narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has claimed the lives of more than 35,100 people across the globe.

The new respiratory virus, which causes an illness known officially as COVID-19, has rapidly spread to every continent except Antarctica since first emerging in China in December. There are now more than 741,000 diagnosed cases of COVID-19, according to data compiled...

Bev Vaughan(LONDON) -- After a long and successful 39-year career as a nurse working for Britains National Health Service, Bev Vaughan never thought that she would be dusting off her uniform after she retired in 2016.

The coronavirus pandemic changed all of that.

My uniform is clean, my shoes are polished and I am ready to go back, said Vaughan.

A 58-year-old retired matron from Portsmouth o...

ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The federal government has been rolling out its response to the novel coronavirus crisis, trying to slow the spread and prop up the economy, amid a volatile stock market and record unemployment numbers.

After suggesting over the past week that he would relax social distancing guidelines and reopen the country for business by Easter, President Donald Trump abruptly changed...

Sushiman/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The coronavirus pandemic has quickly evolved from a health crisis to a financial one, shuttering businesses, upending entire industries and sending financial markets reeling.

Heres the latest news on how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting the economy. For more on financial resources available during the pandemic, click here.

Macys to furlough a majority of its workfo...

ABC/Rick Rowell(LOS ANGELES) -- Sunday, March 29 is a significant date inRita Wilsons life, one on which she commemorated being a "COVID-19 Survivor" and "Five Years Cancer Free."

The actress, who is home in Los Angeles after undergoing two weeks of quarantine in Australia with her husband,Tom Hanks, when the pair was diagnosed with the disease, looked back on herInstagramin a lengthy, gr...

jackscoldsweat/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Southwest Airlines snapped a photo of 29 health care professionals making their way to New York City to aid overwhelmed medical staff during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The picture shows nurses and doctors holding their hands up in the shape of a heart as the flight prepares for takeoff from Atlanta. Several broke out their masks and gloves for the journey....