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Boris Johnson watched Dominic Raab and Keir Starmer face-off at PMQs from Chequers as he recovers from coronavirus

Boris Johnson watched Dominic Raab take on Sir Keir Starmer at PMQs from Chequers today as he continues his recovery from coronavirus.




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Government website for key workers to book coronavirus tests stops taking applications just hours after launch

"You can select a regional test site drive-through appointment or home test kit.




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Celebrities back call for Priti Patel to allow migrants access to support amid coronavirus crisis

Celebrities have backed calls for Home Secretary Priti Patel to end restrictions that prevent thousands of migrants in the UK from accessing financial support during the coronavirus crisis.




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Row after Dominic Cummings attended key scientific group's coronavirus meetings

A row has broken out over Boris Johnson's chief adviser Dominic Cummings attending meetings of the senior scientists advising the Government on the coronavirus outbreak.




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Government was warned last year to prepare for devastating pandemic, according to leaked memo




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Recovery from coronavirus crisis will take years, ex-chancellors Kenneth Clarke and Norman Lamont warn

Britain will not enjoy a "V-shaped bounce" out of the crisis caused by coronavirus but will take years to recover fully, two former chancellors today warned.




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Keir Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of 'slow' response to coronavirus outbreak as he demands twice as many tests

Read the full interview HERE




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Boris Johnson says he feared he would not live to meet baby son during battle with coronavirus

Boris Johnson has said he feared he would not live to see his son born as he battled coronavirus in hospital last month.




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Keir Starmer urges Boris Johnson to form 'national consensus' on easing coronavirus lockdown

Sir Keir Starmer has urged the Prime Minister to form a "national consensus" on the next phase of the Government's coronavirus response as ministers work on plans to ease the lockdown.




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Theresa May hits out at world leaders for 'incoherent international response' to coronavirus pandemic

Theresa May has hit out at world leaders for failing "to forge a coherent international response" to the coronavirus pandemic.




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Senior minister James Brokenshire admits 'there will have been mistakes' in handling of coronavirus crisis

Admission that faster testing might have helped as UK hit by top death toll in Europe




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Matt Hancock 'speechless' at Professor Neil Ferguson's 'extraordinary' breach of coronavirus lockdown rules

Matt Hancock has slammed Professor Neil Ferguson for his "extraordinary" breach of coronavirus lockdown rules, adding he was left "speechless" by his actions.




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Rory Stewart quits race to become London Mayor saying coronavirus crisis made it 'impossible' to campaign

EXCLUSIVE: Independent candidate withdraws after difficult decision over job 'I really, really dreamed of'




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Boris Johnson sets 'ambition' of 200,000 coronavirus tests a day by end of month

Boris Johnson has set out a new target of 200,000 coronavirus tests a day by the end of May, as he admitted he "bitterly regrets" the crisis in care homes.




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The election day that never was: how red letter day in political calendar was brought to juddering halt by coronavirus

It should have been the first litmus test of Sir Keir Starmer's appeal - as well as a verdict on whether Boris Johnson's general election earthquake in former Red Wall regions translated into long term local success




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Government fails to hit 100,000 coronavirus test target for fifth day despite Boris Johnson's vow for double

The Government has failed to meet its 100,000 coronavirus daily testing target for the fifth day running as criticism mounts on ministers to bolster supplies.




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EU Officials' Opinion Piece In Chinese Newspaper Censored On Coronavirus Origin

The version published in China Daily omitted a reference to the illness originating in China and spreading to the rest of the world. The piece was published in full on the authors' websites.




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Coronavirus Pandemic Throws A Harsh Spotlight On U.S.-China Relations

The Trump administration says China poses a risk for its lack of transparency about COVID-19. China says the U.S. is trying to shift blame for the Trump administration's failings.




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Paris Suburbs Are Facing Social Disparities Under The Coronavirus Lockdown

The French are facing social disparities in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. With long bread lines and tensions with police, the Paris suburbs are faring poorly under the lockdown.




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Coronavirus World Map: Tracking The Spread Of The Outbreak

A map of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths around the world. The respiratory disease has spread rapidly across six continents and has killed thousands of people.




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Coronavirus: More than 3.3 million confirmed cases worldwide

The latest news and information on the pandemic from Yahoo News reporters in the United States and around the world.





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Trump wants to deliver 300 million doses of coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year. Is that even possible?

The expectation is the U.S. won’t return to normal until there’s an effective vaccine against COVID-19  — and almost everyone in the country has been vaccinated.





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Coronavirus and the 'new normal': What's coming in the months ahead

The COVID-19 pandemic has already affected the lives of every American. And while politicians and experts disagree on how best to confront the disease and mitigate its economic ramifications, there is a broad understanding that we are entering a “new normal” — an upending of our lives that will continue at least until a vaccine is developed — and perhaps well beyond that.





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Florida curtails reporting of coronavirus death numbers by county medical examiners

Florida health officials have halted the publication of up-to-the-minute death statistics related to the coronavirus pandemic that have, by law, been compiled by medical examiners in the state.





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Hydroxychloroquine still being used to treat coronavirus

Hydroxychloroquine, the much-touted, much-maligned drug initially championed by President Trump as a “game changer” against the coronavirus, but which was later shown to have potential risks to patients, is still being used to combat the pandemic in hospitals across the country.





