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President Trump on Friday said he has deemed churches and other houses of worship “essential" and called on governors to allow them to reopen this weekend despite the virus.

The White House says it might extend "opportunity zone" tax breaks to help struggling neighborhoods after the pandemic. Critics say the program mostly helps wealthy investors.

As antibody testing increases, infectious disease specialists worry that those tested — and their employers — may not understand the limits of the results.

As government officials and individuals design their own “Is it worth it?” calculus, Americans are subjectively measuring the stakes, helping frame a referendum on risk.

If measures that began on March 15 had actually started on March 8, thousands of COVID-18 deaths could have been avoided, according to an analysis from Columbia University.

Court papers show Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to plead guilty to charges that will include prison time in the college admissions scandal.

Roughly 38.6 million people have now filed for jobless aid since the coronavirus forced millions of businesses to close their doors and shrink their workforces.

Antibody tests can identify people who have been previously exposed to the coronavirus. But false-positive results are a concern.

Republican political operatives are recruiting “pro-Trump” doctors to go on television to prescribe reviving the U.S. economy as quickly as possible.

Trump dismissed reports of side effects of the drug, saying, “All I can tell you is, so far I seem to be OK.”

The nation’s mental health care system is struggling to continue treating patients in spite of the coronavirus.

A Massachusetts company says its experimental vaccine against the coronavirus showed encouraging results in very early testing.

"If we wait, core components of the Medicaid delivery system could fail during, or soon after, this pandemic," wrote the National Association of Medicaid Directors.

The ride-hailing giant is preparing riders and drivers alike for a “new normal” amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The speed and scale of the economic crash have drawn comparisons to the Great Depression. But experts say this downturn should be shorter.