Sen. Kelly Loeffler Dumped Millions in Stock After Coronavirus Briefing  —  The Georgia Republican is the second Senator who has gotten rid of their holdings right as the stock market went bad.  —  The Senate's newest member sold off seven figures worth of stock holdings in the days and weeks …

Trump Administration Asks States to Keep Quiet About Jobless Figures  —  Coronavirus crisis spurs a spike in unemployment claims as industries are forced to shut down  —  The Trump administration asked states to abstain from releasing unemployment-claims figures prior to the publication …

Exclusive: McConnell defends crafting $1 trillion stimulus plan without Democrats  —  Washington (CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday defended the Senate Republicans coming up with a proposed $1 trillion economic stimulus plan to battle the coronavirus without any input from Democrats …

Newsom orders all 40M Californians to stay home in nation's strictest lockdown  —  BERKELEY — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday ordered California's nearly 40 million residents to stay home, making it the first state to impose that strict mandate on all residents to counteract a looming surge of new infections.

Rethinking the Coronavirus Shutdown  —  No society can safeguard public health for long at the cost of its economic health.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Financial markets paused their slide Thursday, but no one should think this rolling economic calamity is over.

COVID-19: NYC should brace for impact and shut down now.  —  Five days ago I wrote this medium post (COVID-19: New York Will Be The Next Italy, But Doesn't Have to Be).  In it, I forecast that NYC's hospitals would be at capacity as early as March 30.  Unfortunately, I was wrong.

Red and Blue America Aren't Experiencing the Same Pandemic  —  Even a disease as far-reaching as the coronavirus hasn't entirely crossed the chasm between red and blue America.  —  In several key respects, the outbreak's early stages are unfolding very differently in Republican- and Democratic-leaning parts of the country.

US drugmaker doubled price on potential coronavirus treatment  —  Therapy touted by President Trump made more expensive in January as China outbreak spread  —  The only US drugmaker that makes a potential treatment for the coronavirus that was touted by President Donald Trump raised the price …

Coronavirus upends nation as three in four Americans' lives changed by pandemic: POLL  —  A new ABC News/Ipsos poll shows a far different portrait of a country.  —  As a deepening public health crisis rocks the nation, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Friday shows a far different portrait …

3 Rules for the Trump Pandemic  —  One: Don't trust the president.  —  So Donald Trump is now calling Covid-19 the “Chinese virus.”  Of course he is: Racism and blaming other people for his own failures are the defining features of his presidency.  But if we're going to give it a nickname …

NBC News employee dies after testing positive for coronavirus  —  Larry Edgeworth “was the guy you wanted by your side no matter where you were,” NBC News Chairman Andy Lack wrote to staff members.  —  A longtime employee of NBC News died Thursday after testing positive for the coronavirus …

We Need Time to Absorb All This  —  Everyone is thinking through the reality of the coronavirus pandemic and how to rise to the occasion.  —  This is a quick piece that touches on where we are, where we may be going, and an attitude for the journey.  —  The screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan once …

Trump peddles unsubstantiated hope in dark times  —  (CNN)To fight the coronavirus, President Donald Trump is adopting the audacity of false hope.  —  For the past two days, Trump has said he is dispensing “game changer” breakthroughs on treatments and a wartime-style effort …

Coronavirus and Poverty: A Mother Skips Meals So Her Children Can Eat  —  Americans with tight financial resources have fewer options as they navigate coronavirus closures and layoffs.  —  BRENHAM, Texas — With her six hungry children in the car, Summer Mossbarger was one of the first in line for lunch at the drive-through.

Kansas official: Pandemic isn't a problem here because there are few Chinese people  —  BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR EDITORIAL BOARD  —  The chairman of the Riley County Commissioners suggested this week that the global coronavirus pandemic is not a problem locally because unlike in Italy …

Donald Trump's Cult of Personality Did This  —  The president of the United States is a menace to public health.  —  I don't mean that I disagree with him on policy, although I do.  I don't mean that I abhor the president's expressed bigotry toward religious and ethnic minorities, although that is also true.

A Rikers Island Doctor Speaks Out to Save Her Elderly Patients from the Coronavirus  —  Rachael Bedard is a geriatrician who works on Rikers Island, caring for the oldest and sickest people in the New York City jail system.  This week, as Mayor Bill de Blasio banned large gatherings …

Trump's new public health ‘star’  —  After being sidelined for much of the Trump administration, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams has suddenly emerged as a key player in its messaging about the coronavirus outbreak, often echoing the president's arguments and winning his favor.

American Airlines grounds 55,000 flights, offers voluntary leaves to employees  —  American Airlines is grounding 55,000 flights in April and is parking 450 planes — about half of its fleet — in response to decreased demand and travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic.