Macy's said Santa Claus won't be greeting kids at its flagship New York store this year due to the coronavirus, interrupting a holiday tradition started nearly 160 years ago.

U.S. regulators on Thursday approved the first drug to treat COVID-19: remdesivir, an antiviral medicine given to hospitalized patients through an IV.

Three employees of a Tennessee tax service have been charged with filing more than $1 million in false claims for coronavirus-related federal loans, federal prosecutors said.

The U.S. regulators who will decide the fate of COVID-19 vaccines took an unusual step Thursday: Asking outside scientists if their standards are high enough.

Downtown Detroit was returning to its roots as a vibrant city center, motoring away from its past as the model of urban ruin.

Negotiations on a COVID-19 relief bill are inching forward, but it's clear the window for action before the Nov. 3 election is closing and the issue will be tossed to a postelection lame-duck session of Congress.

Hospitals across the United States are starting to buckle from a resurgence of COVID-19 cases, with several states setting records for the number of people hospitalized and leaders scrambling to find extra beds and staff. New highs in cases have been reported in states big and small — from Idaho to Ohio — in recent days.

U.S. health officials Wednesday redefined what counts as close contact with someone with COVID-19 to include briefer but repeated encounters.

The global hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine for kids is only just beginning — a lagging start that has some U.S. pediatricians worried they may not know if any shots work for young children in time for the next school year.

Health care workers and first responders, followed by vulnerable older adults living in group settings, will be first in line when supplies of the highly anticipated COVID-19 vaccine reach Tennessee, according to a preliminary state plan released Wednesday.

With coronavirus cases spiking in rural areas of Tennessee, Gov. Bill Lee's administration announced Wednesday that officials are restarting free drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites this Saturday, beginning in three counties, among them Grundy County.

When President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden arrive in Nashville Thursday for their final debate before the Nov. 3 election, they'll be greeted by a city with rising coronavirus case counts inside a state immersed in a debate of its own about mask-wearing.

The Tennessee Department of Health has launched a new website to keep the public up to speed on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Washington negotiations on a huge COVID-19 relief bill took a modest step forward on Tuesday, though time is running out and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, President Donald Trump's most powerful Senate ally, is pressing the White House against going forward.

Thailand's tourist industry on Tuesday took a modest step toward reviving its coronavirus-battered fortunes by welcoming 39 visitors who flew in from Shanghai, the first such arrivals since regular travelers were banned almost seven months ago.

Countries across Europe are battling coronavirus infection spikes with new lockdowns, curfews, face mask orders and virus tracking smart phone apps.

There is increased demand for the influenza vaccine this year, according to the Hamilton County Health Department, as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic increases vigilance around social distancing and the spread of diseases.

Despite a recent surge in numbers of COVID-19 patients being hospitalized in Tennessee, Gov. Bill Lee said Tuesday he still doesn't want to impose a statewide mask mandate and is relying instead on encouraging local county mayors to impose such requirements when needed as well as a third advertising campaign to persuade residents to use masks.

Mayor Andy Berke wants to use federal coronavirus stimulus funding to create a low-barrier homeless shelter in Chattanooga.

One of Georgia's largest public school systems says it's continuing with online classes rather than traditional teaching because coronavirus cases in the area are still too high.

U.K. researchers are preparing to infect healthy young volunteers with the virus that causes COVID-19, becoming the first to announce plans to use the controversial technique to study the disease and potentially speed up development of a vaccine that could help end the pandemic.

Will we be able to celebrate the holidays with the pandemic still going on?

The number of COVID-19 cases is rising in Georgia, although infections in the state are not climbing as fast as those nationwide.