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Roughly 2.1 million Americans lost their jobs last week despite the gradual reopening of businesses around the country

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is battling to hang onto his top adviser, who is under fire for allegedly breaching lockdown rules

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he won’t fire his chief aide for allegedly violating the national coronavirus lockdown rules that he helped to create.

A new surge of coronavirus infections is ravaging parts of Latin America

Fifty days of strict lockdowns followed by 30 days where measures are eased could be an effective strategy for reducing Covid-19 deaths while ensuring some level of economic protection, scientists claim.

American autoworkers are getting back to work and Europe is continuing to reopen.

Consumer spending tumbled a record 16.4% in April as the backbone of the U.S. economy retrenched amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a government report Friday.

Authorities in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic began say orders have been issued to test all 11 million residents for the virus after a handful of fresh infections were found in the city.

India’s trains will start rolling again and millions in the Philippines will be able to leave their homes, even as a top health official warns that many countries are driving blind as they reopen because they haven’t set up strong systems to track new outbreaks of the coronavirus.

Plastic barriers and millions of masks appeared Monday on the streets of Europe’s newly reopened cities, as France and Belgium emerged from lockdowns, the Netherlands sent children back to school and Greece and Spain further eased restrictions. All faced a delicate balance of trying to restart battered economies without fueling a second wave of coronavirus infections.

The woman killed in a fatal alligator attack in South Carolina was visiting a client for an in-home nail appointment when curiosity drew her to a nearby pond where she spotted the animal, according to a witness account in a sheriff’s report released Tuesday.

As more countries look to lift their coronavirus lockdowns, “social bubbles” have been floated as an idea of how to ease restrictions, but experts say they could be difficult to put into practice.

From the United States to Asia, people are emerging from their homes as virus-related restrictions are being eased

Essential workers are striking nationwide on May Day to demand safer conditions during the coronavirus outbreak, while other groups organized rallies against tight stay-at-home orders they say are crippling the U.S. economy.

Coronavirus lockdown is proving a particularly tough ordeal for children with disabilities and their families

After spending more than two months indoors, Wuhan resident Tong Zhengkun was one of millions of people enjoying a renewed sense of freedom when the Chinese city’s 76-day coronavirus lockdown was lifted Wednesday.

Despite mounting concern over the spread of coronavirus, spring breakers have flocked to Florida beaches to soak up the sun. The CDC is asking that people avoid crowded areas and practice social distancing for the next 8 weeks.

The world’s largest democracy went under the world’s biggest lockdown Wednesday, as India’s 1.3 billion people stayed home in a bid to stop the march of the coronavirus pandemic. As infections and deaths rose in the U.S. and Europe, U.S. lawmakers agreed on a massive $2 trillion domestic aid package to help those economically devastated by the...

People from Europe to the U.S. are ignoring orders and recommendations to stay at home to help stop the coronavirus from spreading

President Donald Trump invoked emergency authority to marshal industry to fight the coronavirus, likening the effort to a “war.”