Health

LOS ANGELES — Officials in the nation’s largest county will discuss a possible stay-home order just days before Thanksgiving after a spike of coronavirus cases surpassed a threshold set by...

A man showed signs of a heart attack after swallowing a battery, doctors reported Monday in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. The patient, a 26-year-old inmate in an Italian...

“The breakthroughs in treatment, in testing vaccines mean that the scientific cavalry is now in sight,” he told parliament. “We know in our hearts that next year we will succeed....

WASHINGTON — Public health officials are sounding alarms and urging Americans not to travel and limit gatherings this holiday season amid a new surge in coronavirus cases. But that isn’t...

Here’s what’s happening on Monday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S: THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY —Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said that late-stage trials showed its coronavirus vaccine was up...

More frequent Covid-19 testing is one key to help ending the pandemic. But as individuals, we can’t rely on testing alone to protect ourselves and others. Take this recent example:...

“My father died because the administration of the national health service is so abysmal — the hospital is only 1 kilometer (about half a mile) away from his home but...

BELGRADE, Serbia — After the two most senior Serbian Orthodox Church leaders died within a month after testing positive with the coronavirus, health experts and even hardcore believers are starting...

Homeowners moving into the brand-new Spring Brook Village subdivision in northwest Houston enter their neighborhood through a gate on Preservation Lane. The freshly paved street is  lined with tiny saplings,...

On Sunday, Delhi recorded 6,746 new COVID-19 infections and 121 related deaths, bringing the total death toll in the state to 8,391. Local authorities are struggling to cope with an...