Navy ship Comfort sent to aid NYC hospitals departs Manhattan's west side
The Navy hospital ship sent to relieve stressed New York City hospitals as coronavirus cases surged is set to leave this week Thursday and return to its homeport in Virginia, the U.S. Navy said.
About 50 bodies found in U-Haul trucks outside Brooklyn funeral home
The bodies were found inside trucks parked on Utica Avenue in the Flatlands section on Wednesday afternoon.
NY woman, 101, has survived Spanish flu pandemic, cancer and coronavirus, family says
A 101-year-old New York woman who survived the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918 and beat cancer has now overcome COVID-19, according to a local report.
NYC emergency room doctor takes own life, family says
The family of an emergency room doctor in upper Manhattan says she killed herself after becoming distraught over coronavirus.
USNS Comfort's last patients discharged, ship to leave NY by end of month, Navy announces
The USNS Comfort, a hospital ship brought to New York City to assist in the response to the coronavirus pandemic, has discharged its last patients and will return to Virginia by the end of the month, the Navy announced Sunday.
‘Humanity at its best’: Elderly Kansas farmer mails N95 mask to NY governor for health care worker
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called the gesture "selfless."
FDNY firefighter loses 5-month-old daughter to coronavirus
Jay-Natalie La Santa died on April 20 due to complications from coronavirus.
More animals test positive at Bronx Zoo
Officials at the Bronx Zoo have announced that a total of eight lions and tigers have tested positive for COVID-19.
2 cats in NY state test positive for virus
Two pet cats in New York state have tested positive for the coronavirus, marking the first cases in companion animals in the United States, federal officials said Wednesday.
New York no longer needs USNS Comfort hospital ship
Gov. Cuomo said that the USNS Comfort was helpful, but could now be sent elsewhere after being docked for weeks off of Manhattan.
Brooklyn care home has 55 dead
Now listed with 55 deaths it can only assume were caused by COVID-19, Cobble Hill Health Center has become yet another glaring example of the nation’s struggle to control the rapid spread of the coronavirus in nursing homes.
New York boy, 4, contracts coronavirus after being diagnosed with inoperable brain tumor
Matteo Ferruzzi, 4, tested positive for COVID-19, complicating the start of at least a year’s worth of chemotherapy treatment on an inoperable malignant brain tumor.
Cancer survivor on Long Island beats COVID-19
Adam Barnett is lucky to be alive. He tested positive for COVID-19 last month and spent a week at Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital.
18 bodies found piled up in nursing home; NJ investigating
More than a dozen bodies were discovered jammed into a nursing home morgue in Andover, New Jersey, during the coronavirus pandemic.
Doctor claims that as many as 8 in 10 sick children in NYC may have coronavirus
According to one pediatrician, as many as 8 in 10 children currently sick in New York City likely have coronavirus.
Coronavirus has killed 50 NYC teachers, DOE workers
More than four dozen employees of New York City schools have died of coronavirus-related causes.
3 NYPD officers die within hours of each other due to coronavirus
Three NYPD officers succumbed to the coronavirus between Sunday and Monday, according to the department. Det. Jeffrey Scalf and Det. Raymond Abear died on Monday. Aux. Capt. Mohamed Rahaman died a day earlier. NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea made the announcement via Twitter.
NY coronavirus deaths pass 10,000
The number of deaths related to coronavirus has passed 10,000 in New York.
USNS Mercy hospital ship crewmember tests positive for COVID-19
A medical treatment facility crewmember aboard the USNS Mercy hospital ship has tested positive for COVID-19, Public Affairs Officer Lt. Joseph Pfaff confirmed Wednesday.
Broadway shows will remain dark through at least June 7
Broadway producers are extending the shutdown of all productions through June 7.