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The coronavirus prompted many doctors to go virtual, but is it really safe? Here is what some practitioners have to say.

A special envoy to the World Health Organization on the coronavirus said in an interview Sunday that the global economy may have to assume that there will not be a vaccine and consider ways to approach the virus a “constant threat."

President Trump announced Friday that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the emergency use of Gilead Science's experimental antiviral drug remdesivir to treat coronavirus patients after early results of a clinical study indicated the drug helps speed recovery.

Despite a growing interest in home births amid the coronavirus pandemic, one obstetrician assures expectant mothers to remain confident of a safe labor and delivery in hospital settings.

Heads up, pug owners: Dogs of this breed may be more susceptible to the novel coronavirus due to their flat faces and squished noses, a veterinarian said. 

A South Carolina nurse has reportedly recovered from the coronavirus following a fight for her life.

If you live in Michigan and need a condom, you’re in luck: The state health department this week launched a free condom delivery service amid the coronavirus epidemic.

The services will be offered to frontline workers free of charge.

The teen's mother, father, stepfather and older sibling have tested positive since her death.

Starting next week, the New York City subway will shut down overnight for “daily deep cleanings” in an effort to rid the public transportation system of the novel coronavirus and ultimately better protect essential workers who use the service during that time. 

The novel coronavirus has reportedly claimed the lives of five nuns at a Wisconsin convent. 

An Arizona inmate on death row for murder and kidnapping convictions died  Thursday from the coronavirus, according to a report. 

The coronavirus pandemic will likely not be controlled until two-thirds of the world’s population is immune to the disease and countries should be prepared “for possible periodic" outbreaks over the next two years, a new study said.

Almost 900 workers at a Tyson Foods plant in Indiana have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a report on Wednesday.

Neighbors, friends and relatives of a 5-year-old Michigan girl who just completed her final five-day inpatient chemotherapy session welcomed her home Tuesday with a parade past her driveway, according to a local report.

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Thursday that there are 102 potential COVID-19 vaccines in development and that eight of the contenders have been approved for clinical trials.

A 12-year-old girl in Louisiana infected with the novel coronavirus reportedly developed a rare inflammatory syndrome that temporarily stopped her heart.

Los Angeles has become the first major U.S. city to offer free, wide-scale coronavirus testing to all residents.

The medication helps prevent buildup of uric acid and inflammation in the joints of patients with gout, and researchers are hopeful it may help reduce the rate of hospitalizations, lung complications and death due to COVID-19.

As the death toll continues to rise, the likelihood that the novel coronavirus could prove deadlier than any flu outbreak in the U.S. since the late 1960s is increasing alongside it.