European governments have moved to halt the use of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 patients, and a second global trial was suspended, further blows to hopes for a treatment promoted by US President Donald Trump. Brazil’s death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 25,000 people on Wednesday, the health ministry said. Deaths from the disease caused…

(CNN)In less than four months, coronavirus has killed more than 100,000 people in the United States.It’s as if every person died in Boca Raton, Florida. Or almost everyone in South Bend, Indiana. When the first coronavirus-related death was reported in February, no one could have fathomed the numbing stream of grim news that followed. Since…

Healthcare workers from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment check in with people waiting to be tested for COVID-19 at the state’s first drive-up testing center. | Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images Federal and state officials across the country have altered or hidden public health data crucial to tracking the coronavirus’ spread, hindering the ability…

When the dentist’s office called to cancel Laura Lizcano’s appointment for a crown and cavity filling in March because of the coronavirus, she wasn’t terribly worried. The 25-year-old freelance musician didn’t know at the time that the pandemic would keep medical offices closed for months, keeping her from getting her teeth taken care of before…

Many numbers related to the coronavirus in D.C., Maryland and Virginia are shared each day, and all of the data can be confusing. Sometimes, it looks like the number of COVID-19 cases is spiking, when in fact that may not be the case. In Virginia’s Fairfax County, for example, work on the system used to…