The Coca-Cola Company is pausing all digital advertising on social media platforms globally for at least 30 days starting July 1, the soft drink giant announced Friday night. The move is part of a broader Facebook and Instagram boycott organized by the Anti-Defamation League, the NAACP and other organizations called …

Police and Italian army personnel surround the “red zone” where 49 new cases of coronavirus infections were confirmed, in Mondragone, southern Italy, on June 25, 2020. Salvatore Laporta / KONTROLAB / LightRocket / Getty Rome – Italy has deployed soldiers to help secure a residential complex in the south of …

Florida reported a record number of new coronavirus cases on Friday: nearly 9,000. It was the highest single-day increase in COVID-19 infections reported by any US state since April 15. It also broke the single-day record of 5,511 cases that Florida reported Wednesday. Coronavirus cases have skyrocketed in at least …

This is part of our Coronavirus update series in which Harvard specialists in epidemiology, infectious diseases, economics, politics, and other disciplines offer insight into what the latest developments may bring in the COVID-19 outbreak. Harvard public health experts said the nation’s COVID-19 epidemic is “spiraling out of control” and that, …

In less than two weeks, NBA players will begin arriving in Orlando. On July 30, the regular season will resume for 22 teams willing to spend more than three months on the isolated campus surrounding Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports complex. “We believe we have developed a safe and …