments try to reach and assess everyone a person has come in contact with from two days before symptoms to the time test results come back. Experts say contact tracing is key to getting the pandemic under control. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP)
Reopening could require thousands more public health workers

By Carla K. Johnson And Mike Stobbe Apr. 16, 2020 09:12 AM EDT