US & World

More Americans are turning to anti-anxiety medications as the coronavirus crisis has upended everyday life. Prescriptions for anti-anxiety medicine…

China has imposed restrictions on the publication of academic research on the origins of the novel coronavirus, according to a central government…

If you have ever been to a shopping area where butchers and grocers sell fresh produce straight from the farm, then you have been to something that…

Imagine your daily routine being entirely dependent on a smart phone app. Leaving your home, taking the subway, going to work, entering cafes,…

When I was a young doctor in the 1980s, I cared for several health-care workers who had acquired HIV infection after an occupational exposure —…

More than 9,200 health care workers have been infected with Covid-19, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found in its first look…

In an act of social media solidarity with high school seniors who are finishing out their final semester at home, Facebook users are sharing their…

Police are investigating what they call “suspicious deaths” of a husband and wife, both well-known Chicago attorneys, found dead in their…

It may be hard to think about travel with everything else going on, but experts say now is the time to book low-risk, low-cost future flights.…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday to approve…

In the midst of a global pandemic, our heroes are often on the front lines of the battle: doctors, grocery store workers, mail carriers. For more…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom outlined a framework for reopening the economy in the Golden State Tuesday, warning in a gentle rebuke to President…

Over the past month, world leaders have been to the forefront, rallying their nations to battle the spread of coronavirus. But there’s been one…

Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday threw the weight of the Justice Department behind a Mississippi church that is suing to overturn a municipal…

Bishop Gerald Glenn, the pastor of New Deliverance Evangelistic Church in Virginia, has died, the church announced on Sunday. Glenn had tested…

What will we all look like when we finally emerge from our social distancing cocoons? Will our hair be long and unkempt, our beards bushy and…

When British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was released from hospital on Sunday, the country breathed a collective sigh of relief. And with good…

The meat supply is at risk. Farm workers are in fear. It’s hard to get groceries. Health professionals — doctors, nurses and everyone…

You’ve been daydreaming lately, if you’re anything like me, imagining a glorious celebration with all the people you know and love. Now…

President Donald Trump lashed out at criticism of his handling of the coronavirus crisis during a grievance-fueled appearance from the White House…

“Ghosts” wrapped in white sheets are roaming the streets of a neighborhood in Indonesia’s central Java province trying to spook…

States on the country’s East and West coasts are forming their own regional pacts to work together on how to reopen from the stay-at-home…