Naval health officials are fighting an outbreak of the novel coronavirus among the crew of the hospital ship Mercy, where four more sailors tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend, bringing the ...

An MV-22B Osprey assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 21 of Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., takes off from the hospital ship Mercy April 14. (MC3 Luke Cunningham/Navy) A V-22 Osprey ...

Seven weeks ago a Navy hospital ship pulled into the Port of Los Angeles to provide relief to the city amid fears it was about to become the next epicenter for the coronavirus pandemic after New York ...

The FBI is examining whether a man accused of intentionally derailing a freight train near the Navy hospital ship Mercy, which is docked in San Pedro to help with the coronavirus crisis, had any ties ...

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — Naval health officials are fighting an outbreak of COVID-19 among the crew of the hospital ship Mercy where four more sailors tested positive for the virus over the weekend, ...

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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – The USNS Mercy hospital ship docked in the Port of Los Angeles began taking on patients Sunday to release pressure on the county’s strained medical system amid the COVID-19 ...

A hospital crew member aboard the USNS Mercy has tested positive for COVID-19. The 1,000-bed Navy ship is at the Port of Los Angeles helping treat non-COVID patients from Los Angeles-area hospitals.