As more and more cases emerge, there is a growing and desperate need to not only adequately treat, but to find a cure for COVID-19. This is true particularly in New York, which is grappling with skyrocketing coronavirus cases. Due to the increase in numbers, New York is set to launch a clinical trial for an experimental drug treatment Tuesday,…

Tuesday night, The Biggest Loser named a new winner. Jim DiBattista from Philadelphia lost the highest percentage of weight to become this season’s winner. He spoke with NBC 5 to share his journey on the show.

There’s another potential treatment in the race to save lives from the new coronavirus… taking plasma, rich with antibodies, from patients who have fully recovered and transfusing it into patients fighting for their lives.

There’s another potential treatment in the race to save lives from the new coronavirus… taking plasma, rich with antibodies, from patients who have fully recovered and transfusing it into patients fighting for their lives.

The nationwide shortage of ventilators has put the spotlight on a North Texas company that offers an alternative. A small, family-run business based in Waxahachie makes hyperbaric oxygen devices that doctors are now using to treat their COVID-19 patients. Health reporter Bianca Castro shares how it works.

As the novel coronavirus disease, known as COVID-19, spreads around the country and the globe, killing over 5,000 worldwide and sickening more than 150,000, many are left wondering: how close are we to a cure? THE SHORT ANSWER: We are possibly more than a year away since a vaccine cannot be developed overnight given that the process is intensive, time-consuming…

Residents living and working in Grand Canyon National Park are calling on the federal government to shut the park down due to an influx of visitors amid the coronavirus outbreak. KPNX’s Mitch Carr reports.

An exhausted UK nurse took to social media in an emotional plea, urging people to stop panic buying after she was unable to find basic items in a supermarket following a 48-hour shift. The critical nurse at a West Yorkshire hospital said panic buyers should show restraint and think of medical staff like her who could be looking after them.

Tarrant County is reporting that two of its COVID-19 cases have now recovered. Testing has increased to find additional cases. NBC 5 Health reporter Bianca Castro talked to Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley about testing.

Greg Danson and his wife were watching TV last week and saw people who needed supplies, but were having trouble getting out in the community. They decided to create a Facebook group with the hopes of 10 friends coming together to help. The goal is to help senior citizens and those with underlying health issues in Frisco/McKinney/Plano/Allen. The group...

An emergency room doctor who’s fighting the coronavirus on the front lines is giving the public a glimpse into what doctors are up against. NBC 5 Health reporter Bianca Castro shares the information.

Doctors in virtually every field are scrambling to alter care as the new coronavirus spreads

Stores are racing to replenish depleted shelves and to calm shoppers anxiously preparing for coronavirus disruptions, but they are having trouble meeting the heightened demand, according to NBC News.

The American Heart Association provided some tips to stay healthy while social distancing at home during the coronavirus pandemic.

Grocery stores were packed Friday afternoon as North Texas stocked up. The rush comes one day after local officials declared a public health emergency because of the COVID-19 outbreak. It also comes a day after more than a dozen North Texas school districts announced they were extending spring break by at least one week to prevent a spread of the…

Grocery stores were packed Friday afternoon as North Texas stocked up. The rush comes one day after local officials declared a public health emergency because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Amid growing public interest and concern surrounding COVID-19, healthcare providers are seeing a rising number of people seek testing and care. “It seems to be picking up,” Dr. Martin McElya with the neighborhood Medical Center in Dallas said. For the last three days McElya has been tending to people concerned they may have the coronavirus in a temporary drive through…

The Texas Governor’s office is working with state and local education leaders to come up with a plan to get meals to kids but that is still sometime in the future .

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins told NBC 5 Investigates he may issue even more aggressive orders “in the coming days” as the second-largest county in Texas fights to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson asked residents not to panic Friday, but urged them to take the threat of coronavirus seriously following Thursday’s declaration of a public health emergency.