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If you're stuck at home, one of the simplest -- and highly underrated -- forms of exercise is to head outside for a walk.

A new genetic analysis of the virus that causes Covid-19 taken from more than 7,600 patients around the world shows it has been circulating in people since late last year, and must have spread extremely quickly after the first infection.

As the pandemic rages, there is at least heroism to inspire us. Health care workers battling this virus. Truck drivers and grocers maintaining the supply lines of essentials. Volunteers delivering food to the elderly. The list goes on and on.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent nonsurgical treatment for a benign gallbladder condition Tuesday afternoon at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, a court spokeswoman said in a statement.

We've addressed early questions about testing for Covid-19, but plenty remain. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains the latest on the different types of coronavirus tests and how well they work.

Pregnancy-related deaths in the United States have doubled over the past two decades due to a rise in cardiovascular disease among women, the American Heart Association says.

As scientists look into ways to stop or prevent Covid-19, other researchers have found evidence the disease caused by the new coronavirus was in the United States weeks before cases were reported.

Don't be fooled: The numbers of new cases and deaths shortly after a state's reopening aren't reflective of those loosened restrictions.

Continued coronavirus outbreaks might force more school closures, the American Academy of Pediatrics reported, as it issued guidance for schools trying to re-open in the fall.

What will school look like for our children this fall? It must look much different than we could have imagined, says pediatrician Dr. Tanya Altmann, in order to keep children safe.

Three frontline health care workers have mysteriously fallen out of hospital windows in Russia over the past two weeks, heightening public attention to the working conditions for doctors and medical professionals amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Fifteen children in New York City have been hospitalized with symptoms compatible with a multi-system inflammatory syndrome possibly linked to the coronavirus, according to a health alert issued by the New York City Health Department on Monday.

It's a pesky problem: As soon as you strap on your cloth face mask and head out the door, your glasses fog up.

Enforced lockdowns. Isolation from friends and loved ones. Loss of job, income, economic stability.

Has wearing a mask during the coronavirus pandemic made you suddenly realize you have bad breath?

On Easter Sunday, as much of America faced another day in quarantine, Kathryn Pettus of Centreville, Virginia, woke up to a terrible toothache.

New parents at home with babies can help aid their infants' development by having them spend supervised time on their stomachs, according to a new systemic review study forthcoming in the journal Pediatrics.

There's new evidence that the coronavirus may have been in France weeks earlier than was previously thought.

Alvin Yau is exhausted. Like other residents in Hong Kong, he hasn't had a break in nearly a year, ricocheting from one crisis to the next.

An influential coronavirus model often cited by the White House has doubled its projections for US deaths, now forecasting that more than 134,000 people will die from Covid-19 by August.