America continues battle against COVID-19

Max Rose, COVID senior adviser to the Secretary of Defense, speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon today in Washington.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. leaves a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, today.

Faces of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority employees who died of COVID-19 are displayed at Moynihan Train Hall today in the Manhattan borough of New York. The MTA is honoring its 136 employees who have died from the virus since the pandemic began with a digital memorial at 107 subway stations.

Faces of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority employees who died of COVID-19 are displayed at Moynihan Train Hall today in the Manhattan borough of New York. The MTA is honoring its 136 employees who have died from the virus since the pandemic began with a digital memorial at 107 subway stations.

Gov. Roy Cooper, left, watches as Dorathy Dowdy, 77, gets the COVID-19 vaccine today in Pittsboro, N.C. at Piedmont Health Senior Care, a federally qualified health center where PACE patients (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) and underserved populations can receive the coronavirus vaccine.

Mindy Foringer, the office manager at George Riggins Specialty Automotive, leaves for lunch through the door with the business' COVID-19 policy sign in Harmony, Pa., today. Irritated by the sweeping use of executive orders during the COVID-19 crisis, state lawmakers around the U.S. are moving to curb the authority of governors and top health officials to impose emergency restrictions such as mask rules and business shutdowns.

Hunger Task Force Workers distribute food today at McGovern Park in Milwaukee. The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly was poised today to repeal Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' mask mandate, a move that would jeopardize more than $49 million in federal food assistance.

Volunteers load produce into bags as they work at a food distribution for local residents sponsored by Feeding South Florida today in Florida City, Fla.

A patron opens the door with the signs requiring shoppers to comply with state COVID-19 guidelines to enter the Walgreens in Zelienople, Pa., today.