Coronavirus

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday called for universal mask-wearing and urged Americans to wear face masks indoors amid an alarming surge in COVID-19 cases around the country.

Some COVID-19 patients have reported loss of teeth and gum issues weeks and even months after testing positive for the virus.

America’s employers scaled back their hiring last month as the viral pandemic accelerated across the country, adding 245,000 jobs, the fewest since April and the fifth straight monthly slowdown.

Even before the pandemic, Native youth had the highest dropout rates in the U.S., leaving school at more than twice the rate of white children, according to federal statistics.

A couple who tested positive for COVID-19 before traveling to Hawaii was arrested and booked for knowingly endangering others after boarding a United Airlines flight.

“Black Panther” star Letitia Wright is under fire for some of her recent tweets.

Travel agents say they've been trying to handle all the requests to change or cancel plans due to pandemic travel restrictions.

Elective surgeries will again be suspended. Restaurants, retail stores, and gyms must reduce capacity to 50%, and bars must close.

A report from a group of U.S. doctors suggests COVID-19 can trigger a type of heart failure in children that is normally only seen in adults.

A recent poll conducted by the de Beaumont Foundation found that 1 in 3 African Americans know someone close to them who died of COVID-19, illustrating the disproportionate impact the novel coronavirus is having on communities of color in the United States.

Three former presidents have already said they'd be willing to take a coronavirus vaccine (https://www.fox2detroit.com/tag/health/coronavirus-vaccine) publicly once one becomes available. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases, said he'll do the same.

The U.S. recorded more COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday alone than the total number of virus-related deaths reported in more than 100 countries since the pandemic began.

Researchers polled 139,230 individuals across all 50 states between April and November 2020 and found a general decline in social distancing over the summer and into the fall.

Joe Biden said Thursday that he will ask Americans to commit to 100 days of wearing masks as one of his first acts as president, stopping just short of the nationwide mandate he's pushed before to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Three former presidents say they’d be willing to publicly take a coronavirus vaccine, once one becomes available, to encourage all Americans to get inoculated against the disease.

For the first time, the U.S. recorded over 3,100 COVID-19 deaths in a single day and hospitalizations topped 100,000. New virus cases are also topping 200,000 a day,

In first of its kind, the CDC reportedly tipped off authorities in Hawaii that a couple defied orders not to fly.