Coronavirus

Republican Senator and Florida man Marco Rubio went on a Twitter rant Sunday to accuse Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease specialist, of lying about coronavirus in general and masks in particular.

The White House coronavirus testing czar said Sunday that the new coronavirus strain making the disease more transmissible is no match for the vaccines that are already being rolled out.

The latest fatalities brought the Empire State’s death toll to 29,511, according to state Health Department data.

A 33-year-old California woman who works at Disney allegedly jumped the line for the first round of her COVID-19 vaccine through a connection at a local hospital.

The infectious diseases expert said he agrees with President-elect Joe Biden’s estimation the situation “might actually get worse” in the coming weeks.

New York will be back — but it won’t be the same without hundreds of beloved city spots that closed during the pandemic, and due to COVID-19.

Here’s how the year from hell unfolded.

Things wrapped up nicely.

It's the first time the U.K. variant has been identified in North America.

A Brooklyn-based health network is facing a state police probe for allegedly improperly obtaining COVID-19 vaccines and distributing them to the public

According to data complied by Johns Hopkins University, the national death toll surpassed 330,000 on Saturday afternoon.

The two countries started vaccinating in the hours after they received their first shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech shot.

Preliminary analysis in suggests that the new variant may be up to 70% more transmissible than previously circulating variants, according to the CDC.

New York officials reported 10,806 new cases and the positivity rate stood at a dangerous 5.36%, Cuomo said.

Biden pointed out that Trump’s stubborn refusal to sign the stimulus bill means 10 million Americans will lose jobless benefits Saturday.

But Trump remained silent about the emergency unemployment benefits for millions that are set to expire Saturday unless he signs the massive $900 billion stimulus package.

The country's National Health Commission reported 20 new infections in Mainland China on Friday.

Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh is the first person to report such a reaction to the Moderna vaccine.

France has confirmed its first case of a more contagious COVID-19 strain.

The annual Christmas Day reenactment of George Washington crossing the Delaware River was a virtual affair on Friday.

The numbers are still low by international standards.

Even though Jeremih had a recent near-death experience during his battle with COVID-19, he’s in no rush to get the new vaccinations that are quickly becoming available to the masses.

Officials did not say whether the country, which boasts one of the region’s most advanced inoculation plans, had already received the first doses.

It was a tale of two Christmas messages.

"Airlines must confirm the negative test result for all passengers before they board. If a passenger chooses not to take a test, the airline must deny boarding to the passenger."

"We cannot allow the various forms of nationalism close in on themselves to prevent us from living as the truly human family that we are."

Candace Cameron Bure took to Twitter early on Christmas Eve Thursday to weigh in on big brother Kirk Cameron leading dozens of maskless carolers in defiance of California’s stay-at-home order.

“I don’t care how tough you are; you will cry. You can’t help it when it’s your 3-year-old laying there.”

Rule No. 1: Never tweet.

An African-American doctor who died of coronavirus left a message about racial disparity not just when it comes to how COVID-19 itself affects people of color but also about medical establishment's attitudes toward Black patients' assessment of their own pain.

Dec. 23 marked the busiest day for airlines since the March onset of the coronavirus epidemic, claims the TSA.

Texas attorney Billy Loredo wrote one last, heart-wrenching love letter to his wife before dying of COVID-19 alone in the ICU: 'If I don’t make it I want you to know that I lived a happy wonderful life with you and would never have traded it for all the riches in the world.'

Perfect hair, don’t care.

Getting the vaccine was “the best present I could have received in 2020," said health worker Maria Irene Ramirez, the first in Mexico to receive Pfizer's COVID-19 shot.

A couple who lied about their business in order to score a $7.2 million in late May used the funds to buy a $3.5 million, seven-bedroom house, several expensive cars and paid off a loan to a relative, according the federal government.

Two recent coronavirus outbreaks in Oregon are being attributed to the “superspreader action” of one person going to work while sick, according to officials in the Beaver State.

Starting Monday, all United Airlines customers regardless of nationality will have to present negative COVID-19 tests upon arrival at Newark Airport obtained within 72 hours of departure from the U.K., Murphy said in a statement.

The rate of positive tests has hit a weeklong average of 6.29%, a new high for the COVID second wave that has hit the nation in recent weeks.

Luke Letlow, the newly elected congressman from Louisiana, has been placed in intensive care, less than a week after he tested positive for COVID-19.

The head scientific adviser for Operation Warp Speed revealed there have been significantly more allergic reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine than other immunizations.