COVID-19

MIAMI — Florida joined Texas and California in surpassing 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases Tuesday as the governor has vowed not to adopt any further restrictions or impose closures like those enacted in the spring and summer. Hospitalizations have also climbed in…

Health care personnel and residents of long-term care facilities should be the first in line to get the coronavirus vaccine, a panel of medical experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. The 15-member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices…

Hundreds of nurses at a Westchester County hospital went on strike Tuesday — accusing their health-care system of underpaying them and creating dangerous staffing issues amid the surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations. At least 200 nurses from Montefiore hospital in New Rochelle walked…

The coronavirus may have been in the US weeks earlier than previously thought — and before the first cases of the bug were publicly reported in China, a new study suggests. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was first identified in Wuhan,…

A trove of newly-leaked documents detail how China bungled its handling of the pandemic’s early days — including lowballing COVID-19 data and taking weeks to diagnose new cases, according to a report on Monday. The 117 pages of internal docs obtained by…

Dr. Scott Atlas, President Trump’s controversial special adviser on the coronavirus pandemic, resigned on Monday, according to a report. Atlas was serving on the White House coronavirus task force on a 130-day Special Government Employee detail, and his role was set to…

Four Americans claim they are being held like “hostages” in a British Virgin Islands hotel room after they accidentally sailed into the territory’s waters — breaking rules that prohibit US visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report. Lynn Hines, of…

A touching photo captured the moment a Texas doctor tried to comfort an elderly COVID-19 patient on Thanksgiving Day. The emotional now-viral snapshot shows dedicated Dr. Joseph Varon hugging his patient in the ICU at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston…

Sen. Chuck Grassley said Monday that he returned to the Senate following his quarantine after he tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this month. The 87-year-old Iowa Republican, who said he was asymptomatic after contracting the virus, encouraged his congressional colleagues to…

New York is dangerously close to overwhelming its hospital system with new COVID-19 cases — and preparing to recruit retired doctors and nurses to the front lines again, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday. “It’s a new phase in the war against COVID,”…