Countries around the world have closed their doors on the UK following the discovery of a new coronavirus variant. The variant—known as “B.1.1.7”—appears to have spread rapidly through London and the south-east of England. Although it appears to be more…

White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Scott Atlas, pictured in September, made numerous political blunders during his brief tenure, including a lengthy interview with Russian state media that ran just days before the U. S. presidential election. Evan Vucci/APhide captiontoggle captionEvan…

President Trump on Friday was taken to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, after contracting COVID-19. Trump is expected to remain at the hospital “for the next few days” in a special presidential suite of rooms,…

LONDON — Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot. British researchers first began testing the vaccine in…