As more and more cases emerge, there is a growing and desperate need to not only adequately treat, but to find a cure for COVID-19. This is true particularly in New York, which is grappling with skyrocketing coronavirus cases. Due to the increase in numbers, New York is set to launch a clinical trial for an experimental drug treatment Tuesday,…

Dr. Deborah Birx, a U.S. State Department official working as a coronavirus response coordinator for the White House, told reporters on Thursday that social distancing is the best protection.

The race to protect people against unwitting coronavirus carriers intensified Thursday as the total number of cases worldwide neared 1 million and Spain topped 10,000 deaths.

As the coronavirus stretches New York City emergency rooms and paramedics to their limits, a regional EMT group has issued new guidelines almost unthinkable even days ago — if someone’s in cardiac arrest and you can’t revive them in the field, don’t bring them to the emergency room. The newly implemented order that takes effect Thursday was implemented in...

The governor announced Tuesday that his brother Chris Cuomo has COVID-19, while talking about their relationship and how the family is dealing with the diagnosis.

The Department of Defense released a timelapse of the USNS Comfort arriving in New York City.

Josef Neumann has died three months after a deadly stabbing attack that left him in a coma, community officials say.

Health experts say prisons and jails are considered a potential epicenter for America’s coronavirus pandemic.

The Centers for Disease Control and Protection issued a 14-day travel advisory Saturday night at the request of President Donald Trump and the White House Coronavirus Task Force. “Due to extensive community transmission of COIVD-19 in the area, CDC urges residents of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to refrain from non-essential domestic travel for 14 days effective immediately,” the…

A funeral home in New York City has seen a steady stream of people who have died from the coronavirus

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo made an emotional speech to the National Guard on Friday, thanking them for converting the Jacob K. Javits Center in Manhattan into a hospital.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he’s concerned about people fleeing New York – a hot spot for the coronavirus outbreak – for Florida, calling the decision “reckless.”

The health official in charge of the U.S. response to the coronavirus says everyone leaving the New York City metro area should self-quarantine for 14 days. U.S. State Department health official Deborah Birx said at a White House briefing that people leaving the hardest hit area of the United States might not be sick, but could have been exposed...

Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for coronavirus, the head of the New York state corrections officers union confirmed to NBC News Monday.  Michael Powers, president of the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association, said he had learned a day earlier the convicted rapist and sex abuser had tested positive. Weinstein has been at Wende Correctional Facility...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he is working hand in hand with President Donald Trump and his staff to get New York the help it needs to battle the coronavirus pandemic.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has opened up his state’s first drive-thru Coronavirus testing clinic. 

New York’s attorney general is demanding that conspiracy monger Alex Jones stop hawking phony coronavirus treatments.

A Connecticut man living in New York says he was waiting to board a flight to Sweden Wednesday evening when friends started texting and calling him. President Donald Trump had just announced a 30-day travel ban for flights from Europe.

Through an emergency use authorization, the US Food and Drug Administration has authorized Northwell Health Labs to move from manual testing for COVID-19 to semi-automated testing.

A New York man who threatened Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison, federal prosecutors said in a statement.