Health

WATCH: Florida governor gives coronavirus updates

By Tamara Lush, Associated Press

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis offers updates on hs state's response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

WATCH: California governor says 4 banks to waive mortgage fees

By Adam Beam, Associated Press

California Governor Gavin Newsom will give an update on the state’s current novel coronavirus situation as the outbreak spreads.

How uninsured patients can get help during COVID-19 pandemic

By Gretchen Frazee

States, advocacy organizations and health care professionals are taking steps to ensure that the uninsured can still get testing and treatment in order to help slow the spread of the disease, but that hasn’t dissipated the confusion and worry that…

Minnesota governor orders residents in nonessential jobs to stay at home

By Associated Press

The governor's order begins at midnight Friday for at least two weeks.

Zimbabwe doctors, nurses strike over little virus protection

By Farai Mutsaka, Associated Press

Zimbabwe's public hospital nurses have joined a doctors' strike over a lack of protective gear as the coronavirus spreads in a country whose health system has nearly collapsed.

Amid criticism, drugmaker waives specialty status for COVID-19 drug

By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press

Facing public criticism, the maker of a promising coronavirus drug said Wednesday it will waive a special regulatory designation that could have allowed it to block competition and boost profits for its treatment.

Trump administration urged to free migrants as virus surges

By Ben Fox, Philip Marcelo, Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

Pressure was mounting on the Trump administration Wednesday to release people from immigration detention facilities where at least one detainee has tested positive for COVID-19 and advocates fear tight quarters and overall conditions could cause rapid spread of the virus.

Global pandemic postpones this year’s Tony Awards

By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press

The show was originally scheduled for June 7 but the virus forced all 41 Broadway theaters to go dark and caused turmoil in the Tony schedule.

Justice Department sides with lawsuit that opposes treating trans athletes as girls

By Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press

The U.S. Justice Department is getting involved in a federal civil rights lawsuit that seeks to block transgender athletes in Connecticut from competing as girls in interscholastic sports.

New York struggles with coronavirus as U.S. deaths top 1,000

By Jennifer Peltz, Colleen Long, Associated Press

New York authorities mobilized to head off a potential public health disaster in the city Wednesday, with its emergence as the nation's biggest coronavirus hot spot a warning flare — and perhaps a cautionary tale — for the rest of…