Health

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday that he would allow children statewide to return to classrooms for the start of the new school year, citing the state’s success in battling the coronavirus pandemic.

Here are some of the more common (and uncommon) symptoms of the novel coronavirus.

A recent survey conducted by Survivor Corps, a COVID-19 nonprofit, and Dr. Natalie Lambert from Indiana University School of Medicine found that 65% of coronavirus survivors reported hair loss.

The assessment tool gives a glimpse of the risk level-- the estimated chance (0-100%)--that at least one infected person will be present at an event in your county, based on the size of the event experts said. 

As many as one in three Americans said they would not get a vaccine for COVID-19 — even if the vaccine were FDA-approved and free of charge.

The 2020 Democratic National Convention will be almost entirely virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With that in mind, there are several ways to watch.

Minnesota health leaders are asking Minnesotans who will be attending the annual Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota to voluntarily self-isolate for 14 days after they return.

Many who rode their bikes into Sturgis on Friday expressed defiance at the rules and restrictions that have marked life in many locales during the pandemic.

New research suggests that asymptomatic people who are infected with the novel coronavirus carry similar levels of the virus in their body as those with symptoms — and for almost as long.

When Bev Boro saw Doris Crippen’s name on a patient care board, she immediately recognized the name.

New York and New Jersey have the highest and second highest number of deaths in the U.S. at more than 32,000 and nearly 16,000, respectively; both states have far fewer people than California.

Republican Gov. Mike DeWine's office said he took the test as part of standard protocol before meeting Trump at an airport in Cleveland.

The airline said it will be prioritizing high-touch areas like tray tables and lavatories.

A group picture of a 3rd grade class at Liberty Elementary School in the Cherokee County School District is getting criticism from some parents. 

Russia is boasting that it’s about to be the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine, with mass vaccinations planned as early as October using shots that are yet to complete clinical trials.

A 7-year-old boy has become the youngest person in Georgia to die from COVID-19, health officials confirmed Thursday.

While many Americans have been keeping their hands clean to avoid transferring bacteria during the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Charles Gerba warns that phones, which are essentially an extension of ourselves, are actually “mobile germ devices.”