Air Travel High: TSA Screens 1 Million For 1st Time Since March The agency screened more than one million travelers at airport security checkpoints Sunday, the most since the start of the pandemic. But the modest air travel increase may be short-lived. David Schaper
New Law Creates 988 Hotline For Mental Health Emergencies President Trump has signed a bi-partisan bill creating a 3-digit hotline for mental health emergencies. Mental health advocates say it will bring mental health crisis response into the 21st century. Rhitu Chatterjee
U.S. Borders With Canada And Mexico Will Stay Closed Another Month "The situation in the United States continues to be of concern. So we're going to make sure we're keeping Canadians safe as best as we can," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. Laurel Wamsley
Is There Any Progress In Negotiations Over A New Pandemic Relief Bill? President Trump says he wants a pandemic aid package done in the next two weeks. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ended another call on Monday without a deal. Kelsey Snell
UNICEF To Stockpile Over Half A Billion Syringes For Future COVID-19 Vaccine The agency, also known as the United Nations Children's Fund, plans to distribute up to 1 billion syringes by 2021. Reese Oxner
40 Million Coronavirus Cases Are Now Reported Worldwide With the flu season looming, the rate of new cases in the U.S. and other countries is rising at rates not seen in months. Bill Chappell
Coronavirus Cases Rise To Highest Level Since Late July Raging outbreaks in the Midwest and Great Plains are driving the numbers, but every region of the country is showing growth in new infections. Will Stone
COVID-19 Test Results Get Faster, But Still Too Slow To Help Slow Disease Spread The average wait time for results of a coronavirus test has dropped to about three days, but that is still too slow to keep infected people from unknowingly spreading the virus, researchers report. Rob Stein
U.K. COVID-19 Restrictions Tighten As Europe Sees Spike In Cases As coronavirus infections spike in Europe, the U.K., which has the highest death toll among European countries, is imposing new restrictions in an effort to avoid a nationwide lockdown. Frank Langfitt
Outbreak Voices: A Hawaiian Man's Journey From DJ To Farmer Thomas Kahikina Ching of Kailua Kona, Hawaii, lost his jobs because of the pandemic and decided to grow his own food. He explains how he went from DJ and tour guide to backyard farmer.