New Jersey will allows outdoor visits at longterm care facilities

Governor Phil Murphy on Friday announced that nursing homes and other long term care and assisted living facilities can arrange outdoor visits this weekend.

Hundreds test positive for COVID-19 at Tyson Foods plant in Arkansas

Tyson Foods is looking into reports that China’s customs agency has suspended poultry imports from a Tyson facility in the United States after coronavirus cases were confirmed among its employees.

WHO reports largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases

The World Health Organization has reported the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases by its count, at more than 183,000 new cases in the latest 24 hours.

Long-dreaded virus increase hits Iraq as new COVID-19 cases soar

In Baghdad’s vast exhibition grounds, masked workers are setting up makeshift coronavirus wards amid a surge in new virus cases.

A ‘second wave’ of COVID-19 cases? Not yet, experts say

Scientists generally agree the nation is still in its first wave of coronavirus infections, albeit one that’s dipping in some parts of the country while rising in others.

Comedian DL Hughley COVID-19 positive after fainting onstage

Comedian D.L. Hughley announced he tested positive for COVID-19 after collapsing onstage during a performance in Nashville, Tennessee.

6 staffers setting up for Trump rally positive for COVID-19

President Donald Trump’s campaign says six staff members setting up for his Saturday night rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have tested positive for coronavirus.

FDA warns of hand sanitizers containing toxic chemicals

According to the FDA, substantial methanol exposure "can result in nausea, vomiting, headache, blurred vision, permanent blindness, seizures, coma, permanent damage to the nervous system or death."

Report: Judge upholds Murphy's order to keep Atilis Gym closed

A federal judge has declined to allow a southern New Jersey gym to reopen as it continues a constitutional challenge to the state order that shut down businesses deemed non-essential in order to help stem the spread of the coronavirus.

US says its embassy in Kabul battling coronavirus outbreak

The U.S. State Department says COVID-19 infections have been reported at its embassy in the Afghan capital. It says in a statement late Friday that the affected staff include diplomats, contractors and locals.

Coronavirus deadly to those over 80, but many are surviving

Anna Marie Bresnan, who lives at Philadelphia Protestant Home, a retirement community in Northeast Philadelphia, is 84 and has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Navy upholds firing of carrier captain in coronavirus outbreak

The official said the Navy also extended the blame for the ship's pandemic crisis, delaying the promotion of the one-star admiral who was also onboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt — concluding that both men made serious errors in judgment.

AMC Theaters reverses course on masks after backlash

AMC Theaters CEO Adam Aron said Friday that its theaters will require patrons to wear masks upon reopening.