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Hospitals around the United States are starting to buckle from a resurgence of COVID-19 cases, with several states setting records for the number of people hospitalized and leaders scrambling to find extra beds and staff

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is warning that Michigan on average has more confirmed daily cases of the coronavirus than ever, noting a sharp increase since the state Supreme Court invalidated her sweeping orders earlier this month

A California appeals court has ordered state corrections officials to cut the population of one of the world’s most famous prisons to less than half of its designed capacity

A California appeals court has ordered state corrections officials to cut the population of one of the world’s most famous prisons to less than half of its designed capacity

The CDC's deputy director for infectious diseases says the U.S. is seeing a “distressing trend” with coronavirus cases increasing in nearly three-quarters of the country

U.S. health officials are redefining what it means to have close contact with someone with COVID-19

Negotiations on a COVID-19 relief bill are inching forward, but it’s clear that the window for action before the Nov. 3 election is closing and the issue will be tossed to a postelection lame-duck session of Congress

Honda has agreed to a $5 million settlement with Arizona over allegations it failed to disclose defects in air bags that led to two deaths in the state

A lawyer for U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said Wednesday that his client will plead not guilty to illegally entering a Hawaii public park that was closed because of the coronavirus

The Justice Department says Purdue Pharma, the company that makes OxyContin, will plead guilty to three federal criminal charges as part of a settlement of more than $8 billion

Could a secure health app help get international air travel out of the pandemic dumps

Poland’s prime minister has signaled that the whole country faces being placed on the highest restriction level short of a full lockdown, as health authorities registered a record in new confirmed COVID-19 infections

Pope Francis is back to his mask-less old ways a day after donning a face mask for the first time during a liturgical service

The group, mostly doctors and researchers, also includes a member of the public.

Spain has become the first country in western Europe to accumulate more than 1 million confirmed infections, as the nation of 47 million struggles to contain a resurgence of the coronavirus

How to cope with potential mental health challenges brought on by the pandemic as winter months force more people to socialize indoors.

Authorities in Belgium fear another deadly wave of coronavirus cases could soon hit care homes as the country confronts the risk of seeing its hospitals overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients

The Czech government has announced further restrictions to fight the coronavirus pandemic, including limits on free movement

The Czech government has announced further restrictions to fight the coronavirus pandemic, including limits on free movement

Officials tell AP that OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma will plead guilty to federal charges, agree to $8 billion-plus deal

As fighting rages in the South Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh, people infected with the coronavirus pack into cold basements alongside the healthy to shelter from artillery fire

The Philippines has lifted a ban on non-essential foreign trips by Filipinos, but the immigration bureau didn't immediately see many departures

The South Yorkshire region of northern England is being placed under the country’s tightest restrictions to curb the coronavirus

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is facing a no-confidence debate in parliament brought by the nation’s far-right Vox party

Honolulu football coach Willie Talamoa bought his players cleats, drove them to practice and often stayed late to talk with those having trouble in school

The United Nations says more than 20 donors have pledged nearly $1 billion for the three countries at the epicenter of a humanitarian crisis in Africa’s Sahel region for this year and over $700 million for 2021 and beyond

Eighteen fishing crewmen who last week flew to New Zealand from Moscow have tested positive for the coronavirus, underscoring the difficulty New Zealand faces in trying to import needed workers while remaining virtually virus free

Dr. Richard Besser, the former acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discusses the CDC's reports that there will be nearly 300,000 "excess deaths" in the U.S. this year.

ABC News’ Matt Gutman reports from El Paso, Texas, where there’s been a 500% increase in coronavirus cases in the past two weeks.

"It's a pandemic. It's going to seep into every nook and cranny."

Night after night in Portland, tear gas and other crowd control devices have enveloped protesters and bystanders in airborne chemicals that settle on the ground, later to be washed into storm drains

A 59-year-old man who prosecutors say threatened Wichita's mayor because he was upset about a mask mandate has been charged

Virus cases are surging across Europe and many U.S. states but responses by leaders are miles apart

A new study shows that older workers are facing higher unemployment than midcareer workers amid the coronavirus pandemic

The nation’s capital has become one of the first jurisdictions in the country to employ a new COVID-19 notification system

Dr. John Brownstein breaks down the federal government’s response as cases surge.

A nurse from the University of Utah Health talks about the emotional and physical toll COVID-19 is taking on front-line workers.

An Ohio hospital doctor who pleaded not guilty alleges misconduct by prosecutor.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says that he’ll schedule a vote if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Trump administration are able to seal an agreement on a huge COVID-19 relief bill

More than 550 residents have died from COVID-19 since El Paso's outbreak began.

The CDC is strongly recommending that passengers on planes, trains and buses wear masks, but it's still stopping short of requiring face coverings to prevent spreading COVID-19

Countries across Europe are battling coronavirus infection spikes with new lockdowns, curfews, face mask orders and virus tracking smart phone apps

A federal judge in Atlanta is weighing a challenge to a federal order that halts the eviction of certain renters through the end of the year in an effort to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus

Available information suggests U.S. drug overdose deaths are on track to reach an all-time high this year

The British government appears poised to impose strict coronavirus restrictions on England’s second-largest city after talks with officials in Greater Manchester failed to reach an agreement on the new measures

Italian prosecutors and the government’s privacy watchdog are investigating how the names of women who miscarried or had abortions ended up on crosses over graves for the fetuses in a Rome cemetery

A new poll finds Americans' trust in the people and institutions giving them information about the coronavirus has fallen across the board

A state-owned Chinese drugmaker says it is setting up production lines to supply 1 billion doses of two possible coronavirus vaccines that are being tested on 50,000 people in 10 countries

The CDC is now recommending Americans wear masks on public transportation. ABC's Faith Abubey reports.

Only people ages 18 to 30, proven to be healthy, will be taken as volunteers.