Coronavirus Pandemic

As if trips to the grocery store weren’t nerve-racking enough, U.S. shoppers lately have seen the costs of meat, eggs and even potatoes soar as the coronavirus has disrupted processing plants and distribution networks.

One reason why measles — a notoriously contagious disease — is so difficult to contain is because its infectious viral particles can linger in the air for up to two hours. Can the coronavirus do the same? It’s a question health officials appear to be grappling with: On Thursday, the San Francisco Department of Public Health said peo...

A divided Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal by a California church that challenged state limits on attendance at worship services that have been imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Over the dissent of the four more conservative justices, Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court’s four liberals in turning aw...

The NCAA has released a long and detailed plan to help schools bring athletes back to campus during the pandemic

U.S. health officials removed some coronavirus reopening tips for religious organizations only hours after posting them late last week

Major league teams have released hundreds of young players with the minor league season in doubt due to the coronavirus pandemic

President Donald Trump announced on Friday that the United States will no longer be supporting the World Health Organization, accusing WHO of being under “total control” of China which pressured WHO officials to “mislead the world when the virus was first discovered by Chinese authorities.”

A demo of a German coronavirus app was released on Friday which authorities hope will allow the country to safely reopen in time for summer tourism.

More than two months into the coronavirus pandemic, wearing a cloth mask has become a way of life for many Americans. Public health experts recommend them to prevent the wearer from spreading any illness they may be carrying unknowingly, but many mask vendors are touting methods that offer extra protection. Filters, which can mi...

With new U.S. economic numbers highlighting the rough road ahead for a hoped-for rebound, President Donald Trump took aim at the World Health Organization and China, blaming both for their roles in the pandemic’s devastation

Doctors who treated some of the earliest cases of the COVID-related illness that has sickened more than 200 children in the tri-state have shared what they found and what they learned about the condition

A Virginia woman missed her 94th birthday because of her battle with the coronavirus, but she beat the odds to recover. Ruby Joyce, a retired teacher still active in church and clubs who socialized with Rosa Parks as a young woman, contracted the coronavirus in her assisted living apartment at Arbor Terrace. “She was talking slower,” her daughter-i...

Some Americans may be unwittingly throwing their long-awaited stimulus check in the trash. That’s because, starting last week, the Treasury Department and the IRS started sending out economic impact payments in regular white envelopes that could be confused for junk mail. While some people have already received their payment as a di...