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An 8-year-old Labrador retriever named Eros has become an essential worker in Medellin, Colombia, amid the pandemic

Many dog trainers are finding that holding classes and private sessions online via videoconference is more than a stopgap: There are advantages for them, for their clients and for dogs.

Six months after COVID-19 started spreading around the globe, desperation rather than information is still driving many decisions about how to treat the disease

California, Michigan and three other states are suing the U.S. Department of Education over pandemic relief funds

President Donald Trump’s niece offers a scathing portrayal of her uncle in a new book

The coronavirus pandemic has spawned countless conspiracy theories and misinformation on everything from what caused the outbreak to false cures and phony treatments. Here are some of the most common myths debunked.

The U.S. is heading into the Fourth of July weekend with many parades and fireworks displays canceled, beaches and bars closed, and health authorities warning that this will be a crucial test of Americans’ self-control. They say this could determine the trajectory of the surging coronavirus outbreak. With confirmed cases climbing in 40 states, governors have ordered the wearing of...

More than 50,000 new cases were confirmed in the United States on Thursday.

The U.S. reported a record number of new daily coronavirus infections, surpassing 50,000 cases a day for the first time as many states struggled to contain the spread of the pandemic, blamed in part on Americans not wearing masks or following social distancing rules. In response, California and New York City joined a growing number of states and cities rolling…

Arizona recorded more coronavirus deaths, infections, hospitalizations and emergency-room visits in a single day than ever before in a crisis Wednesday across the Sunbelt that sent a shudder through other parts of the country and led distant states to put their own reopening plans on hold. In Florida, hospitals braced for an influx of patients, with the biggest medical center in...

If another pandemic were to emerge in the U.S., the nation would need a better coordinated response and greater funding for public health on the local and federal level to respond accordingly, top U.S. health officials told lawmakers on Tuesday.

Amid an alarming resurgence of coronavirus cases nationwide, leaders in several states are backtracking on reopening plans and ordering residents to wear masks in public.

Dr. Anthony Fauci says the new G4 swine flu out of China is currently not a threat but “something we need to keep our eye on.”

Scientists have identified a new strain of flu carried by pigs in China that they say has the potential to become a pandemic.

The world reached another tragic milestone in the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday: 500,000 COVID-19 related deaths, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University.

Texas and Florida have clamped down on bars in America’s biggest retreat yet as the nation’s daily number of confirmed coronavirus cases rose to an all-time high of 45,300.

As an alarming coronavirus resurgence sets records for confirmed cases and hospitalizations across the U.S. South and West, some governors are backtracking or at least pausing the reopening of their states.

The days of cramming undergraduates into shared rooms with a communal bathroom down the hall may be over. As colleges and universities across the country consider how they will reopen in the fall, new protocols in the era of Covid-19 are not only changing how students learn, but also how they live.

From New York to the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, governments and businesses are ramping up precautions as coronavirus case numbers surge.

Churchill Downs says the rescheduled Kentucky Derby and Oaks will run this fall with spectators under strict guidelines to limit crowd density for the race that annually attracts more than 150,000