7 California counties get OK to more quickly reopen

El Dorado, Butte, Lassen, Nevada, Placer, Amador and Shasta counties have had no or few virus deaths were the first to win state permission to reopen their economies more quickly.

Broadway actor Nick Cordero wakes up from coma

Broadway star Nick Cordero has woken up from a medically-induced coma, according to his wife. 

Rehoboth Beach to reopen beach, boardwalk on May 15 for exercise

The City of Rehoboth Beach will open the beach and boardwalk on Friday, May 15 for exercise. Swimming and surfing are not allowed.

Pennsylvania AG opens criminal probes into nursing homes

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has opened criminal investigations into several nursing homes amid a coronavirus outbreak that has killed 2,600 residents of nursing homes and other facilities that care for older adults.

Man steps up to help in nursing home during COVID-19

A man who was working a desk job when he stepped up to work as a physician assistant again to help out during COVID-19.

Pennsylvania plans to test all residents, employees in nursing homes for coronavirus

Gov. Tom Wolf says his administration plans to begin testing every resident and employee for the coronavirus in nursing homes and other facilities caring for older adults.

63-page CDC document shelved by White House offered detailed reopening guidance

Advice from the nation’s top disease control experts on how to safely reopen businesses and institutions in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic included detailed instructive guidance and some more restrictive measures than the plan released by the White House last month.

New coronavirus test is imperfect step toward mass screening

The new test is cheaper and quicker than the current standard and could be a key but imperfect step toward the kind of screening needed to reopen schools and businesses.

N.J., Del. to hire 1,200 contact tracers as part of COVID-19 response

Two local states are poised to hire at least 1,200 people to assist with contact tracing to assist with detecting and stopping new virus clusters before they get out of control.

Fauci warns of 'suffering and death' if US reopens too soon

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, is warning Congress that if the country reopens too soon during the coronavirus pandemic, it will bring “needless suffering and death.”