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The Latest: Former soccer club president who had virus dies

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, ...

The Latest: English soccer authorities still waiting

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ English soccer authorities say there ...

Trump and Putin discuss oil, Japan limits international mail

The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments ...

Europe faces ICU bed crunch, rushes to build field hospitals

Facing intense surges in the need for hospital ICU beds, European nations are on a building and hiring spree, throwing ...

Trump says 'life and death' at stake in following guidelines

President Donald Trump warned Americans to brace for a “hell of a bad two weeks” ahead as the White House projected there ...

More than 50 infected with virus at California nursing home

A Southern California nursing home has been hit hard by the coronavirus, with more than 50 residents infected — a troubling ...

Should you wear mask in public if not sick with coronavirus?

If you’re not sick with the new coronavirus, should you wear a mask in public? Global health authorities say no. Amid a ...

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's misfires on virus death rates, tests

Facing a grim reality of surging coronavirus cases, President Donald Trump is making premature assertions about relatively ...

Help heads to NYC as experts predict over 100,000 US deaths

With refrigerated morgue trucks parked on New York City's streets to collect the surging number of dead, public health ...

Too little too late? Experts decry Mexico virus policy delay

Mexico has started taking tougher measures against the coronavirus after weeks of its president hugging followers and saying ...

AP PHOTOS: Indian migrants walk hundreds of miles to go home

They were hungry. Some had not eaten for days. Others survived on water and biscuits. But they walked anyway for hundreds of ...

Virus disrupts pregnancy plans, raises anxiety and questions

Some pregnant women fear giving birth with no loved ones by their side. Others worry about getting sick with COVID-19 and not ...

What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus climbed past 3,500 Tuesday, eclipsing China’s official count. President Donald Trump ...

Hospitals overflowing with bodies in US epicenter of virus

It has become a grim ritual outside New York City’s hospitals: workers in protective gear loading the bodies of coronavirus ...

Booze buying surges; senators push airlines for cash refunds

The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments ...

Virus: Elton John-led concert raises $8M; Rihanna ups aid

From finding ways to help others cope to sheltering in place to canceling events, here’s a look at some of the ways the ...

Viral virus briefing: Where science meets all things Trump

For a few moments in the Rose Garden, the coronavirus pandemic is a bucking bronco with President Donald Trump on its back.

Nursing homes have too few body bags, many uncounted dead

One by one, elderly residents of French nursing homes are going into forced isolation into their rooms. Their caregivers are ...

Those without broadband struggle in a stuck-at-home nation

In Sandwich, New Hampshire, a town of 1,200 best known as the setting for the movie “On Golden Pond," broadband is scarce.

Europe's hospitals among the best but can't handle pandemic

As increasing numbers of European hospitals buckle under the strain of tens of thousands of coronavirus patients, the crisis ...