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 …

China Is Avoiding Blame by Trolling the World  —  The evidence of China's deliberate cover-up of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan is a matter of public record.  In suppressing information about the virus, doing little to contain it, and allowing it to spread unchecked in the crucial early days and weeks …

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 …

Burr Recording Sparks Questions About Private Comments On COVID-19  —  A secret recording taken of Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr shows him warning a private audience three weeks ago about how the Coronavirus would have dire effects on the U.S.

As layoffs skyrocket, America's unemployment safety net is underprepared to help many in need  —  Laid off workers are struggling to apply for unemployment aid as government websites crash and phone lines have hours-long waits  —  American workers are getting laid off at an unprecedented pace …

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 …

A Deadly Coronavirus Mix in Florida: An Aging Population and Lots of Young Visitors  —  In Florida, where a quarter of the population is older than 60, Gov. Ron DeSantis has started to control public gatherings.  But testing has been slow.  —  MIAMI — At the Florida community of The Villages …

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.

Sen. John Cornyn Says China ‘Is to Blame’ for Coronavirus Because They ‘Eat Bats and Snakes and Dogs’  —  Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) defended Republicans who call the coronavirus the “Chinese Virus” on Wednesday by claiming China “is to blame” because they “eat bats and snakes and dogs.”

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 …

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 …

You Cheered as He Fucked Up.  No Take Backs, Trumpists.  —  The virus doesn't follow him on Twitter.  It does what it does, and exploits time and complacency in its human hosts.  Trump gave it a six-week pass.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  The cliché about authoritarian leaders being strong …

Trump wanted to bury Biden after the primary.  Now he can't.  —  President Donald Trump's top political advisers in recent weeks envisioned unleashing a massive advertising campaign against Joe Biden to define him for the general election before he had a chance to recover from the primary.

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 …

Buzz Aldrin has some advice for Americans in quarantine  —  “We looked at this one crack in the floor, and there were ants crawling in and out.”  —  Buzz Aldrin knows a thing or two about quarantines.  After returning from the Moon in 1969, Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins spent 21 days …

A New York Doctor's Coronavirus Warning: The Sky Is Falling  —  Alarmist is not a word anyone has ever used to describe me before.  But this is different.  —  Dr. Griggs is a pediatric surgery fellow.  —  I've had hard conversations this week.  “Look me in the eye,” I said to my neighbor Karen …

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.

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); …

Trump Campaign Strategy Shifts Focus to Crisis Leadership  —  A re-election message built for a roaring economy is now being retooled to cope with coronavirus and sliding markets  —  WASHINGTON—The coronavirus crisis is rapidly changing President Trump's re-election strategy …

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 …

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.

A Coronavirus Recession Could Doom Trump's Reelection Chances  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — The coronavirus public health crisis likely will lead to an economic downturn of unknown length and severity.  — Historically, second-quarter GDP growth in the election year …

After Bernie  —  It is never really enough to be right.  One of the standout moments of Sunday's primary debate came when Bernie Sanders compared his record on some of the most consequential votes of the last 30 years in American politics to Joe Biden's.  “I voted against the Defense of Marriage Act,” he said.

Virus shutdowns prompt sweeping questions about the future of news and entertainment  —  New York (CNN Business)A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter.  You can sign up for free right here.  —  One week ago, America's great shutdown began in earnest.

Weekly jobless claims jump to 281,000 ahead of surge in coronavirus layoffs  —  By Jeff Cox@JEFF.COX.7528@JEFFCOXCNBCCOM  — Weekly jobless claims posted a significant increase last week, rising to 281,000 from the 211,000 a week ago.  — That was the highest total since September 2017, according to the Labor Department.

Kemp concerned about ‘overreach’; critics want more done about virus  —  Armed with broad new authorities to suspend state laws and limit gatherings, Gov. Brian Kemp has so far used his powerful pulpit to do a lot of urging.  —  He's recommended that nursing homes restrict visitors.

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 …

The Inevitable Shoe Drops: DOJ Dismisses Mueller's Charges against Russian Businesses  —  The indictment was political theater never meant to be tried in court.  S  —  More than an investigation, the Mueller probe was the wellspring of a political narrative.

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 …

Rep. Don Young tells Alaska seniors ‘beer virus’ fears are overblown, skips vote on COVID-19 relief  —  Alaska's lone member of the U.S. House, Rep. Don Young, told a gathering of senior citizens last week that dangers posed by the coronavirus pandemic — the “beer virus,” he called it …

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.

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.