Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson taking diagnoses 'one day at a time'

Tom Hanks said he and wife Rita Wilson were taking their new coronavirus infection “one day at a time" while Australian television hosts who had interviewed Wilson were awaiting test results Friday.

Seattle woman infected with coronavirus says 'don’t panic' when recounting battle with deadly illness

Elizabeth Schneider, 37, told the global news agency Agence France-Presse that she had a mild case of COVID-19, adding she hopes publicly sharing her story will “give people a little bit of hope” as fear spreads seemingly faster than the novel virus itself.

Stocks rally on government's coronavirus plan

A rally on Wall Street accelerated after President Donald Trump declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency. The Dow saw its largest percentage gain since 2008.

CDC says all US passengers are off the Grand Princess cruise ship stricken with coronavirus

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed on Friday that all American citizens have disembarked from the Grand Princess cruise ship docked in Oakland that was stricken by COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. 

Closing schools is "last resort," says NYC Schools Chancellor

 While many schools are closed across the country due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the New York City public school system remains open.

Cruise lines announce suspensions of sailings in response to COVID-19 pandemic

Royal Caribbean Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line on Friday announced that they suspending cruising in the United States in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak. This comes a day after Disney Cruise Line and Princess Cruises announced similar measures on Thursday.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi says deal reached with Trump administration on emergency aid package for coronavirus

It builds on an emergency $8.3 billion package approved last week and is aimed at providing additional health and financial resources to arrest the sudden spread of the pandemic and the kind of economic fallout unseen in a generation.

US hospitals brace for 'tremendous strain' from new virus

U.S. hospitals are setting up circus-like triage tents, calling doctors out of retirement, guarding their supplies of face masks and making plans to cancel elective surgery as they brace for an expected onslaught of coronavirus patients.

AMC, Regal Theaters reducing seating capacity by at least 50% due to coronavirus outbreak

AMC Theatres and Regal Entertainment Group -- the nation's two largest movie theater chains -- announced Friday that they are reducing their maximum capacity by at least 50% due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Trump says he'll 'most likely' be tested for COVID-19, but says he has 'no symptoms'

Trump has had repeated contact with lawmakers who were themselves exposed to people who later tested positive and chose to self-isolate out of an abundance of caution.

How to make a plan for if you come down with COVID-19

Even with the various precautions that individuals can take to ward off potential contraction of the novel coronavirus, it is still possible, and easy, to become infected with COVID-19.

National Guard distributes food in New Rochelle

Shoulder to shoulder, National Guard troops have been packing goods through the night at Feeding Westchester.