Christopher Murray
FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 19, 2021 file photo, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla speaks at a Pfizer manufacturing site, in Portage, Mich. Bourla is participating along with Dr. Anthony Fauci, soprano Renee Fleming, the CEO of Moderna and the lead guitarist of Aerosmith among others in a unique three-day Vatican conference starting Thursday, May 6, 2021, on COVID-19, other global health threats and how science, solidarity and spirituality can address them. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The Latest: LA, San Fran opening business despite infections

By The Associated Press May. 06, 2021 02:14 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: MI

By The Associated Press Nov. 02, 2020 09:00 AM EST
The Detroit News. Oct. 27, 2020 Vote ‘no’ on Prop 1 to free future resources Proposal 1 on the Nov. 3 ballot statewide...

A waiter in a face mask takes the order of customers inside a local restaurant during lunch during the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, in Hoboken, N.J. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Will long Labor Day weekend mean another coronavirus spike?

By Pat Eaton-Robb, Thalia Beaty And Carla K. Johnson Sep. 04, 2020 01:45 PM EDT

A bicyclist rides past a sign showing restricted zones around the Stanford University campus in Stanford, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. With the coronavirus spreading through colleges at alarming rates, universities are scrambling to find quarantine locations in dormitory buildings and off-campus properties to isolate the thousands of students who have caught COVID-19 or been exposed to it. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
The Latest: Mexico states run out of death certificates

By The Associated Press Sep. 04, 2020 02:11 AM EDT

Caitlin Joyce holds family portraits, including her as a child with her parents and a photo of her 90-year-old grandfather, as she poses for a photo at her home Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, in Edmonds, Wash. Joyce's family is forging ahead with a Thanksgiving holiday feast in Virginia and she plans to join them. They plan to set up plywood tables on sawhorses in a large garage so they can sit six feet apart where "It will be almost like camping." (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
A Zoom Thanksgiving? Summer could give way to a bleaker fall

By Carla K. Johnson Aug. 31, 2020 01:11 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 25, 2020, file photo, patients wear personal protective equipment while maintaining social distancing as they wait in line for a COVID-19 test at Elmhurst Hospital Center, in New York. As coronavirus rages out of control in other parts of the U.S., New York is offering an example after taming the nation’s deadliest outbreak this spring — but also trying to prepare in case another surge comes. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
As virus rages in US, New York guards against another rise

By Jennifer Peltz, Michael R. Sisak And Marina Villeneuve Jul. 12, 2020 10:39 AM EDT

Waiter Garrett Jewell wears a mask and holds the plate with a napkin as he brings the first food order, a plate of deep-fried asparagus, out to customers at Cork on Saginaw, Mich., which is reopening fully for the first time amidst COVID-19 on Monday, June 8, 2020 in downtown Flint. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer allowed restaurants statewide throughout Michigan to reopen since the stay-in-place order was issued on March 23, which is eight weeks ago today. Restaurants in Michigan were closed on March 16. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
Michigan: No smoking, 15% capacity when Detroit casinos open

By David Eggert Jun. 08, 2020 04:33 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

Visitors, wearing face masks, enter the Disneyland theme park in Shanghai as it reopened, Monday, May 11, 2020. Visits will be limited initially and must be booked in advance, and the company said it will increase cleaning and require social distancing in lines for the various attractions.(AP Photo/Sam McNeil)
Leaders balance optimism with threat of second virus wave

By Frank Jordans And Nomaan Merchant May. 10, 2020 12:12 AM EDT

Anderson High School senior Teyaja Jones, right, poses in her cap and gown and a bandana face cover, Tuesday, May 5, 2020, in Austin, Texas. Texas' stay-at-home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic have expired and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has eased restrictions on many businesses that have now opened, but school buildings remain closed. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
US infection rate rising outside New York as states open up

By Nicky Forster, Carla K. Johnson And Mike Stobbe May. 05, 2020 02:39 AM EDT

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during a briefing about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Fauci comments on US virus response seem to draw Trump's ire

By Mark Sherman And Darlene Superville Apr. 13, 2020 12:42 AM EDT

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan arrives for a news conference in Annapolis, Md., Friday, April 10, 2020. Hogan provided several updates on the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic, including key budget actions and efforts to bolster the process to apply for unemployment. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Fauci says 'rolling reentry' of US economy possible in May

By Mark Sherman And Darlene Superville Apr. 12, 2020 12:25 PM EDT

In this Monday, April 6, 2020, photo, a report delivered to the city of Austin, Texas, on COVID-19 health care demand is photographed in Frederick, Md. The latest statistical models forecast fewer deaths in the U.S. from the coronavirus pandemic before August. But there’s huge uncertainty in these models because health officials are still trying to get a handle on how the virus acts, how carefully people stick with social distancing and other restrictions, and treatment of the disease. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
Modeling coronavirus: 'Uncertainty is the only certainty'

By Seth Borenstein And Carla K. Johnson Apr. 07, 2020 12:06 AM EDT

Vivek Ranadive, left, gives Gov. Gavin Newsom, second from right, a tour of Sleep Train Arena, the former home of the NBA's Sacramento Kings basketball team in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, April 6, 2020. The arena is being transformed into a 400-bed emergency field hospital to help deal with the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool)
California governor sticking with mid-May as COVID-19 peak

By Adam Beam Apr. 06, 2020 07:25 PM EDT

Two people carry their groceries past the Oculus at the World Trade Center, Sunday, April 5, 2020, in New York, during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Stay home rules extended in NY amid glimmer of hope

By Marina Villeneuve, Michael R. Sisak And Michael Hill Apr. 06, 2020 10:51 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 17, 2020, file photo, medical personnel wait for a driver to pull up at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing station for University of Washington Medicine patients in Seattle. Experts and health officials who are trying to plan a response to the coronavirus outbreak are missing a critical piece of information – the number of health care workers who have tested positive for the disease. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
States lack key data on virus cases among medical workers

By Martha Bellisle Apr. 05, 2020 12:07 AM EDT