Mike Pompeo is pushing the conspiracy theory that COVID-19 is manmade, even though the intelligence and scientific communities contend it emanated from an outdoor market in Wuhan, China. Nope, says Pompeo. Conniving scientists at a…

GENEVA — The head of emergencies at the World Health Organization reiterated that the group believes the novel coronavirus is “natural in origin.” Dr. Michael Ryan responded Friday to to comments by U.S. President Donald…

U.S. coronavirus-related deaths reached a somber milestone Tuesday, surpassing the number of Americans killed in the Vietnam War. More than 58,300 Americans have died from COVID-19, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.…

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The state of Missouri filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Chinese government over the coronavirus, alleging that nation’s officials are to blame for the global pandemic.  The lawsuit, filed in federal…

BEIJING (AP) — China acknowledged Friday that the coronavirus death toll in the one-time epicenter city of Wuhan was nearly 50% higher than reported,  underscoring just how seriously the official numbers of infections and deaths…

BEIJING (AP) — China, where the coronavirus pandemic started in December, is cautiously trying to get back to business, but it’s not easy when many millions of workers are wary of spending much or even…

WUHAN, China (AP) — Amid streets newly bustling with cars and pedestrians, Wang Chun celebrated the lifting of a virus lockdown on her hometown of Wuhan today with a dance outdoors after 2 1/2 months…

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — A Riley County commissioner who said in March that Manhattan, Kansas, wasn’t at high risk for the coronavirus because it doesn’t have many Chinese residents should resign because such comments promote…

MADRID (AP) — Some political leaders are hailing a potential breakthrough in the fight against COVID-19: simple pin-prick blood tests or nasal swabs that can determine within minutes if someone has, or previously had, the…

MADRID (AP) — The number of coronavirus infections was set to top a half-million worldwide today as both Italy and the United States appeared poised to surpass China, where the pandemic began, and Spain’s death…