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Italian authorities are looking into a string of health violations at elderly care homes across the country, amid a devastating coronavirus crisis.…

As the US begins to discuss reopening the country, health experts and officials see the development of coronavirus tests, treatments and preventative…

The world’s biggest carmakers will gradually reopen plants in Europe starting next week, but with a focus on health and safety rather than…

Starbucks is adopting a “monitor and adapt” strategy to reopen some cafes in the US following their closures in mid-March. CEO Kevin…

American tennis star Coco Gauff has said she was “really depressed” and not enjoying playing tennis as she struggled with the “hype…

The UK Parliament is expected on Thursday to approve plans that would see lawmakers hold the government to account via a video link, as the…

Jobless Americans in 29 states are now receiving much bigger weekly unemployment checks, compliments of the federal government. Many states have now…

The union representing Federal Emergency Management Agency employees is joining growing calls for the Trump administration to utilize the full…

Four relatives of a Virginia bishop have tested positive for coronavirus days after he died from the same infection. Bishop Gerald Glenn of New…

Cancel the SAT? Not so fast. The College Board says if schools don’t reopen this fall, it’ll organize a digital at-home version of the…

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…