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As many countries gingerly start lifting their lockdown measures, experts worry that a further surge of the coronavirus in under-developed regions with shaky health systems could undermine efforts to halt the pandemic, and they say more realistic options are needed.

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.

From outdoor movies for cooped up apartment dwellers in Rio to online shopping and worship around the globe, the coronavirus pandemic has left communities struggling to adapt to the realities of living with a pandemic.

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.

European leaders were holding muted commemorations Friday to mark the end of World War II on the continent, as coronavirus lockdowns kept crowds from celebrating VE Day. Across the ocean, Americans awaited what is expected to be the worst set of unemployment figures since record-keeping began in 1948.

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.

On Wednesday, April 29, NBC10 Boston aired “Lifting the Lockdown,” a program on what our lives might look like when we get out of the house and back to work after the coronavirus shutdowns. We took a look at how businesses might need to adapt, how shopping could change for consumers, plus a doctor’s advice to parents on staying in…

Everyone wants to know: When, oh when, will it go back to normal?

The total number of global coronavirus cases topped three million on Monday, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally. The number stood at more than 3,040,000 as of Monday night. A thinner-looking British Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned to work Monday after a bout with the coronavirus and warned strongly against easing the country’s lockdown, even as other European nations…