Americans risk traveling over Thanksgiving despite warnings— Congress braces for Biden’s national coronavirus strategy— Pandemic gave locals fleeting taste of a tourist-free Hawaii— To avoid any traces of the coronavirus that might be lurking on surfaces, Americans have been wiping down groceries, wearing surgical gloves in public and leaving mail packages out for an extra day or two.
But experts say the national fixation on scrubbing can sometimes be overkill.— California has reported a record number of coronavirus cases on the eve of Thanksgiving.
More than 18,000 COVID-19 infections were reported Wednesday. — Though the first real snow has yet to fall across much of Europe, ski buffs are imagining with dread a bizarre scene: Skiing in.