32 minutes agoUK's Johnson spends night in ICU; not on ventilatorA British government minister says Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spent the night in the intensive care unit of a London hospital, but is not on a ventilator.
1 hour agoThe Latest: Spain reports rise in daily virus cases, deathsNew Zealand’s health minister has described himself as an “idiot” and has been stripped of some responsibilities after breaching the country’s strict lockdown measures by...
1 hour agoVirus puts UK PM in intensive care; Japan declares emergencyBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains in intensive care for treatment of his coronavirus illness, while authorities in New York are hoping that a leveling off of d...
5 hours agoWhite House pushes unproven drug for virus, but doctors waryThe debate over using an anti-malaria drug not yet officially approved for fighting COVID-19 has erupted at the White House.
6 hours agoLives Lost: A mismatched pair's love story ends with virusHe was a by-the-book, buttoned-up conservative whose opinions could be quick and blunt.
6 hours agoThe Latest: Hong Kong to remain closed to foreignersSouth Korea’s vice health minister has urged vigilance to maintain hard-won gains against the new coronavirus.
8 hours agoVirus deaths slow in places, but British premier gets worseWith more than 1.2 million people infected with the new coronavirus, the U.N. chief is warning of rising reports of domestic violence as fear and the social and financial...
9 hours agoTrump slams watchdog report on hospitals engulfed by virusA federal report finds 3 out of 4 U.S. hospitals surveyed are already treating patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.
10 hours agoWhat to know about malaria drug and coronavirus treatmentSome politicians and doctors are sparring over whether to use an old malaria drug called hydroxychloroquine against the new coronavirus.
10 hours agoCalifornia lends 500 ventilators to 4 states, 2 territoriesCalifornia's governor says the state will loan 500 ventilators to the national stockpile for use by New York and other states experiencing a crush of hospitalizations due...
11 hours agoWhite House: States need to better calibrate supply requestsThe White House says some states are requesting far more medical supplies than they need to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
12 hours agoCoronavirus patients rush to join studies of Gilead drugCoronavirus patients around the world are rushing to join studies of an experimental drug that showed promise against some similar viruses in the past.
23 hours agoAP-NORC poll: Pandemic impact varies by age, income levelA new poll finds that Americans’ worries about infection with COVID-19 have increased dramatically in the past six weeks — including across age groups, race and ethnicity...
23 hours agoAP-NORC poll: Americans increasing effort to avoid infectionA new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that Americans in overwhelming numbers are actively avoiding others as much as possible...
1 day agoTrump tempers officials’ grave assessments with optimismThe U.S. surgeon general is raising the specter of the gravest attacks against the nation in memory, 9/11 and Pearl Harbor, to steel anxious Americans for impending sorro...
1 day agoExperts warn against unproven, possibly unsafe COVID-19 remediesWe're all trying to be as healthy as possible, but experts are cautioning about trying unproven and possibly unsafe methods.
1 day agoThe Latest: South Korea health minister urges vigilanceAmerican nationals and permanent residents have boarded a flight out of Kathmandu in what was likely their last chance to head home as Nepal prepares to extend lockdown m...
1 day agoGovernors plead for food stamp flexibility amid pandemicThere are only a handful of states in the country where food aid recipients can buy groceries online.
1 day agoTrump tempers officials' grave assessments with optimismSurgeon General Jerome Adams is offering some of the starkest warnings yet as he braces Americans for the worsening fallout from the new coronavirus.
1 day agoGrocery workers are key during the virus. And they're afraidGrocery workers across the globe are working the frontlines during lockdowns meant to keep the coronavirus from spreading.
1 day agoAt home with kids, pets and spouses, country stars play onIn the middle of a pandemic, country music's biggest stars still play on.
1 day agoFlorida mayor: 1 more death tied to virus-stricken cruiseAuthorities say 14 people have been taken to hospitals from a cruise ship that docked in Florida with coronavirus victims aboard and one of them has died at a hospital.
1 day agoWashington state returns ventilators for use in New York Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says the state will return more than 400 ventilators of the 500 it has received from the federal government so they can go to New York and othe...
1 day agoAmericans brace for 'hardest, saddest' week of their livesThe U.S. is warning of many more coronavirus deaths in the days ahead, as the global pandemic mutes traditional observances from family grave-cleaning ceremonies in China...
