Los Angeles County hospitals at near capacity may see relief this weekend as patients who have tested negative for the novel coronavirus will begin transferring to the Navy hospital ship Mercy, which ...

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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 ...

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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, ...

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.

The USNS Mercy, seen here docked in Los Angeles, departed Friday for its home port of San Diego.(Mark J. Terrill/AP) The hospital ship Mercy departed Los Angeles Friday after nearly a month and a half ...

The USNS Mercy is picking up crew and supplies in preparation for its voyage across the Pacific Ocean. “We’re really excited to have our partner nations on board with us as well. This isn’t just a U.S ...