Some political leaders are hailing a potential breakthrough in the fight against COVID-19: simple pin-prick blood tests or nasal swabs that can determine within minutes if someone has, or previously had, the virus. The tests could reveal the true extent of the outbreak and help separate the healthy from the sick. But some scientists have challenged...

NBC Owned Television Stations across the country asked our viewers and readers about your lives since coronavirus struck the country. How has it affected you and your family, your job and your community? What are your concerns and how is your community coping? More than 2,000 of you responded.

With all the havoc it’s wreaking across the globe, the coronavirus outbreak is naturally having an impact on couples and their relationships.

Melissa Gong was completing her final semester of the nursing program at Cabrillo Community College when COVID-19 brought her studies to a halt. The facility where she was doing clinical training closed its doors to protect patients from potential exposure.

One of the mysteries of the new coronavirus is that it is deadlier for men than women.

As the number of coronavirus cases in New York continues to rise, serious measures are being taken in other cities and states. John Whoriskey Jr., who splits his time between Boston and New York City, is riding this one out. Whoriskey recently returned to Boston and is self-quarantining after the White House coronavirus task force recommended the m...

Four Massachusetts medical schools are preparing to graduate their fourth-year students early to boost the number of doctors available to combat the coronavirus pandemic. UMass Medical School, Harvard Medical School, the Tufts University School of Medicine and the Boston University School of Medicine are all taking the measure. Dr. Michael Collins,...

The coronavirus pandemic is causing a lot of additional anxiety for expecting parents. Maternity wards across the nation are putting restrictions on visitors, and in some places, hospitals are even prohibiting significant others from being in the delivery room. The visitor policies in New England aren’t yet that strict, but they are prohibitive. Do...

Pressure was mounting on the Trump administration Wednesday to release people from immigration detention facilities where at least one detainee has tested positive for COVID-19 and advocates fear tight quarters and overall conditions could cause rapid spread of the virus. The U.S. holds around 37,000 people in immigration detention. Detainees and a...

Seven people living at a senior living facility in Revere, Massachusetts, have been diagnosed with the new coronavirus, and one has died, local authorities said Thursday. Additionally, five residents of Jack Satter House on Revere Beach Boulevard have been hospitalized, the office of Mayor Brian Arrigo said in a statement. The cause of death for th...

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine gives hours by which the virus can last on surfaces. A Drexel University epidemiologist says spreading the infection has little to do with cereal boxes and dollar bills.

With capacity stretched thin, U.S. hospitals are rushing to find beds for a coming flood of patients, opening older closed hospitals, turning single rooms into doubles and re-purposing other medical buildings. At the same time, medical professionals in New York City are warning of the risks they are facing on the frontlines of the coronavirus pande...

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, Boston University’s Class of 2020 will have a chance to be celebrated with an in-person graduation. The university announced on Thursday that it would postpone its 147th Commencement and related events from May 15-17 to late August or early fall. “I made the postponement decision with a heavy heart, but I am ...