1 day agoPuerto Rico imposes stricter COVID-19 measures amid lawsuitThe ACLU says it it is seeking an injunction to block part of Puerto Rico’s strict curfew against the new coronavirus, arguing that some of its restrictions are unconstit...
1 day agoFace masks become essential item for coronavirus prevention after CDC recommendationThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommend wearing a cloth mask in confined public areas.
1 day agoMexico: More social spending, no business bailout for virusMexico's president says there will be no huge economic stimulus program as the country faces the threat of coronavirus-induced crisis almost certainly unlike any it has s...
1 day agoUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized with virusBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to a hospital with the coronavirus.
1 day ago'I cried on the truck': Fatigued NY workers forge aheadThousands of workers have been thrust onto the front lines of the coronavirus emergency in New York City.
1 day agoDoctors, nurses leave homes to protect families from virusCountless doctors and nurses who face an increased risk of exposure to the coronavirus are moving away from their families to protect them.
1 day agoNo COVID-19 testing at home yet but quicker options comingHome testing for the new coronavirus may sound like a good idea, but U.S. regulators say it’s still too risky.
1 day agoIn years before outbreak, investment in public health fellIn the decade before the coronavirus outbreak, state and local officials across the United State made steady and sometimes dramatic cuts to their first line of defense ag...
2 days agoTrump says ‘toughest’ weeks ahead as coronavirus spreadsPresident Donald Trump says the United States is heading into what he's says could be the its “toughest” weeks as coronavirus cases swell nationwide.
2 days agoThe Latest: Nearly 3,000 released from Sri Lanka prisonsBangladesh has reported two more deaths and nine more cases of infection from the new coronavirus.
2 days agoAnother cruise ship with virus victims docks in FloridaAnother cruise ship with coronavirus victims on board, including two fatalities, is docking in Florida.
2 days agoNew York gets Chinese ventilators; Trump wants more thanks Scarce supplies of medical equipment are leading to growing competition within the U_S_ and among nations, in what one French politician called a “worldwide treasure hunt...
2 days agoTrump, Dems clash on boosting mail-in voting during pandemicPresident Donald Trump and Democrats are bickering over how to provide voters with safe and secure access to a ballot, as coronavirus pandemic rages in the U.S. and threa...
2 days agoHunt for medical supplies creates marketplace of desperationIntense global demand to get protective equipment for doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus battle is prompting states and hospitals to compete against...
2 days agoWhere will the bodies go? Morgues plan as virus growsAuthorities are clamoring to secure additional body storage wherever possible as U.S. officials estimate the death toll from the coronavirus could reach as high as 240,00...
2 days agoA mounting casualty of coronavirus crisis: Health care jobsTens of thousands of U.S. medical workers are suddenly out of work as casualties of measures to prioritize coronavirus patients at hospitals and of the economic troubles ...
3 days agoAfrican elite who once sought treatment abroad are groundedThe coronavirus could narrow one gaping inequality in Africa, where heads of state and other elite jet off to Europe or Asia for health care unavailable in their own nati...
3 days agoThe Latest: UN to decide in month whether to delay meetingThe Asian Development Bank forecasts that the coronavirus pandemic will cost the world economy as much as $4.1 trillion, or nearly 5% of all economic activity.
3 days agoFlorida finally takes cruise passengers, some on stretchersPassengers from an ill-fated cruise are being allowed to touch dry land for the first time in weeks.
3 days agoBrooke Baldwin becomes 2nd CNN on-air person diagnosedCNN's daytime news host Brooke Baldwin says she's tested positive for the coronavirus.
3 days agoWith parks closed, Disney starts furloughs in 2 weeksWalt Disney Co. officials announced they'll start furloughing some workers in two weeks at its theme parks resorts in Florida and California.
3 days agoMormons hold signature conference virtually due to pandemicFor the first time in more than 70 years, top leaders from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will deliver speeches at the faith’s signature conference this ...
3 days agoCalifornia homeless advocate: 'We're moving way too slowly'One population is particularly vulnerable to contracting and spreading the coronavirus: the homeless.
3 days agoCoronavirus survivor: ‘In my blood, there may be answers’ As more and more people survive the new coronavirus, hospitals want them to line up to donate some blood.
