COVID-19

Abortion rights groups say the coronarvirus crisis is being used as a cover to restrict abortion access statewide.

While the agency has approved about a dozen other coronavirus tests in response to the public health emergency caused by the pandemic, this is the first one that can be used at the point of care.

The global death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 12,000 Saturday as New York City reported thousands of new cases over the past week. Cases in that city now make up about a third of all cases in the U.S.

In an act of solidarity amid social distancing and the coronavirus pandemic, residents of a Dallas apartment complex leaned out of their windows to sing "Lean on Me."

Countries are doing everything from closing schools to banning weddings. But there is concern about the toll on fragile health-care systems, livelihoods and people with HIV, TB and malaria.

We need more doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists to fight the coronavirus. So why isn't a federal registry for medical volunteers getting the support it needs to be effective?

An 88-year-old Vermont woman is using FaceTime each day with her 92-year-old husband because his nursing home has barred visitors due to the coronavirus pandemic. She worries he'll forget her.

With movie theatres closed, there literally is no box office

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo takes what he calls "the ultimate step" in his state's effort to stop the spread of a deadly coronavirus. Similar orders are coming from Connecticut, Nevada and New Jersey.

"We know this will be hard," Gov. J.B. Pritzker said in a news conference, adding that the new rules are expected to last until April 7.