The total number of confirmed cases in the U.S. is approaching 10 million. The virus is spreading unchecked in more than half the country — and the U.S. is far from alone.

Can rubbing hand sanitizer inside the nostrils help reduce infection? Can spraying Lysol in a room every hour or so disinfect the air? Plus: a primer on how to use hand sanitizer effectively.

While some details remain, the new season will start on Dec. 22. It will be a 72-game season that will allow for the league's traditional slate of games on Christmas Day.

U.S. employers added 638,000 jobs last month as the unemployment rate dipped to 6.9%. A winter spike in coronavirus infections threatens to further weaken job growth.

Partisan views are shaping opinions of the economy as the nation slowly digs its way out of the coronavirus recession.

Women hold the majority of jobs in clothing and department stores, gift and souvenir shops. They run cash registers everywhere. Now thousands of stores have shuttered, leaving them jobless.

Wealthy countries have a strategy to secure doses of any forthcoming vaccines. And that's creating a problem for lower-income nations.

Readers are asking: Should we double up on masks for double the protection? Does gargling with mouthwash have an impact on the virus?

In New Hampshire, more than 10,000 people who collected unemployment during the pandemic have received notices that they weren't entitled to benefits and had to return the money.

Amid a steep spike in cases, more than 3.6 million Slovaks were tested for the virus — about two-thirds of the country. The prime minister hopes the testing can ward off a more severe lockdown.

Since more people are working from home, they're using the opportunity to migrate to other places. Big cities are seeing the biggest outflows, according to new surveys.

The surge is particularly acute in the Midwest and Great Plains. Health experts say the increase is being driven in large part by people who don't exhibit any symptoms.

When President Trump comes to Rome on Sunday for one last Georgia rally before Election Day, it will be another example of his partisans’ right to peaceably assemble and let their voices be heard.  

It could also be a COVID-19 super spreading event.

U.S. GDP grew at a record 33.1% annualized pace in the third quarter, erasing some but not all of the damage done by the coronavirus recession.

Justin Turner was pulled from Game 6 of the World Series when his COVID-19 test came back positive. But when the Dodgers won, he joined in the gaiety — and now faces a "full investigation."