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How to safely care for an ill relative amid fears of the novel coronavirus.

A person in Nevada has tested presumptively positive for the novel coronavirus, marking the first case of the virus in the state. 

The man had traveled to Italy and returned to the U.S. via Chicago O'Hare Airport.

Days after deadly tornadoes ripped through the central part of the state, Tennessee officials on Thursday announced its first case of the novel coronavirus in a man in his 40s. 

New Jersey has joined a growing list of states with cases of the novel coronavirus. On Wednesday, officials in the state confirmed the first presumptive positive case of COVID-19 in a male in his 30s. 

The idiom “Do as I say, not as a I do” could not be more true for one health official in California. 

The novel coronavirus that has infected thousands of people across the world may have mutated at least once — meaning there may be two different types of the virus causing illnesses, a new study conducted by Chinese scientists suggests. 

Under guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, all affected guests are being asked to “remain in their staterooms,” Princess Cruises confirmed.

The two new cases involve a man in his 40s and a woman in her 80s, New York City Mayor de Blasio said.

Starbucks is temporarily halting the use of customers’ reusable mugs at their coffee shops due to fears of spreading the coronavirus.

A New Hampshire man testing positive as the first case of coronavirus in the state this week has raised questions about self-quarantine after he ignored medical advice to stay home last Friday.

A Facebook employee who worked in the company's Seattle office has been diagnosed with coronavirus, as the death toll in the state climbed to 10 on Wednesday and other tech giants took measures to protect their workers.

Officials in Los Angeles County are discussing the possibility of barring fans from attending sports events in an effort to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.

Texas is confirming the first positive case of coronavirus in the state.

The Princess Grand cruise ship headed from Hawaii toward San Francisco contains 21 people who are showing possible symptoms of the novel coronavirus, according to California Gov. Gavin Newsom. 

A medical screener at Los Angeles International Airport is one of six new confirmed cases of coronavirus in California.

The gene editing tool CRISPR has been used to treat a patient with an inherited form of blindness, an operation which, if successful, will open up a new frontier for treating diseases, scientists say.

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday announced that electrical shock devices used to discourage aggressive or self-harming behavior in patients with mental disabilities will be banned, following years of pressure from health experts who have called the treatment ineffective and unethical.

The death marks the 11th coronavirus-related fatality in the U.S.

The state confirmed an additional death on Wednesday, bringing the national toll to 11.