As the number of new coronavirus cases in China, where the virus first began, continues to decline, the United States is facing a massive increase in the number of cases. The outbreak has federal and local officials scrambling to enforce social distancing and assist overwhelmed health care systems.

The mounting death toll from the virus outbreak in the United States had it poised Tuesday to overtake China’s grim toll of 3,300 deaths, with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo saying up to 1 million more healthcare workers were needed. “Please come help us,” he urged.

The United States has now tested one million people for the coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19. As of Tuesday, nearly 164,000 cases have been confirmed, and more than 3,000 have died. As the toll of the pandemic continues to rise, 30 states have issued stay-at-home orders and more industries are pitching in to provide emergency medical supplies.

Bracing the nation for a death toll that could exceed 100,000 people, President Donald Trump on Sunday extended restrictive social distancing guidelines through April, bowing to public-health experts who presented him with even more dire projections for the expanding coronavirus pandemic.

New Orleans rushed to build a makeshift hospital in its convention center Friday as troubling new outbreaks bubbled in the United States, deaths surged in Italy and Spain and the world warily trudged through the pandemic that has sickened more than a half-million people. In a reminder no one is immune to the new coronavirus, it pierced even the highest…

In an abrupt turnaround, President Donald Trump extended lockdown measures across the United States as deaths in New York from the new coronavirus passed 1,000. Spain on Monday became the third country to surpass China in infections after the United States and Italy.

Leaders and influential people are saying to Americans that they’re all in this together

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...

COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, has spread much quicker and farther than MERS and SARs and any other epidemic that has caused panic in recent memory.  The outbreak emerged in Wuhan, China, in December, and has spread around the world. President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on March 13, and almost every state has followed suit as…

Change came to the United States of America during the third week of March in 2020.

Most national parks are open as a refuge for Americans tired of being stuck at home because of the coronavirus

In a matter of days, millions of Americans have seen their lives upended by measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus.

As government officials across the country warn about the dangers of the coronavirus, they’re doing so predominantly in English.

President Donald Trump has announced that he’s invoking a federal provision that allows the government to marshal the private sector in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement came on a fast-moving day of developments. Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau jointly announced that the U.S.-Canada border would be closed, except for essential personnel and for trade, as the...

The leaders of both the U.S. and Canada announced Wednesday they have agreed to temporarily close the border between the countries in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.

The U.S. military is planning to reposition hundreds of troops in Iraq, including moving some out of the country, according to three U.S. defense officials.

President Donald Trump’s approach in dealing with the spiraling coronavirus outbreak is a familiar one.

The United States snapped to attention on Wednesday about the toll of the new coronavirus that is spreading quickly through the country.

The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic and urged aggressive action from all countries to fight it, as U.S. stocks plunged into bear market territory and several American cities joined global counterparts in banning large gatherings.

A new coronavirus first reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019 has since infected more 124,000 people worldwide, including more than 1,100 in the United States. COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus, has killed scores, quarantined millions and wreaked havoc on the world’s economy. The World Health Organization officially declared the crisis a pandemic on March…