As hot spots flared around the United States in places like New Orleans, Detroit and Southern California, New York was the hardest hit of them all, with bodies loaded onto refrigerated morgue trucks by gurney and forklift outside overwhelmed hospitals.…

Distressing images of morgue trucks in New York City, taking away the rising number of dead from the coronavirus, have underscored the latest grim projections for the entire country. It has become a grim ritual outside New York City’s hospitals:…

The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus climbed past 3,500 Tuesday, eclipsing China’s official count. In hard-hit New York, the mammoth convention center started taking patients to ease the burden on the city’s overwhelmed health system and the tennis center…

How many people die after being infected with the novel coronavirus? Fewer than previously calculated, according to a study released Monday, but still more than die from the flu. The research, published in the medical journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases,…

The governors of California and New York are moving to rapidly expand their health care work forces, as the death toll from COVID-19 in New York surged past 1,200 while hospitalizations in California doubled in the last four days. The…

President Donald Trump has extended federal social distancing guidance for 30 days as scientists warn virus continues to spread. While more than a third of U.S. counties have yet to report a single positive test result for COVID-19 infections, the…

Here are a few ideas for making pantry staples like rice and pasta a little more interesting. And if you're looking to relieve some stress through baking, try these five comfort-minded dessert recipes.

Let's take a break from the drumbeat of unsettling news to focus on you. This guide to home fitness, entertainment and more may relieve some stress and boredom as these difficult days wear on. Vital health tips included, too. Have…

The coronavirus continued its unrelenting spread across the United States, pummeling major cities like New York, Detroit, New Orleans and Chicago, where an infant that tested positive for the virus died Saturday. It made its way, too, into rural America,…

The world changed remarkably this past week — yet again, just as it did the week before, as the coronavirus marched across the world. No corner of the planet was safe, it seemed: If the virus itself wasn't upending lives,…

The number of confirmed coronavirus infections worldwide topped 600,000 on Saturday as new cases stacked up quickly in Europe and the United States and officials dug in for a long fight against the pandemic. The latest landmark came only two…

Not everyone, and not even every household, will get economic relief checks as the U.S. government's $2.2 trillion package parcels out aid to those taking economic hits from coronavirus consequences. The direct payment amounts you've heard about are a maximum:…

The U.S. House rushed President Donald Trump a $2.2 trillion rescue package Friday, tossing a life preserver to a U.S. economy and health care system left flailing by the coronavirus pandemic. The House approved the sweeping measure by a voice…

America's coronavirus infections have surged to the most in the world. Italy shut down its industry. Masses of unemployed Indian laborers got food handouts and South Africa began a three-week lockdown. The U.S. cities of Chicago and Detroit saw concerning…

President Donald Trump said Thursday that federal officials are developing guidelines to rate counties by risk of virus spread, as he aims to begin to ease nationwide guidelines meant to stem the coronavirus outbreak. In a letter to the nation's…

This breaking news story will be updated. The United States now leads world in number of confirmed coronavirus cases, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally. Meanwhile, the human and economic toll of the lockdowns against the coronavirus mounted Thursday…

American deaths from the coronavirus pandemic topped 1,000 while the U.S. Senate passed a massive economic aid plan that buoyed Wall Street. Among the developments overnight and this morning: Stocks open broadly higher on Wall Street after the Senate approved…

WASHINGTON — Nearly 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — more than quadruple the previous record set in 1982 — amid a widespread economic shutdown caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The surge in weekly applications was…

Millions of Americans have been ordered to self-isolate. Businesses and schools are shuttered. And National Guard units have been activated in more than half the states. But there's no plan for a national quarantine or the imposition of martial law,…

References to World War II, the last global war, are everywhere in the time of the coronavirus pandemic. But are they merited or just adding to fear? During World War II, the entire nation was asked to sacrifice for a…

LONDON — Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has tested positive for the new coronavirus, his office said Wednesday. The 71-year-old is showing mild symptoms of COVID-19 and is self-isolating at a royal estate in Scotland, his Clarence…

WASHINGTON — The White House and Senate leaders of both parties announced agreement early Wednesday on unprecedented emergency legislation to rush sweeping aid to businesses, workers and a health care system slammed by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The urgently needed…

The U.S. surpassed 50,000 coronavirus cases Tuesday, with a death toll of 637 by late in the day. In New York state, the "rate of new infections is doubling about every three days," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned. In…