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A scientist who investigated public accounts of early COVID-19 cases in China published a report on Thursday saying that a vendor at an animal market in Wuhan was likely the first person to contract the virus. 

Dr. Michael Worobey, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Arizona, has examined the origins and escalation of widespread global diseases such as the 1918 pandemic flu

School districts around the country are struggling to hire and retain teachers for the new school year.

Schools have resorted to a range of tactics to resolve staffing issues, including experimenting with four-day school weeks and filling teaching roles with retired police officers, veterans, college students and remote virtual teachers. The National Education Association, the country’s

The CDC “has been unable to find legal authority” to renew the national eviction moratorium that expired on July 31, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Monday, adding that the White House was “redoubling efforts to identify all available legal authorities to provide necessary protections.” The statement came after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on the Biden administration to renew

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday that he and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had agreed to an organizing resolution, which is widely expected to give half of committee seats to Democrats under a 2001 precedent. A day earlier, Senate Democrats passed a resolution starting the budget reconciliation process for President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill after