Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has become the highest ranking Republican in Congress to encourage Americans to wear a facial mask.

The head of the World Health Organization announced that the organization would send experts to China to investigate the original source of the cor

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday that President Donald Trump should issue an executive order mandating that people wear masks in publi

World shares have edged lower, tracking losses on Wall Street as rising virus cases lead some U.S. states to backtrack on pandemic reopenings.

The Taiwanese capital held its annual LGBT Pride parade on Sunday, making it one of the few places in the world to proceed with such an event in th

For months, experts have warned of nightmare scenarios in which the coronavirus gains a foothold in poor or war-torn countries

India has reported a new daily record of nearly 20,000 new infections as several Indian states reimpose partial or full lockdowns to stem the sprea

The number of new coronavirus cases in the Czech Republic continues to surge.

Italy has bid farewell to its coronavirus dead with a haunting Requiem concert performed at the entrance to the cemetery of Bergamo, the hardest-hi

Both Vice President Mike Pence and Texas Gov.

Bars in Los Angeles and six other Californian counties were ordered to close again on Sunday as parts of the United States reimpose shutdown measur

People on six continents already are getting jabs in the arm as the race for a COVID-19 vaccine enters a defining summer, with even bigger studies

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's current surge of COVID-19 cases is expected to dramatically increase in the coming weeks and press the coun

China imposed a strict lockdown on nearly half a million people near the capital to contain a fresh coronavirus outbreak on Sunday, as authorities

A summit that included a star-studded virtual event hosted by Dwayne Johnson has raised nearly $7 billion in cash and loan guarantees to assist the

A summit that included a star-studded virtual event hosted by Dwayne Johnson has raised nearly $7 billion in cash and loan guarantees to assist the

South Korea has confirmed 62 additional cases of the coronavirus over a 24-hour period as the Asian country continues to face new clusters of infec

BEIJING (AP) — China has extended COVID-19 tests to newly reopened salons amid a drop in cases, while South Korea continues to face new infections

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ Jason Day has asked to be tested for COVID-19 just before the

A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 494,000 people worldwide.

At least three clusters of positive coronavirus cases in New York have health officials watching the state’s infection rate carefully as states lik

The country’s nationalist governing party has found itself in a spirited fight, as new circumstances harden old divisions.

As Nevada prepared to start reopening parts of its economy last month, a team of medical experts recommended to Gov.

While China moved closer to containing a fresh outbreak in Beijing, the coronavirus took a stronger hold elsewhere, including the United States, wh