We conducted a large-scale survey covering 58 countries and over 100,000 respondents between late March and early April 2020 to study beliefs and attitudes towards citizens’ and governments’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most respondents reacted strongly to the crisis: they report engaging in social distancing and hygiene behaviors, and believe that strong policy measures, such as shop closures and curfews, are necessary. They also believe that their government and their country’s citizens are not doing enough and underestimate the degree to which others in their country support strong behavioral and policy responses to the pandemic. The perception of a weak government and public response is associated with higher levels of worries and depression. Using both cross-country panel data and an event-study, we additionally show that strong government reactions correct misperceptions, and reduce worries and depression. Our findings highlight that policy-makers not only need to consider how their decisions affect the spread of COVID-19, but also how such choices influence the mental health of their population.

The European Commission is limited in what it can do to combat the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but this only makes it more imperative for Brussels to set the correct priorities.

Lysacek, originally from Naperville, took a loss on the two-bedroom condo.

Out of nearly 20 bids at a public auction for the Norman Lykes House, the winning bid came from a man who lives out of state, Heritage Auctions told The Associated Press.

A Los Angeles mansion built in the 1930s and seen in the credits for the TV show "The Beverly Hillbillies" has been sold for about $150 million, the highest home price ever in California.

Facing signs of a slowdown in South Florida real estate sales, developers are increasingly incorporating art into their sales pitches to sell multimillion-dollar single family homes and oceanfront condo towers. Here's a look at how it works.

A three-bedroom duplex in River North that Roeper owned from 2005 until 2014 sold Jan. 7 for 13% less than what Roeper got for it.

Billionaire Adam Neumann, who was ousted from WeWork after the company’s botched attempt to go public last year, is selling a swanky penthouse in Manhattan’s Gramercy Park neighborhood for $37.5 million. The 41-year-old Israeli entrepreneur, whose unorthodox management style made shocking headlines in recent months, reportedly combined a four-bedroom penthouse and a three-bedroom apartment that he bought in 2017 into a massive three-story unit.

Locally, the housing market got off to a great start at the beginning of the year, and all signs seemed to point to a bright spring season. And then the coronavirus struck.

Real estate data suggests the market took a downturn in March that might already be rebounding. Here's what experts predict.

We construct a quantitative model of an economy hit by an epidemic. People differ by age and skill, and choose occupations and whether to commute to work or work from home, to maximize their income and minimize their fear of infection. Occupations differ by wage, infection risk, and the productivity loss when working from home. By setting the model parameters to replicate the progression of COVID-19 in South Korea and the United Kingdom, we obtain three key results. First, government-imposed lock-downs may not present a clear trade-off between GDP and public health, as commonly believed, even though its immediate effect is to reduce GDP and infections by forcing people to work from home. A premature lifting of the lock-down raises GDP temporarily, but infections rise over the next months to a level at which many people choose to work from home, where they are less productive, driven by the fear of infection. A longer lock-down eventually mitigates the GDP loss as well as flattens the infection curve. Second, if the UK had adopted South Korean policies, its GDP loss and infections would have been substantially smaller both in the short and the long run. This is not because Korea implemented policies sooner, but because aggressive testing and tracking more effectively reduce infections and disrupt the economy less than a blanket lock-down. Finally, low-skill workers and self-employed lose the most from the epidemic and also from the government policies. However, the policy of issuing “visas” to those who have antibodies will disproportionately benefit the low-skilled, by relieving them of the fear of infection and also by allowing them to get back to work.

The teacher recently traveled to Italy and came back to class before noticing the symptoms, according to a source familiar with the situation.

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In the largest Arctic expedition yet, researchers will gather as much data as they can on the fading ice—and climate change.

More scandal in the Orange County Sheriff's Department shows the department — like all sheriff's departments — should have independent civilian oversight.

This may well be the nation's "hardest, saddest" week yet of the coronavirus pandemic. But it may not be the last "worst" week.

Clippers teammates Patrick Beverley and Montrezl Harrell stay alive in the "NBA2K" charity tournament.

Four players on the Brooklyn Nets, whose last game was played versus the Lakers, have tested positive for the coronavirus, the team announced Tuesday.

The towel that Lakers legend Kobe Bryant wore over his shoulders after playing in the final game of his NBA career sold for more than $30,000.

Athletes, entertainers and others have an alternative way to connect with fans thanks to their cellphone and Cameo, a social media company.

All this time at home has a side effect: A chance to learn more about ourselves and the people we're with. Here's how to have your a-ha moment.

On social media, Arousiak Turabian showed no sign of any personal struggle.

The Carolina Hurricanes' play-by-play broadcaster is in self-isolation after staying in same hotel room as Rudy Gobert, who was diagnosed with coronavirus.

NHL players have been told they can return home and self-isolate there until the end of March while hockey is on hold amid the coronavirus pandemic.

As anticipated, the Dodgers named Clayton Kershaw their starting pitcher for the team's season opener against the San Francisco Giants on March 26.

Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Torre just sold his New York lake house for $983,000, or $117,000 shy of what he paid for it in 2006.

As residents in China’s biggest city and its neighboring provinces gradually return to normalcy following closures due to the coronavirus crisis, people can’t wait to return to the Magical World of Disney.

The three-day event was therapeutic for starved sports fans and millions of people confined to their homes.

UCLA's Michaela Onyenwere and Japreece Dean selected All-Pac-12 first team in a vote by the league's 12 coaches on Tuesday.

As consumers panic-buy toilet paper in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, bidet sales spike.

The United States and other countries are failing to come together just when a cooperative international response is desperately needed.

Peter Sellars — opera director, spiritual thinker, optimist — reflects on changes triggered by coronavirus. Amid tragedy, what new life might come forth?

Highland Park resident Olivia Arthur calls it "art for social distancing — a drive-by gallery for neighbors." The goal: Bring some joy to quarantine.

Top safety tips to help everyone step into Christmas safely

L.A.'s street vendors are grounded and facing a new Goliath: COVID-19.

Home cooks can get sushi-grade fish and dry-aged steaks for cheap, but at what cost?

The journalist has plenty of space in Alabama, but it still gets lonesome. Luckily there's Larry McMurtry, Humphrey Bogart and Jerry Lee Lewis.

What crime novelist Laura Lippman is reading and watching in quarantine

The people waving the American flag at lockdown protests are using it as a symbol of selfishness.

Malibu's offbeat pyramid house has sold to a former Warner Bros. executive for $2.02 million.

The longtime Bel-Air home of late automobile executive Lee Iacocca has sold for $19.5 million.

In Los Feliz, comedy writer Tim Long sells a 1920s Colonial once owned by Katherine Heigl for $4.3 million. The new owner is Neil Finn of Fleetwood Mac.

Lou Ferrigno, who starred as the title character on the CBS show 'The Incredible Hulk,' has sold his longtime home in Santa Monica for $3.25 million.

A Bel-Air estate designed by architect Paul R. Williams and once owned by former L.A. Rams owner Georgia Frontiere has sold for $43.3 million.

After tossing his Scottsdale, Ariz., home on the market last year, retired pitcher Mark Mulder has sold the amenity-loaded home for $1.81 million.

Tucker Halpern and Sophie Hawley-Weld of Sofi Tukker fame have sold a remodeled bungalow in L.A.'s Rancho Park neighborhood for $1.83 million.

Just above the Sunset Strip, a 1920s villa once owned by actor James Franco and filmmaker Francis Lawrence just sold for $4.65 million.