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The novel coronavirus is “out of control” in Alabama, warned a health official in the state this week.  

An Oxford University researcher expects late stage clinical trial results for its coronavirus vaccine candidate by Christmas, per reports.

 A dispatcher with the Tulsa Police and Fire Departments died on Tuesday following complications from the novel coronavirus.

Scale back holiday gatherings this year, urged several leading medical and health organizations in an open letter to the American people as coronavirus cases surge across the country. 

An outbreak of the novel coronavirus at a nursing home in Missouri has claimed the lives of 20 residents, according to a local report. 

A recent estimate projected that over 3 million people in the U.S. have active coronavirus infections.

In a telebriefing held Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned against traveling to visit relatives and friends this Thanksgiving and holiday season and urged those with possible coronavirus symptoms or other illnesses to stay home.

Advocates for the elderly say a tandem wave of death separate from the virus has quietly claimed tens of thousands more, often because overburdened workers haven’t been able to give them the care they need.

Oxford University and AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine candidate was safe, boosted an immune response, and was better tolerated among older adults.

The novel coronavirus has claimed more than 250,000 American lives as of Wednesday evening, according to the latest estimates from Johns Hopkins University. 

The decision by New York City officials to temporarily close schools to in-person instruction due to an uptick in coronavirus cases makes little sense because "children really are not affected by this virus," Dr. Bob Lahita told "Your World" Wednesday.

A Colorado inmate has died after experiencing symptoms of COVID-19. 

Gonorrhea infections are increasing in Michigan, according to state health officials. 

Johnson & Johnson’s lead scientist said the company expects to have all data needed to file for authorization for its single-shot coronavirus vaccine candidate by February, according to a report.

Millions of children have missed out on routine vaccinations this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to newly released data. 

Pfizer and BioNTech said its vaccine was found to be safe and 95% effective in phase 3 clinical trial, clearing the way for the companies to file for emergency use authorization with the FDA.

More than 900 staffers at the Mayo Clinic have reportedly been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the past two weeks.

In the ongoing debate of how long those who have recovered from a COVID-19 infection could have immunity against the novel coronavirus, a new study — which is said to be the most comprehensive to date — offers an encouraging answer. 

The American Medical Association (AMA) has called for stronger disease mitigation measures at the nation’s correctional and immigrant detention facilities, and has called for correctional workers, incarcerated people and detained immigrants to be included in the initial phases of coronavirus vaccine distribution.

A federal judge in Seattle has awarded $10 million to the family of a severely disabled child who was born after a community clinic nurse inadvertently gave the mother a flu shot instead of a birth-control injection.