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Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut is one of the progressive Democrats pushing to expand some of the safety net programs created since the coronavirus pandemic.

Progressives See Coronavirus Crisis As A Chance To Make Big, Lasting Policy Changes

Some Democrats are pushing for changes to the social safety net to address needs of people during the pandemic and beyond. Moderates caution the need for reassessing plans and bipartisan changes.

Capt. Mark Sohaney is the commanding officer at Naval Air Station Key West.

How A City Within A City — Key West's Navy Base — Has Responded To The Coronavirus

Naval Air Station Key West is like a small city within the Keys — so it's had its own response to COVID-19. There are about 5,500 employees and...

Democrats Call For Scaling Back Reopening

Florida Senate Democrats want to scale back economic-reopening efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus, as Gov. Ron DeSantis maintains his...

The U.S. Gained 263,000 Jobs In April, Showing A Healthy Economy

The U.S. gained 263,000 jobs in April, exceeding expectations and providing fresh evidence that the economy is in good health. The unemployment rate tumbled to 3.6%, the lowest in nearly 50 years.

Researchers are concerned that Instagram's new "suggested posts" feature is contributing to the spread of misinformation.

The photo-sharing app owned by Facebook recommended posts and accounts making false claims about COVID-19, vaccines and the 2020 U.S. election.

A health care worker draws a dose of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe for an immunization event in the parking lot of the L.A. Mission on Feb. 24.

Could A Single-Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine After Illness Stretch The Supply?

People who have been sick with COVID-19 may need only one dose of the normally two-shot vaccines. If that became policy it could extend vaccine supplies, but logistical challenges are daunting.

Drs. Brett Barro and Simone Miller work quickly to resuscitate a rapidly deteriorating COVID-19 patient.

'The Essence Of Truth': A Doctor's Photos Document The COVID-19 Crisis In The ER

Dr. Scott Kobner is the chief emergency room resident at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. His black-and-white photos show the suffering, anxiety and chaos unfolding in overrun COVID units.

In January 2020, Arizona artist Ann Morton put out a call on social media asking people to create 8 inch by 8 inch textile squares that use equal parts red and blue. The squares and the project as a whole stands for a set of values: respect for the other, citizenship, compromise, country over party and corporate influence, and creativity.

An Artist Leads A 'Violet Protest' Against Polarization

Ann Morton is pushing back against political polarization by asking Americans to contribute textiles that are equal parts red and blue.

Election workers accept mail-in ballots from voters at a drive-thru site in Houston during the 2020 election. Houston's Harris County experimented with new voting methods during the 2020 race — ideas that were later prohibited by GOP lawmakers.

The 2020 vote and its aftermath have left many election workers beleaguered

At the same time, in Texas, an increasing number of counties are rethinking who should run elections altogether.

The conviction of RaDonda Vaught in an accidental injection death has sparked fear and outrage among many nurses, who have been faced with long hours, mounting responsibilites and staffing shortages.

SWFL nurses react to guilty verdicts in wrong medication death

Former Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and abuse of an impaired adult for giving a patient the wrong medication. Vaught now faces a maximum sentence of 12 years in prison, and some nurses believe the case sets a worrisome precedent for the criminalization of medical mistakes.

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