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The Midwest was largely spared early in the pandemic, as the Northeast was walloped. Today it is the most worrisome region, with Iowa and Wisconsin among the top 10 states seeing the highest number of cases per 100 residents, according to a tracker. (Associated Press)

Trump campaign turns focus to virus-stricken Midwest

President Trump is campaigning hard in the Midwest, hoping states such as Iowa and Wisconsin will help him cobble together the electoral votes he needs to win a second term. It's also where the coronavirus is surging, underscoring how difficult it will be for him to get away from the pandemic's shadow.

October 14, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Des Moines International Airport, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump whips up Iowa crowd with Hunter Biden story

President Trump complained Wednesday that social media companies are trying to "protect" Joseph R. Biden and fumed over reports that Twitter locked the account of his press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, for sharing an unflattering story about the Democratic nominee.

October 14, 2020
This September 2020 photo provided by Johnson & Johnson shows a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the company. Johnson & Johnson is beginning a huge final study to try to prove if the single-dose vaccine can protect against the coronavirus. (Cheryl Gerber/Courtesy of Johnson & Johnson via AP)

Johnson & Johnson pauses vaccine trial to probe unexplained illness

A pharmaceutical campaign to thwart the coronavirus suffered twin setbacks this week, with Johnson & Johnson pausing its late-stage vaccine trial because of an unexplained illness and a separate drugmaker taking a time-out as it vets a "neutralizing antibody" treatment.

October 13, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Orlando Sanford International Airport Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, in Sanford, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Trump at Florida rally pledges to dole out coronavirus drugs

President Trump pledged Monday to provide Americans the same groundbreaking treatments he benefited from during his recovery from the coronavirus, seizing the campaign limelight as if he never left it in his first rally since testing positive for the virus at the start of October.

October 12, 2020
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, seated left, and Dr. Sean Conley, physician to President Donald Trump, listen as doctors talk with reporters at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Sean Conley updates Donald Trump coronavirus condition

President Trump has responded "extremely well" to treatment for the coronavirus and should be able to return to "public engagements" by Saturday if everything continues on its trajectory, his doctor said Thursday.

October 8, 2020
Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence wave to the crowd from the rope line during a campaign event Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, in Boulder City, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Mike Pence abruptly cancels Indiana trip

Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday abruptly postponed a trip to Indiana on Friday in which he planned to join Second Lady Karen Pence in casting their ballots early.

October 8, 2020
In this file photo, President Donald Trump stands on the balcony outside of the Blue Room as returns to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. In an interview with Fox Business Network's Maria Bartiromo aired Oct. 8, Mr. Trump said he thinks he could have gotten the coronavirus from a Gold Star families reception at the White House in late September. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Trump: Gold Star family ceremony was possible source of infection

President Trump on Thursday said it is not surprising he caught coronavirus because it is sometimes impossible for him to tell people to keep their distance, citing a late-September event in which the families of fallen soldiers came "within an inch of my face."

October 8, 2020
This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. On Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, the top U.S. public health agency said that coronavirus can spread greater distances through the air than 6 feet, particularly in poorly ventilated and enclosed spaces. But agency officials continued to say such spread is uncommon, and current social distancing guidelines still make sense. (NIAID-RML via AP)

Coronavirus can wreak havoc for months in ‘long-haulers,’ specialists say

The coronavirus that has infected President Trump and killed more than 1 million people is a sneaky pathogen that uses its signature spikes to latch onto healthy cells and copy itself, creating little outward effect in some people but massive havoc in the lungs, heart and kidneys of others.

October 7, 2020
President Donald Trump waves from the Blue Room Balcony upon returning to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. Trump announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says he plans to attend Oct. 15 debate

President Trump said Tuesday he plans to make the second presidential debate in Miami as he continues his battle against the coronavirus from the White House.

October 6, 2020
President Donald Trump stands on the balcony outside of the Blue Room as returns to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. Trump announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump returns to White House

President Trump returned to the White House Monday to continue his round-the-clock fight against the coronavirus after a three-day hospital stay, proclaiming he feels great and his progress is a testament to the "great drugs" his administration is fostering to combat the disease.

October 5, 2020