How to spot a counterfeit stimulus check: Secret Service, Treasury warn against fraud

The Secret Service and the Treasury Department are working together to help individuals protect themselves from counterfeit stimulus checks, as the Trump administration plans to mail millions of coronavirus relief checks to Americans.

Oil price goes negative as demand collapses

Oil futures plunged below zero for the first time on Monday as demand for energy collapses amid the coronavirus pandemic and traders sought to avoid owning crude with nowhere to store it.

The latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic for April 20, 2020

FOX 5 NY is updating this blog with the latest developments on the coronavirus outbreak so you can get the information in one spot.

WHO head warns worst yet to come

The head of the World Health Organization has warned that “the worst is yet ahead of us” in the coronavirus outbreak.

Brooklyn care home has 55 dead

Now listed with 55 deaths it can only assume were caused by COVID-19, Cobble Hill Health Center has become yet another glaring example of the nation’s struggle to control the rapid spread of the coronavirus in nursing homes.

New Jersey mom, son die just over week apart from COVID-19

Carolyn Martins-Reitz, 55, of Kearny, New Jersey, was the primary caretaker for her nearly 30-year-old son Thomas Martins, who had Down syndrome. They both started struggling with symptoms of the virus toward the end of March.

3 found dead in NYC hotel for coronavirus patients

Three men were found dead over the weekend at a hotel in Midtown Manhattan used to house people released from the hospital after testing positive for COVID-19.

90 workers test positive for COVID-19 at Tyson Foods plant in Tennessee

Public health officials said a cluster of COVID-19 cases were reported at a Tyson Foods plant in Goodlettsville, located just outside of Nashville.

Reports suggest many have had coronavirus with no symptoms

Based on known cases, health officials have said the virus usually causes mild or moderate flu-like illness. Now evidence is growing that a substantial number of people may have no symptoms at all.

NYPD bust large party in Brooklyn that violated coronavirus orders

Despite weeks of constant warnings, police say roughly 60 people turned a barber shop in Canarsie, Brooklyn into a nightclub.

Disney suspends pay for 100,000 employees: report

Walt Disney Co. will stop paying more than 100,000 employees this week, nearly half of its workforce, as the world's biggest entertainment company tries to weather the coronavirus lockdown, it was reported Monday.

Despite call for coronavirus survivors to donate plasma, some still being turned away from blood donation

Despite officials across New York asking coronavirus survivors to donate plasma and blood in order to potentially help people battling more severe cases of the disease, gay men say they are still being prevented from donating blood.

Broadway star Nick Cordero has leg amputated due to coronavirus

Tony Award-nominated actor Nick Cordero has had his right leg amputated after suffering complications from the coronavirus, his wife says.

Princess Sofia of Sweden volunteers at hospital amid coronavirus outbreak

The princess, 35, is among 80 people a week who have completed the three-day emergency online training course from Sophiahemmet University created to help the hospital, which has been overwhelmed during the outbreak, according to People magazine.