pandemic

If you were to choose a word that rose above most in 2020, which word would it be?

The Tokyo Olympics are getting a kickstart

Volunteers throughout the tri-state area took the time to cook warm Thanksgiving meals for those in need, at a time when the pandemic has caused food insecurity to surge. Early Thursday morning, volunteers were already hard at work at The Bowery Mission in Manhattan preparing warm Thanksgiving meals for those in need. And while it is a tradition for the…

Volunteers came together to prepare meals for those in need during the holidays. Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

The pandemic has caused a surge in food insecurity in the tri-state area. Volunteers at the Bowery Mission are cooking up a festive meal to provide to those in need on Thanksgiving Day. Stacie Strahan reports.

Some of the thousands of mink culled in Denmark to minimize the risk of them re-transmitting the coronavirus to humans, have risen from their shallow graves because gases have built up in the decaying bodies

The news of several potential coronavirus vaccines offers hope for the end of the pandemic, but experts caution that we may still be wearing masks and employing other guidelines, like social distancing, for at least another year.

Mental health experts weigh in with tips for seniors who are celebrating solo and how to keep feelings of loneliness at bay.

To avoid any traces of the coronavirus that might be lurking on surfaces, Americans have been wiping down groceries, wearing surgical gloves in public and leaving mail packages out for an extra day or two

In late October, NYC’s most iconic bookstore posted a plea online for people to save The Strand. Book lovers listened. Owner Nancy Bass Wyden joined LX News to talk about the choices she has had to make during the pandemic to save the 93-year-old business.

The Aragonez family feels that they’re just like other families navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. They strictly followed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention precautions, but after eight months, they ignored one rule and gathered in someone’s house. Now, they’re sharing their story in the hopes that others won’t make the same mistake.

Mercy Hospital is in the St. Louis, Mo., area, which is in danger of running out of hospital rooms for its most critical patients.

Are you looking for someone to explore the world with? Do you enjoy sourdough bread and maybe bushwacking through the forest to a private lake? Then Elliot Frantz may be the right man for you. The 29-year-old from Portland, Oregon, is looking for love and even launched his own website to streamline the process.

The pandemic has forced people to spend more time with themselves than ever

With coronavirus cases still surging across the U.S., health officials implored Americans ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday to forgo travel, cancel large get-togethers and spend the holiday at home with members of their own households. Here’s what you should know about celebrating Thanksgiving in 2020.

New Jersey officials — like others in the tri-state — have urged residents not to travel and advised against gatherings of any size during the upcoming holidays. For those who won’t heed that advice, the state shared guidelines for safe Thanksgiving gatherings in their homes. Among those: Don’t allow singing. “This will not be a normal Thanksgiving. With the alarming…

The switch to remote learning in rural New Mexico has left some students profoundly isolated — cut off from others and the grid by sheer distance

Millions of Americans bought tickets to fly somewhere for Thanksgiving before the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with them not to travel for the holiday.

The lines for free COVID-19 tests stretch for blocks and hours in cities where people feel the dual strain of the coronavirus surge and holiday plans.

The United States topped 12 million cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, NBC News reports.