Coronavirus Ravages 7 Members of a Single Family, Killing 2  —  The matriarch of the large New Jersey family, herself sick with the virus, “doesn't realize her two oldest children have passed.”  —  Grace Fusco — mother of 11, grandmother of 27 — would sit in the same pew at church each Sunday …

Younger Adults Comprise Big Portion of Coronavirus Hospitalizations in U.S.  —  New C.D.C. data showed that nearly 40 percent of patients sick enough to be hospitalized were aged 20 to 54.  But the risk of dying was significantly higher in older people.  —  American adults of all ages …

Trump is stoking xenophobic panic in a time of crisis  —  Ted Lieu, a Democrat, represents California's 33rd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.  —  I genuinely want President Trump to succeed in stopping the spread of the covid-19 coronavirus, and will do everything I can to help him in this effort.

More than 80 national security professionals break with tradition and endorse a presidential candidate — Biden  —  More than 80 career national security professionals have signed an open letter of support for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, saying that President Trump …

Florida governor refuses to shut down beaches amid spread of coronavirus  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis said it's “not uniform throughout the state that you're seeing massive crowds at beaches,” despite videos of gatherings in Tampa Bay.  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis refused to issue an order to close …

Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of Facemasks  —  Audience: These considerations are intended for use by federal, state, and local public health officials; leaders in occupational health services and infection prevention and control programs; and other leaders in healthcare settings …

Trump's $1 trillion stimulus is a gamble for reelection — and a sea change for Republicans once opposed to bailouts  —  The novel coronavirus is redefining Donald Trump's presidency eight months before he stands for reelection as he wagers that the potentially largest rescue package …

Special Report: How Korea trounced U.S. in race to test people for coronavirus  —  SEOUL - In late January, South Korean health officials summoned representatives from more than 20 medical companies from their lunar New Year celebrations to a conference room tucked inside Seoul's busy train station.

Diaz-Balart, McAdams are first members of Congress to report positive coronavirus test  —  Two House lawmakers announced Wednesday that they had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.  —  Hours after Florida Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart became the first member of Congress to disclose his COVID-19 diagnosis …

This is the biggest blunder in presidential history  —  As a preliminary matter, this is a lie, as this video shows: … The president has consistently downplayed, denied and misled the public about the seriousness of the threat.  Moreover, since the first cases appeared in China in late December …

GOP Senator Upbeat Coronavirus May Kill ‘No More Than 3.4 Percent of Our Population’  —  “Right now, all people are hearing about are the deaths,” Republican Senator Ron Johnson told the New York Times last week.  “I'm sure the deaths are horrific, but the flip side of this is the vast majority …

Here Are the 8 Senators Who Voted Against the Coronavirus Relief Package on Wednesday  —  Presented without comment: the eight senators who voted against the coronavirus relief package on Wednesday.  —  Marsha Blackburn (R-TN); Jim Inhofe (R-OK); James Lankford (R-OK); Mike Lee (R-UT); …

Ga. lawmakers urged to self-quarantine after senator's positive coronavirus test  —  AJC AT THE GOLD DOME: CORONAVIRUS March 18, 2020  —  'I'm shaking with rage'  —  All of Georgia's state lawmakers were urged Wednesday to self-isolate themselves for weeks after a state senator who participated …

Kushner coronavirus team sparks confusion, plaudits inside White House response efforts  —  Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and a senior adviser, has created his own team of government allies and private industry representatives to work alongside the administration's official …

The President vs. the Experts: How Trump Downplayed the Coronavirus  —  From the start of the coronavirus outbreak, statements from the presidential pulpit have been far out of step with those of health experts and many inside the administration.  President Trump contradicted some officials while they were standing right next to him.

Coronavirus in N.Y.: ‘Huge Spike’ in Brooklyn Hasidic Community  —  More than 100 test positive in two neighborhoods, all at two urgent care centers crammed with worried families.  —  Health officials expressed growing alarm on Wednesday that the coronavirus is spreading quickly …

Campaign signals Sanders may be open to exit  —  Bernie Sanders signaled Wednesday that he was open to ending his presidential run after another round of landslide losses to Joe Biden, and new signs emerged of communication between the two camps as some Democrats hoped for a swift end to a bruising primary.

Timeline: The early days of China's coronavirus outbreak and cover-up  —  Axios has compiled a timeline of the earliest weeks of the coronavirus outbreak in China, highlighting when the cover-up started and ended — and showing how, during that time, the virus already started spreading around the world, including to the United States.

Surrounded by experts, Trump still needed an intervention by Tucker Carlson to take coronavirus seriously  —  We live in stupid, scary times.  —  And nothing illustrates this more vividly than one bizarre development among many others: That a Fox News host managed to get the president …

Baltimore Mayor Begs Residents To Stop Shooting Each Other So Hospital Beds Can Be Used For Coronavirus Patients  —  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Mayor Jack Young urged residents to put down their guns and heed orders to stay home after multiple people were shot Tuesday night amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

Copy embed code  —  What can people do to help as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to climb?  Emerging disease expert Laurie Garrett says that's the wrong question to ask.  —  “It's not just what you can do,” the author of “The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance” says.

USDA fights to purge food stamps recipients despite pandemic  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Agriculture Department said Wednesday that it would appeal a judge's ruling that it would be “arbitrary and capricious” to move forward during a global health crisis with food stamp changes that could force hundreds of thousands from the program.

Need a Coronavirus Test?  Being Rich and Famous May Help  —  A shortage in testing has left sick people and health care workers around the U.S. without answers.  Yet the list of celebrity patients grows every day, raising questions about privileged access.

NYSE to temporarily close floor, move to electronic trading after positive coronavirus tests  — The New York Stock Exchange said starting March 23, it will temporarily close its historic trading floor and move fully to electronic trading.  — The move came after two people tested positive …

Cotton, Gallagher Introduce Bill to End U.S. Dependence on Chinese-Manufactured Pharmaceuticals  —  Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-Wisconsin) will tomorrow introduce the Protecting our Pharmaceutical Supply Chain from China Act …

Disinformation and blame: how America's far right is capitalizing on coronavirus  —  The pandemic, a situation in which people are panic-buying supplies, is ideal for a movement powered by fear and lies  —  The far right in America has received the coronavirus pandemic in much the same manner …

How Washington Failed to Build a Robust Coronavirus Testing System  —  Government decisions that limited testing for the pathogen blinded the U.S. to the outbreak's scale.  Here's how it happened.  —  When cases of the new coronavirus began emerging several weeks ago in California …

Leaked McDonalds recording shows the company is fighting against parts of Trump's coronavirus bill that would give workers paid sick leave  — McDonald's is lobbying the Trump administration to make changes to a bill that would require some employers to provide paid sick leave amid the coronavirus outbreak …