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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has toughened a requirement to wear masks during the coronavirus pandemic

The outbreak, which began in China, has sickened over 12.3 million worldwide.

Florida appeared to be successfully “flattening the curve" of new coronavirus cases in the spring after its bars, gyms and beaches closed

The traditional British summer getaway to sun-soaked Mediterranean beaches is set to pick up steam as quarantine restrictions are removed to dozens of countries, including France, Greece and Italy

Serbia’s president says he’s not worried about losing political power amid large protests against his handling of the coronavirus crisis and hard-line rule

Australia’s Victoria state has reported a new daily record of 288 coronavirus cases as well as a record number of tests, more than 37,500

International students worried about a new immigration policy that could potentially cost them their visas say they feel stuck between being unnecessarily exposed during the coronavirus pandemic and being able to finish their studies in America

In three weeks, India has shot up from the world’s sixth worst-affected country by the coronavirus pandemic to the third

Hong Kong says it is suspending classes for students following a rise in coronavirus cases

Kazakhstan’s health officials have dismissed a Chinese claim that the Central Asian country is facing an outbreak of pneumonia more deadly than the new coronavirus

Months after start of pandemic, shortage of equipment, lengthy turnaround times.

Australia’s coronavirus hot spot Victoria has recorded 288 new cases in a day, the largest number of any state since the pandemic began, and authorities warn the spread could worsen

About 50 LGBTQ people have sheltered from the new coronavirus in a formerly abandoned building a few blocks from Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach

Yurancy Castillo did not want to leave her family

President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, has been returned to federal prison

Data shows over 60% of residents in some boroughs tested positive for the virus.

New Mexico authorities will halt indoor restaurant service, close state parks to nonresidents and suspend autumn contact sports at schools in response to surging coronavirus infections in the state and in neighboring Texas and Arizona

Worker advocates have filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture alleging that meat processing companies Tyson and JBS have engaged in racial discrimination during the coronavirus pandemic

As Indonesia’s death toll from the coronavirus continues to rise, the world’s most populous Muslim country finds itself at odds with protocols put in place by the government to handle the bodies of victims of the pandemic

A state judge declined on Thursday to reverse Houston’s decision to cancel the Texas Republican convention’s in-person events due to the coronavirus pandemic

The USS Theodore Roosevelt has returned home to San Diego led by a new captain who came aboard after the previous one was fired over the handling of a massive COVID-19 outbreak on board

Venezuelan socialist party chief Diosdado Cabello has announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19, making him the highest-ranking leader in the distressed South American nation to come down with the virus

Interim Bolivian President Jeanine Áñez says she has tested positive for the new coronavirus but feels strong and will continue working from isolation

Also, Florida hospitals from Miami-Dade to Broward County have zero ICU beds.

Interim Bolivian President Jeanine Áñez says she has tested positive for COVID-19, ‘feels strong’

Mississippi is seeing the biggest outbreak of COVID-19 among legislators in any state

A national organization that aims to boost Latino voter turnout is launching a $10 million campaign in several 2020 battleground states

At least 26 have tested positive so far, health officials said.

The Bronx Zoo and New York City’s aquarium and three other zoos will reopen this month after being closed since March 16 because of the coronavirus outbreak

A federal judge has struck down an Indiana law that would have required reports from medical providers to the state if they treat women for complications arising from abortions

The World Health Organization is acknowledging the possibility that COVID-19 might be spread in the air under certain conditions

After 3 1/2 months of being out of work amid the coronavirus outbreak, thousands of Atlantic City casino workers got the call they had been waiting for: It was time to go back to work

A small study strengthens evidence that a pregnant woman infected with the coronavirus might be able to spread it to her fetus

The World Health Organization chief says the former president of Liberia and a former New Zealand prime minister will lead a panel to give an “honest assessment” of the global response to the coronavirus pandemic

Serbian authorities have banned mass gatherings in the nation’s capital following two nights of clashes involving anti-lockdown demonstrators

India is reporting nearly 25,000 new coronavirus infections as its transmission rate is increasing

Morocco will start gradually reopening its air and maritime borders next week after one of the world’s strictest border lockdowns

Losing a loved one can have a deeper effect on a person during the pandemic.

"There is clearly a new option for HIV prevention," one doctor says.

The head of the Tulsa-County Health Department says President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in late June “likely contributed” to a dramatic surge in new coronavirus cases there

Atlanta’s mayor has signed an executive order mandating masks, effective immediately, in Georgia’s largest city

The pandemic has now killed more than 548,000 people worldwide.

China is defending the World Health Organization and lashing out at the U.S. decision to withdraw from the U.N. body

China says it has nine new confirmed coronavirus cases, all of them brought from outside the country, and no new deaths

Bernadette Henry, CEO and founder of "Make It Fun Nyc" Jump Rope Fitness, discussed why jumping rope is such an effective workout.

Hospitals need communities to wear masks; Mary Kay Letourneau loses battle with cancer; Body-positive wellness center opens virtual doors during pandemic

Latest research suggests limits of a potential vaccine or herd immunity to COVID-19.

At least 26 legislators and 10 other people who work at Mississippi's state Capitol have tested positive for the new coronavirus

ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jen Ashton discussed the best practices to utilize when returning home after being in public spaces.

Abbey Griffith, owner of Clarity Fitness, discussed benefits of virtual training and ways to help you achieve your fitness goals.