Earth is feeling a variety of side effects, positive and negative, from the social distancing measures in societies across the world to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Gov. JB Pritzker announced a substantial increase in the number of COVID-19 tests processed in Illinois in the last day.

When members of the Springfield City Council debated Mayor Jim Langfelder's $130.1 million fiscal year 2021 budget proposal in February, Ward 10 Ald.

In a series of breathtaking multibillion-dollar bets by vaccine makers, possible candidates to fight the new coronavirus are being prepared for production across the globe, before it's even known whether any of them will work.

WASHINGTON - After President Donald Trump wondered Thursday about possibly injecting disinfectants into people infected with the coronavirus, "Tide Pods" and other household cleaners began trending on Twitter.

Following a round of testing, 12 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed at The Villas Senior Care Community's nursing home facility in Sherman, the Sangamon County Department of Public Health said Friday.

A day after the House approved the $484 billion coronavirus stimulus for small businesses and hospitals, some businesses in Georgia will reopen Friday.  The plan to reopen received backlash from the state's mayors.

Across America, coronavirus infection rates are starting to decline in communities that weathered significant outbreaks - an indicator of when it may be OK to plan a return to normal.

Illinois surpassed a long-stated benchmark of 10,000 daily completed tests for COVID-19, state officials announced Friday.