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For married couples in the U.S., the pandemic has posed a host of new tests, bringing some closer, tearing others apart.

Dry January has brought on the desired benefits for many among the millions participating around the world

Betty White is getting ready to celebrate her birthday.

Ten months into quarantines and working from home because of the pandemic, household pets’ lives and relationships with humans have in many cases changed, and not always for the better.

Philly Mayor Jim Kenney recommending self-quarantining as a way to help flatten the curve and prevent further spread of the coronavirus.

Zoom, Zoom and Zoom. Masks, masks and masks. Sourdough starter and short-order cooking. In these “troubled times,” in our sweat pants and the isolation we endure “out of an abundance of caution,” there isn’t much not to be over as 2020 comes to a longed for halt.

Experts have changed the recommended number of days for COVID-19 quarantine from 14 days to 10 days. Dr. Arnold Baskies explains the reason for the change in an interview with NBC10’s Jim Rosenfield.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday that the recommended quarantine period for people exposed to the coronavirus has been shortened from 14 days to 10 days if they have no symptoms.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is finalizing plans to shorten the recommended length of quarantine for those exposed to COVID-19, NBC News reports.

U.S. health officials Wednesday redefined what counts as close contact with someone with COVID-19 to include briefer but repeated encounters.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that 40 U.S. hotspots are on the New York quarantine list, apparently unmoved by Connecticut’s pitch to loosen criteria as it, along with New Jersey and Pennsylvania, now meet the threshold for inclusion. New York will not move to add either of those three states to its quarantine order; Cuomo has repeatedly said that...

A coronavirus outbreak at the Monmouth University campus has forced hundreds of students into quarantine, school officials said. The university announced on Monday that more than 100 students are in isolation after testing positive while another 200 deemed “high-risk” are in quarantine as a precaution. In all, nearly 300 students have tested positive for the virus, almost 5 percent of…

Emmy Award-winning actress Sarah Michelle Gellar says she’s “trying to take the good with the bad” during the pandemic. That includes coping with the ups and downs of helping her kids learn from home as well as finding the best solution for her son’s diagnosis with myopia, or nearsightedness.

A growing list of people who were in close contact with President Donald Trump have tested negative for COVID-19, including some of his children and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, but experts warn it doesn’t mean they are off the hook: A single negative test doesn’t mean a person doesn’t have the virus. Diagnostic tests look for traces of the...

Quarantine and isolation are different behaviors. Here’s what each one means.

Laverne Cox is using her time during the pandemic to “let go of some stuff,” adding, “There’s some effs that I’m not giving right now.” Cox offers Ashley Holt some real talk about letting go and loving yourself during this tough year.

Connecticut father Dan Presser and his four-year-old daughter Madison are recreating famous movie scenes from iconic films such as “The Wizard of Oz” and “Titanic” to raise money for Feeding America.

For those who started playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons after its release in March, the Nintendo Switch blockbuster was more than just a game. For many, it was a “mental health lifesaver” as it helped them pass time and connect with friends while isolating during the pandemic.

It has been nearly three months since tri-state governors Andrew Cuomo, Phil Murphy and Ned Lamont implemented a travel restriction in an effort to protect their states’ hard-earned progress against COVID-19 as cases surged elsewhere across the country. Thirty-five U.S. “hotspots” are on the list as of Tuesday, with Cuomo adding Arizona, Minnesota, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Wyoming. No...

A week after health officials warned Labor Day weekend could bring a possible uptick in COVID-19 cases, that holiday doesn’t appear to have contributed to a surge in New York — but out-of-state travel is still considered one of the core threats to the state’s low infection rate. Puerto Rico was added back to the tri-state quarantine list Tuesday,...