The visit by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to Taiwan comes against the backdrop of tensions between Washington and the island's rival China over issues from the South China Sea to TikTok

The head of California's public health department has resigned

New locally transmitted cases of coronavirus in China fell to just 14 over the past 24 hours, the National Health Commission reported Monday

With confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. reaching 5 million Sunday, by far the highest of any country, the failure of the most powerful nation in the world to contain the scourge has been met with astonishment and alarm in Europe

Confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. reach 5 million, the highest in the world

A fire has killed 11 coronavirus patients at a southern Indian hotel being used as a COVID-19 facility in the second such incident this month

The premier of Australias Victoria state says more than 2,700 active cases have no known source and remain the primary concern of health authorities

The premier of Australias Victoria state says more than 2,700 active cases have no known source and remain the primary concern of health authorities

New Zealand on Sunday marked 100 days since it stamped out the spread of the coronavirus, a rare bright spot in a world that continues to be ravaged by the disease

The fourth COVID-19 test result for Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine came back negative Saturday after the governor received conflicting positive and negative results ahead of a scheduled meeting with President Trump on Thursday

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tests negative again for COVID-19, after previous conflicting results before Trump meeting

One Spanish town as turned to deploying special police units whose job it is to enforce health regulations meant to check a surge in the coronavirus

There are few visible signs of the coronavirus pandemic that's changing the world at the massive annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota

The glamorous French Riviera resort of Saint-Tropez is now requiring face masks outdoors

Doctors, hospitals and medical students are ramping up efforts to register voters as part of a nationwide campaign this month

The Census Bureau has another challenge as widespread door-knocking for the 2020 survey begins next week

A patient in northern China has died from the plague, the second death from the disease in the country's Inner Mongolia region this week

Travelers arriving in Germany from most non-European Union countries and some regions within the bloc that have high numbers of coronavirus cases will have to undergo compulsory testing from Saturday

Alcohol-based hand sanitizers can help stop the coronavirus from spreading, but drinking the products turned out to be deadly for four people in two states

A federal appeals court has lifted a judges ruling that has blocked four Arkansas abortion restrictions from taking effect, including a ban on a common second trimester procedure

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has tested negative for the coronavirus

A federal official says a 72-year-old Canadian man held in custody at an immigration detention center in Virginia that was the site of the largest coronavirus outbreak among such facilities has died

The Ohio governor's positive-then-negative test results for the coronavirus serve as a reminder that no test is definitive

A federal judge overseeing the massive opioid litigation in Cleveland has ruled against a request by five retail pharmacy chains to dismiss lawsuits filed by two Ohio counties

Two new sobering government reports show racial disparities in the the U.S. coronavirus epidemic extend to children

The number of daily new coronvirus cases in Italy has jumped higher, with 552 confirmed infections on Friday, a roughly 38% jump compared to the previous day

A six-state yard sale that stretches from Alabama to Michigan is being held this weekend despite concerns over the coronavirus pandemic

Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is facing massive opposition protests as he runs for a sixth term in Sunday's election

Australias prime minister has rejected demands from within his own conservative party to publicly attack the center-left Victoria state government over its flawed handling of the nations worst coronavirus outbreak

India's Health Ministry has recorded more than 2 million cases of coronavirus while deaths exceed 41,000

The number of people on a Norwegian cruise ship who have tested positive for the coronavirus has risen to 62

Thousands of young doctors in South Korea are striking in protest of the governments plan to expand medical school admissions to resolve a shortage of doctors

Russia is boasting that its 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

Six thousand U.S. parents and kids are doing DIY nasal swabs twice a week to answer some of the most vexing mysteries about the coronavirus

Health ministry says 2 million Indians have been infected with the coronavirus, country's death toll exceeds 41,000

The coronavirus infection rate in Australias hard-hit Victoria state has been relatively flat in the past week, a state health official said

The U.S. State Department has dropped it's global Level 4 do not travel warning, but promptly re-imposed that same advisory on Mexico

The maker of the drug Humira will pay $24 million to settle a California lawsuit that alleged it violated the state;s insurance fraud law

Ohio Gov. DeWine tests negative for COVID-19 after positive test earlier in the day, just before he was to meet Trump

A federal judge has ordered immigration officials to conduct weekly coronavirus testing for more than 100 men held at a California detention center

Federal prosecutors say a Georgia businessman is accused of hoarding face masks as the COVID-19 pandemic spread and of price-gouging by selling them for about double what he paid

Around the country, across industries and occupations, millions of jobless Americans are straining to afford the basics now that an extra $600 a week in federal unemployment benefits has expired

Ohio's governor has tested positive for the coronavirus just ahead of a planned meeting with President Donald Trump

The Trump administration has rescinded its warning to Americans against all international travel because of the coronavirus pandemic

Travelers arriving in New York City by car and train are being reminded to quarantine for two weeks if they have been to states with high rates of coronavirus infection

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tests positive for coronavirus ahead of planned meeting with President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump has been forced to play defense in states he led comfortably months ago, and on Thursday he's set his sights on Ohio

North Korea says is quarantining thousands of people and shipping food and other aid to a city locked down over coronavirus concerns

A bright side for plant nurseries of Melbournes first pandemic stay-at-home order was that many householders took the time to garden

The number of people on a Norwegian cruise ship who have tested positive for the coronavirus has reached 53