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A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Dragon crew capsule, lifts off from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday.

NASA And SpaceX Launch 1st Astronauts To Orbit From U.S. Since 2011

After an aborted launch attempt to the International Space Station on Wednesday, the weather cleared and the launch went ahead on Saturday.

More States Require Masks In Public As COVID-19 Spreads, But Enforcement Lags

Governors and mayors in some regions with rising COVID-19 counts have made masks mandatory in public places. But sometimes their own police refuse to enforce the mask rules.

What To Do If You Test Positive For The Coronavirus This Winter

Here's how to self-isolate, what the new quarantine guidance means for your household, and which symptoms signal you need immediate emergency care.

Looking west in downtown Chicago on the fall equinox, Sept. 23, 2019

On the equinox, 'Chicagohenge' emerges from the city's skyscrapers

Twice a year, on the fall and spring equinoxes, the sun sets perfectly framed by Chicago's skyscrapers. The perhaps unintended phenomenon takes its name from England's ancient monument Stonehenge.

Josh Otten holds a female northern map turtle, left, and a male northern map turtle near the Kalamazoo River in Galesburg.

Study points to mixed results for turtles 10 years after oil spill

Josh Otten sits in a kayak in the Kalamazoo River west of Battle Creek. He’s pulled up to the bank, holding a palm-sized, wriggling…

Detroit will offer hazard pay to first responders, as harsh budget cuts loom

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said on Friday that the city’s rate of COVID-19 infections and deaths are rising more slowly—but that’s “nothing to…

Public health experts say tracing who people infected with the coronavirus have been in contact with is a critical step in easing social distancing restrictions.

Apple And Google Build Smartphone Tool To Track COVID-19

The tech companies say their software would protect privacy while helping public health officials trace the spread of the coronavirus.

When the pandemic hit this spring, U.S. rural hospitals lost an estimated 70% of their income as patients avoided the emergency room, doctor's appointments and elective surgeries. "It was devastating," says Maggie Elehwany of the National Rural Health Association.

Rural Hospitals Are Sinking Under COVID-19 Financial Pressures

America's rural hospitals were struggling even before the pandemic. Now, the loss of revenue from months of deferred treatments and surgeries have pulled more to the brink, as federal relief fades.

A crow flies near Rashtrapati Bhavan, the presidential palace in New Delhi, on April 2. Air quality has markedly improved in India's capital since the country's coronavirus lockdown began last month.

With Coronavirus Lockdown, India's Cities See Clear Blue Skies As Air Pollution Drops

India has ordered 1.3 billion people to stay home to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The lockdown seems to have inadvertently solved, at least temporarily, another public health crisis: air pollution.

Nurses and health care workers light candles outside Manhattan's Mount Sinai Hospital on Friday as they mourn and remember their colleagues who died during the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. Reports Highest Daily Death Toll Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

About 2,100 people died on Friday — the highest daily death toll in the United States so far. Confirmed cases of the coronavirus have been reported in nearly every country around the world.

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