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A patient arrives to pick up medication for opioid addiction and is given hand sanitizer at a clinic in Olympia, Wash. The pandemic is changing the distribution networks and supplies of street drugs across the United States, authorities say.

Changes In Opioid Supply Create New Risks As Stay-At-Home Rules Ease

The disruption in the illegal opioid trade had varying impacts around the country. As stay-at-home orders lift, that creates different risks of overdose that public health is trying to manage.

Coronavirus Vaccine Study Yields Positive Preliminary Results

Initial results from a study of a COVID-19 vaccine suggest it is safe, and capable of generating the kind of immune response that may protect patients from getting the disease.

Lauren Eylise entered the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest with the song "Peaks and Valleys."

Heat Check: Tiny Desk Contest 2020 Edition

Heat Check salutes the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest entries that could hold their own among the worlds of R&B, hip-hop, reggae, pop and more.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says while the coronavirus is likely to cause Depression-era levels of unemployment, the economy should recover faster than it did in the 1930s.

Fed's Powell Says Sharp Downturn Won't Last

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell warns it could be another year and a half before the U.S. recovers from the economic fallout of the pandemic. But he says this will not be another Great Depression.

Dmitry Dolgorukov poses for a re-creation of a self-portrait by Vincent Van Gogh.

Russian Speakers Imitate Art In A Time Of Coronavirus Confinement On Facebook

An art project to shake the lockdown blues has become an online sensation as pent-up Russian speakers from across the globe reenact classic artwork to pass the time amid the pandemic.

Uber is restructuring its business to focus on rides and food delivery, which has been a bright spot for the company during the pandemic.

Uber Cuts 3,000 More Jobs As Pandemic Squeezes Ride-Hailing

The company is slimming down to focus on rides and food delivery while cutting $1 billion in costs this year.

A view of Moderna headquarters in Cambridge, Mass., earlier this month. Moderna is touting preliminary data from an initial coronavirus vaccine trial.

New Coronavirus Vaccine Candidate Shows Promise In Early, Limited Trial

Cambridge, Mass.-based Moderna, Inc., is reporting preliminary data suggesting its COVID-19 vaccine is safe, and appears to be triggering an immune response in test subjects.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on April 29. Pompeo criticized the World Health Organization on Monday for not inviting Taiwan to its assembly.

Pompeo Blasts WHO And China For Excluding Taiwan From This Week's Health Assembly

By not inviting Taiwan to its health assembly, the World Health Organization kept out "scientific expertise on pandemic disease" and "damaged the WHO's credibility," the secretary of state said.

The Serbian President's 'Very Dystopian And Creepy' Political Rally

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic faced a wall of screens and launched into a campaign speech as people on the screens applauded and whooped. The virtual rally drew comparisons to Black Mirror.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr, here at a White House briefing in March, appointed a U.S. attorney in 2019 to look into the origins of the Russia probe.

Barr Doesn't Expect Russia Probe To Lead To Criminal Investigation Of Obama Or Biden

The attorney general tells reporters that U.S. Attorney John Durham's inquiry on "potential criminality is focused on others."

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