New Orleans rushed to build a makeshift hospital in its convention center Friday as troubling new outbreaks bubbled in the United States, deaths surged in Italy and Spain and the world warily trudged through the pandemic that has sickened more than a half-million people. In a reminder no one is immune to the new coronavirus, it pierced even the highest…

As Italy locks down its cities to halt the spread of the coronavirus, residents in Venice are starting to see a change to their canals. The waterways of Venice have cleared with the new lack of boat traffic, as seen in footage captured early March.

Videos have flooded social media showing entire Italian neighborhoods singing together to keep their spirits up during the lockdown.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the globe, people are still creating their own moments of solidarity and community.

Italians in New York are worried for loved ones in Italy, living under a nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of the coronavirus

Italy has been hit hard by the coronavirus and has taken drastic measure to try to stop the spread. With the streets almost empty, the country’s most famous landmarks look remarkably different without tourists.

The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic and urged aggressive action from all countries to fight it, as U.S. stocks plunged into bear market territory and several American cities joined global counterparts in banning large gatherings.

A former San Diego woman who has been living in Italy for the past year is describing her new normal amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, which includes a countrywide mandatory lockdown in an effort to reduce the number of cases in the nation.

Global containment is underway as the coronavirus continues to spread worldwide. Italy is now tightening already strict measures to try to contain the virus. Richard Engel reports.

Italy announced a sweeping quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of its population in a bid to limit contagions and end the virus’ advance at the epicenter of Europe’s outbreak.

A local university student is back home after her study abroad program in Italy was called off because of COVID-19.

Nations around the world girded for months of disruptions from the new virus Thursday as its unrelenting spread brought ballooning infections, economic fallout and sweeping containment measures.

Saudi Arabia banned citizens from performing the Muslim pilgrimage in Mecca, Italy ordered schools to close nationwide and Iran canceled Friday prayers for a second week as nations scrambled Wednesday to control the coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus infections in Italy have risen 50% in just one day

A coughing Pope Francis told pilgrims gathered for the traditional Sunday blessing that he is canceling his participation at a week-long spiritual retreat in the Roman countryside because of a cold

Italian tourism officials are worrying a new virus could do more damage to their industry than the Sept. 11 terror attacks as the country’s confirmed cases surpassed 1,000

The coronavirus outbreak began to look more like a worldwide economic crisis Friday as anxiety about the infection emptied shops and amusement parks, canceled events, cut trade and travel and dragged already slumping financial markets even lower.

Saudi Arabia cut travel to Islam’s holiest sites, South Korea toughened penalties for those breaking quarantines and airports across Latin America looked for signs of sick passengers as a new virus troubled places around the globe. With the number of sick and dead rising, the crisis gave way to political and diplomatic rows, concern that bordered on panic in...

Crews scrubbed everything from money to buses, military bases were on high alert and quarantines were enforced Wednesday from a beachfront resort in the Atlantic to a remote island in the Pacific, as the world worked to halt the fast-spreading virus that for the first time counted more new cases outside China than inside the country, where the epidemic originated….