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Workers install a new roof, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Parma Heights, Ohio.

Are Construction Sites Doing Enough To Keep Workers Safe?

It appears area contractors are making an effort to protect construction workers at job sites but are those extra measures enough to prevent COVID-19?

Hal Willner, onstage at the Celebrate Brooklyn! music festival in Brooklyn, New York in 2007.

Hal Willner, 'SNL' Staple And Acclaimed Music Producer, Has Died

The multi-faceted and musically voracious producer died one day after his 64th birthday, which was Monday, at home in New York City. He had symptoms consistent with those caused by COVID-19.

A health worker wears a protective suit at a nursing home, in Madrid, Spain, on Tuesday. With some of the highest cases of COVID-19 in the world, Spain's public health system is overstretched and in need of supplies.

Spain's Health Staff Are Catching The Coronavirus As Protective Gear Runs Short

Thousands of medical workers now have COVID-19 in Spain, one of the countries hardest-hit by the disease.

A Russian plane carrying medical equipment arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.

In Russia, Health Services Struggle As Exasperation Grows Over Coronavirus Aid Abroad

Some Russians are miffed at seeing high-profile deliveries of lifesaving gear to other countries when they know their own health services are under-equipped to handle the COVID-19 outbreak.

A caregiver tests a patient for coronavirus at University Hospitals, Monday, March 16, 2020, in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.

Coronavirus In Ohio: Most BMV Locations, All Barber Shops And Salons To Close

Ohio is shutting down most Bureau of Motor Vehicles locations effective Wednesday night, while instructing law enforcement to stop issuing tickets for…

A man carries a toddler on his shoulders on a street in Beijing on Wednesday. While China said it had no new domestic coronavirus cases on Thursday, it reported that dozens more had arrived from abroad.

China Reports No New Domestic Cases, But Battles Coronavirus Imported From Abroad

The milestone for a country that saw 14,000 new cases in a single day last month was tempered by the new cases imported from abroad — 34 in mainland China and another 25 in Hong Kong.

Coronavirus Victims: A Disney World Pirate Bob Carlos

Tracey and Rob Carlos remember their father Bob Carlos who died last month at age 75 from COVID-19. Bob played a pirate at Disney World for a decade.

A view of Shakespeare's Globe on the banks of the River Thames in London in 2016. The theater faces the threat of closure after the coronavirus lockdown has dried up its streams of revenue.

Shakespeare's Globe May Not Survive Pandemic, U.K. Lawmakers Warn

Shakespeare's Globe in London is in dire financial straits after being closed since March, the venue's leadership says. The theater is requesting government aid to stay afloat.

Barbershops and other businesses will remain closed this week in Chicago, while many stores reopen Friday elsewhere in Illinois.

Illinois Is Reopening, But Chicago Isn't Because Of Coronavirus Cases

Illinois is joining many other Midwest states in reopening some retail shops, restaurants, salons and other businesses Friday. Chicago's mayor is delaying plans until the middle of next week.

In this picture taken on April 29, 2020, an engineer shows a plastic model of the COVID-19 coronavirus at the Quality Control Laboratory at the Sinovac Biotech facilities in Beijing.(NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP via Getty Images)

Epidemiologists Answer Your Latest Questions About The Coronavirus Pandemic

We talk to epidemiologists about changes in our understanding of the coronavirus.

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