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Four decades after the rock band Journey introduced the song “Don’t Stop Believin'” to a place called South Detroit, Detroit’s hospitals are now playing the song for coronavirus patients who are on the mend.

Los Angeles County is reporting its lowest number of new cases of the Chinese coronavirus since March 26.

A 91-year-old Indiana veteran was released from the hospital after beating a case of the coronavirus.

San Francisco has canceled plans to move hundreds of homeless people to a large indoor space in a convention center after 70 people at a shelter tested positive for coronavirus. It will move homeless people to hotels instead — or leave them in tents.

A six-year-old fighting cancer in Arizona is making Easter baskets for needy children who are in quarantine.

An 18-year-old man accused of fatally pushing a Marine veteran in front of a train in Chicago is now facing first-degree murder charges.

The White House “saluted” two Oregon World War II veterans who collectively survived the Spanish Flu, the Great Depression, and now the coronavirus in a stunning feat that can give us all hope.

A grandmother received a surprise parade for her 100th birthday in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on Sunday.

A Change.org petition demanding the recall of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer went viral on Saturday, quickly shooting well past 80,000 signatures.

A teenager in Georgetown, Tennessee, is being praised for making sure an elderly man got the groceries he needed recently.

A man was physically removed from a SEPTA bus in Philadephia for not wearing a mask during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a viral video reported by CBS Philly. 

An Arizona grandmother who made the news in 2016 for accidentally texting a stranger about Thanksgiving and inviting him anyway lost her husband due to the coronavirus.

The lawsuit alleges that Eric Garcetti’s plan violates CDC guidelines and would expose the community to greater risk coronavirus infection.

A Sacramento, California, nurse fueled by her faith has volunteered to go to New York to help tend to the critically ill coronavirus patients in that state.

Charlotte Figi, the Colorado girl who trailblazed the way in receiving medical marijuana treatments for seizures, died from the coronavirus, according to her family.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday evening that the state had reached agreements to obtain 200 million masks per month to assist medical personnel and the general public in the ongoing fight against the coronavirus.

A Pennsylvania family is not allowing the coronavirus pandemic to steal the joy out of their son’s recent adoption ceremony.

A six-year-old boy received a working heart after waiting for four years on the transplant list.

A new report indicates that New York City auctioned off its emergency stockpile of 500 ventilators several years ago, thanks to budget cuts and attention to other priorities.

Hospital workers cheered on a mother of five as she left Staten Island University Hospital in New York following a battle with the coronavirus.

A Hagerstown, Maryland, winery is getting creative with its social distancing solutions for its business by introducing a delivery dog to its staff.

A woman in Litchfield, Minnesota, got the sweetest surprise from her husband on March 26, the day she turned 84.

The city of Detroit is increasing its Big Brother-type controls to ensure residents abide by social distancing orders.

A coroner in Louisiana’s Eastern Baton Rouge Parish revealed Monday that a one-day-old infant has died as a result of the Chinese coronavirus, according to local station WAFB 9. 

New York City plans on temporarily burying victims of the Chinese coronavirus in a park as the city struggles to handle the spike of dead bodies overwhelming morgues and cemeteries, according to a local lawmaker. 

Friends and family members of a woman in De Soto, Illinois, made sure she had a birthday to remember on Saturday despite coronavirus concerns.

A woman in Norfolk, Virginia, is feeling grateful after her community answered her cry for help on Friday. 

A fireman in Miami-Dade, Florida, got the surprise of his life recently while recovering from his battle with the coronavirus.

A New Jersey group is providing hundreds of homebound seniors with a quality breakfast and dinner each day, as many of these homebound seniors cannot leave their homes due to the coronavirus.

A Wisconsin boy was caught on camera saying that more kids should “listen to President Trump” and stay at home with their “dads and moms” instead of playing with their friends.

A woman who was preoccupied with the death of her dying mother was in for a surprise when she realized she was the only passenger on the plane.

A six-year-old boy with cystic fibrosis from Tennessee announced in a viral Facebook video that he beat the coronavirus.

There are nine confirmed cases of coronavirus among the homeless population in Los Angeles as of Thursday — nearly double the total reported the day before — as the illness continues to spread, city officials said.

A renowned local cellist in the Michigan area is holding 30-minute porch concerts for her neighbors due to the stay-at-home orders put in place to fight the coronavirus.

A three-year-old from Georgia with cerebral palsy beat all the odds after he took his first steps last week.

A New York man exhibiting coronavirus symptoms hid them so he could get into the maternity ward to see his wife give birth last week.