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Mexico Holds Big Music Festival Despite Coronavirus Concerns

By Berenice Bautista | Mar 15, 2020

While the coronavirus pandemic has led authorities around the globe to cancel large events, and even shut down daily activities in some places, Mexico City is going ahead with Vive Latino — one of the most important music festivals in the country.

Doctor Says Trump Tests Negative for Coronavirus

By Aamer Madhani and Jill Colvin | Mar 14, 2020

President Donald Trump has tested negative for the new coronavirus, according to the president's personal physician.

U.S. Hospitals Brace for 'Tremendous Strain' From New Virus

By Lindsey Tanner | Mar 14, 2020

U.S. hospitals are setting up circus-like triage tents, calling doctors out of retirement, guarding their supplies of face masks and making plans to cancel elective surgery as they brace for an expected onslaught of coronavirus patients.

Across Faiths, Religious Rules Bent as Virus Alters Worship

By David Crary | Mar 14, 2020

Across the United States, religious leaders are taking unprecedented steps to shield their congregations from the coronavirus - canceling services, banning large funerals and weddings, and waiving age-old requirements of their faiths.

A Look at Entertainers and Entities on Hold Over Coronavirus

Mar 14, 2020

Here's a look at the latest closings, cancellations and postponements related to the new coronavirus, which most people recover from but can cause severe illness in the elderly and those with pre-existing medical conditions.

House Passes Aid Bill After Trump Declares Virus Emergency

By Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller, Andrew Taylor and Jill Colvin | Mar 14, 2020

The House approved legislation early Saturday to provide direct relief to Americans suffering physically, financially and emotionally from the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump Says He's Likely to be Tested After Repeat Exposure

By Jill Colvin, Jonathan Lemire and Zeke Miller | Mar 14, 2020

President Donald Trump said Friday he will "most likely" be tested for the novel coronavirus, as questions swirled about why he, his top aides and his family weren't doing more to protect themselves and others after repeated exposure to COVID-19.

50th LA Pride Event Postponed Over Coronavirus Concerns

Mar 13, 2020

The 50th Los Angeles Pride event, which was scheduled to take place in June, is being postponed due to concerns over the new coronavirus, organizers said in a tweet.

Trump preparing to Invoke Emergency Powers Over Coronavirus

By Andrew Taylor, Lisa Mascaro, Jill Colvin and Zeke Miller | Mar 13, 2020

President Donald Trump is preparing to invoke emergency powers as the country struggles to contain the coronavirus outbreak, according to two people familiar with the planning who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Life in Italy's Coronavirus 'Red Zone'

By Kilian Melloy | Mar 13, 2020

EDGE's accidental foreign correspondent - who lives in Italy, right in the coronavirus "red zone" - reports in with descriptions of daily life in a time of pandemic.

Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson Taking Diagnoses 'One Day at a Time'

Mar 13, 2020

Tom Hanks said he and wife Rita Wilson were taking their new coronavirus infection "one day at a time" while Australian television hosts who had interviewed Wilson were awaiting test results Friday.

Georgia Moves Closer to Major Overhaul of HIV Criminal Law

By Sudhin Thanawala | Mar 13, 2020

The Georgia House of Representatives approved legislation Thursday that would dramatically overhaul a state law that makes it a crime for people who know they have HIV to have sex without first disclosing the infection.

Questions and Answers on New Travel Ban

By David Koenig, Ben Fox | Mar 13, 2020

Airlines and travelers are still sorting out the new travel ban that President Donald Trump announced late Wednesday that bars most foreign visitors coming to the U.S. from continental Europe for 30 days.

As Youth Suicides Climb, Anguished Parents Begin To Speak Out

Mar 13, 2020

Parents, mental health experts, school leaders and researchers are trying to understand why suicide by children ages 10 to 14 has gone up and up. The suicide rate for that age group almost tripled from 2007 to 2017.

Global Concert Industry in Flux as Coronavirus Spreads

By Mesfin Fekadu | Mar 13, 2020

Multi-platinum rock band Third Eye Blind had never canceled a tour, even when its members "all had salmonella poisoning and we were all green and vomiting," as bandleader Stephan Jenkins put it.

Big City, Big Worry: New Yorkers Fret as Bustling City Slows

By Michael Hill, Jennifer Peltz and Jim Mustian | Mar 13, 2020

New Yorkers will awake Friday to find the coronavirus has left their famously bustling city with no Broadway, no basketball games, no big gatherings, and a populace unnerved by an ever-worsening crisis.

Who Canceled: A Look at the Concerts, Films, Events on Hold

Mar 13, 2020

And soon there will be none (for a while).

Broadway Shuts its Doors Over Ongoing Coronavirus Concerns

By Mark Kennedy | Mar 12, 2020

New York's governor ordered all Broadway theaters to shut their doors in the face of ongoing coronavirus concerns, plunging into darkness one of the city's most popular tourist attractions and causing turmoil in the run-up to the Tony Awards.

Biden, Sanders Press Contrast with Trump in Virus Speeches

By Bill Barrow and Randall Chase | Mar 12, 2020

Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are to deliver separate addresses on the coronavirus Thursday, less than 24 hours after Trump spoke to the nation from the Oval Office about a public health crisis he'd previously downplayed.

Locked Out: Europeans Grapple with New U.S. Travel Ban

By John Leicester | Mar 12, 2020

The new anti-virus travel ban announced by U.S. President Donald Trump threw Europeans' best-laid plans — family reunions, birthday celebrations, vacations, trips for both business and pleasure — into utter disarray Thursday.

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