Moderna and Inovio Pharmaceuticals tell 60 Minutes it could be a year before COVID-19 vaccinations are available to the public. Source
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45 healthy volunteers receive COVID-19 vaccination
Forty-five healthy volunteers will be the first to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as Moderna begins its clinical trial. Source
Terrence McNally, acclaimed playwright, has died at age 81
Tributes poured in for the multiple Tony Award-winner, known for the plays “Love! Valour! Compassion!” and “Master Class” and the musicals “Ragtime” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman.” Source
Michelle Obama on how her family is coping with outbreak
Like many other people stuck indoors, Mrs. Obama said the family is “Netflix and chilling” to pass the time. Source
First immigrant in ICE custody tests positive for coronavirus
Former ICE acting director John Sandweg told CBS News the coronavirus could “spread like wildfire” in agency facilities. Source
Awkward Easter Bunny photos
Children love the Easter Bunny – until they meet him Source
Treating coronavirus patients
Created in response to the 2001 anthrax scare, the biocontainment unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has treated patients with Ebola and now COVID-19. Source
Antiviral Remdesivir begins COVID-19 clinical trial
Remdesivir is the first antiviral to begin clinical trials in the U.S. in the race to end the COVID-19 pandemic. Source
Second COVID-19 vaccine prepares for human trials
Inovio Pharmaceuticals designed its COVID-19 vaccine with the help of a computer algorithm. Source
The global race to stop the coronavirus pandemic
Doctors and scientists tell 60 Minutes correspondent Bill Whitaker how their labs are working to blunt the spread of the deadly COVID-19 outbreak. Source