A gentler Gotham? NYers anxiously wait out coronavirus

Forget the old New Yorker's refrain of “I'm walking here!” Big Apple citizens are taking a more tentative tack since the city became a hot zone for the novel coronavirus pandemic that has sickened at least 480,000 and killed 21,000 worldwide.

The latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic for April 3, 2020

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

NYC mom among first to donate plasma in coronavirus fight

Tiffany Pinckney remembers the fear when COVID-19 stole her breath. So when she recovered, the New York City mother became one of the country’s first survivors to donate her blood to help treat other seriously ill patients.

Medical staff cheers as 94-year-old woman gets discharged from Spanish hospital

Video from inside the Parc Tauli Hospital in Sabadell, in the country's Catalonia region, shows workers chapping and cheering as the elderly woman named Maria was discharged after recovering from COVID-19.

'Surreal': NY funeral homes struggle as virus deaths surge

Funeral homes in New York and around the globe are becoming quickly overwhelmed by victims of the coronavirus pandemic.

LA Times owner turns focus to battling COVID-19 pandemic

Besides being the executive chairman of the LA Times, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong has quite a background. He’s been a pancreatic transplant surgeon, a NASA scientist and has been intensely involved in the fight against COVID-19.

Nurse sings ‘Amazing Grace’ to colleagues working tirelessly in fight against COVID-19

A nurse was asked by her fellow health care workers at a Michigan hospital to sing '“Amazing Grace” as the staff prepared for a long and difficult shift treating patients with COVID-19. 

De Blasio wants a military medical draft to fight the war on coronavirus

The mayor said he expects New York to face "unprecedented challenges" in the next few weeks and is asking the president to call on doctors and nurses around the country to deploy where they are most needed.

FDNY Deputy Chief Inspector dies of coronavirus

The FDNY has announced that Deputy Chief Inspector Syed Rahman, 59, died this week due to the coronavirus.