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Coronavirus: Areas of U.S. begin easing social distancing

The latest news and information on the pandemic from Yahoo News reporters in the United States and around the world.





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Should colleges give refunds over coronavirus?

With higher education forced online amid the coronavirus pandemic, students say the quality of their education has decreased. Do colleges owe them a refund?





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Coronavirus: Global death toll nears 250,000

The latest news and information on the pandemic from Yahoo News reporters in the United States and around the world.





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Coronavirus: Global death toll surpasses 250,000

The latest news and information on the pandemic from Yahoo News reporters in the United States and around the world.





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How the coronavirus undid Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

Long before the coronavirus outbreak turned him into one of the least popular governors in the nation, DeSantis of Florida was something of a conservative golden boy.





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Leaked intelligence report saying China 'intentionally concealed' coronavirus to stockpile medical supplies draws scrutiny

The Trump administration has issued an intelligence analysis claiming China purposely delayed notifying the World Health Organization about the spread of the coronavirus.





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As states push ahead with reopening, CDC warns coronavirus cases and deaths are set to soar

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is quietly projecting a stark rise in the number of new cases of the virus and deaths from it over the next month.





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'The safest place to be': A coronavirus researcher on life inside a biosafety level 3 lab

Sara Cherry, a microbiologist at the University of Pennsylvania, feels safer at work than almost anywhere else. That’s because she works inside a biosafety level 3 laboratory on the Penn campus in Philadelphia, where she is the scientific director of the High-Throughput Screening Core.





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Google and Apple place privacy limits on countries using their coronavirus tracing technology

The tech giants shared details Monday about the tools they’ve been developing to help governments and public health authorities trace the spread of the coronavirus.





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Coronavirus: U.S. death toll passes 70,000

The latest news and information on the pandemic from Yahoo News reporters in the United States and around the world.





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Is it worth risking lives to speed up a coronavirus vaccine?

Thousands of people have volunteered to be exposed to coronavirus if it means a vaccine can be developed more quickly. Should we let them?





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Trump disbanding coronavirus task force despite growing number of U.S. cases

President Trump is looking to wind down the White House coronavirus task force in the coming weeks despite the fact that the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. continues to rise.





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Trump's pick for intel chief promises to keep politics out of coronavirus origins

Despite his reputation as a Trump loyalist, Rep. John Ratcliffe repeatedly pledged that he would, if confirmed as the next leader of the U.S. intelligence community, seek out and deliver the unvarnished truth on a range of national security issues.





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Trump's pick for coronavirus inspector general faces questions about independence

The Trump administration’s nominee for inspector general overseeing billions in Treasury Department coronavirus relief funds is facing skepticism from Democrats who fear that he will not show sufficient independence.





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Coronavirus: U.S. death toll passes 70,000

The latest news and information on the pandemic from Yahoo News reporters in the United States and around the world.





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Coronavirus is coming for the red states too

The New York metro area’s seven-day average has been declining for weeks. For the national daily case count to stay the same, other areas must be making up the difference. In other words, the virus isn’t receding. It’s relocating.





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Post-coronavirus crisis, should we go cashless?

Amid the pandemic, many people are trying to avoid touching cash, which could be contaminated with the coronavirus. Is it time to go cashless?





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White House won't let Fauci testify in House on coronavirus, but denies he's 'blocked'

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany denied on Wednesday that the Trump administration had blocked Dr. Anthony Fauci from testifying before a House committee.





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Coronavirus: More than 33 million Americans have filed for unemployment since mid-March

The latest news and information on the pandemic from Yahoo News reporters in the United States and around the world.





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Will the post-coronavirus economy come roaring back? Lessons from the 1918 pandemic and the Roaring '20s

From 1918 to 1920, the Spanish flu pandemic killed hundreds of thousands of Americans and millions worldwide. Yet the U.S. emerged with a roaring economy in what became known as the Roaring ’20s. What lessons can we take away from that crisis 100 years ago?





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New coronavirus threat appears in children, risking heart damage

Five top pediatric heart, infectious disease or critical care specialists told Yahoo News they are tracking a serious new syndrome they believe is related to Kawasaki disease, affecting children infected with the coronavirus.





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Armed activists escort black lawmaker to Michigan's Capitol after coronavirus protest attended by white supremacists

Rep. Sarah Anthony told Yahoo News that her security detail, made up of local black and Latino activists, came together because the armed protesters bearing white supremacist symbols represented a “different level of terror.”





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Republican breaks with Trump, calls for 'tens of millions' of coronavirus tests

Breaking with the leader of his own party, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., called for “tens of millions” of diagnostic coronavirus tests to be administered to Americans before the country can begin to return to normal.





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Another study shows hydroxychloroquine doesn't help coronavirus patients

A new study has found that hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug recommended by President Trump as a possible treatment for coronavirus, does not help patients hospitalized with COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.





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A big question for both parties: How do you stage a convention in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic?

Figuring out how to stage the nation’s largest and most important political gatherings will be tricky in the COVID-19 era. And while officials in both parties say they’re still planning for in-person conventions, pulling that off will be a lot easier said than done.