Staffers On Michael Bloomberg's Campaign Are Losing Their Jobs In The Middle Of A Pandemic  —  Staffers of former presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg are staring down the possibility of losing their jobs and health care in the middle of an unprecedented pandemic.

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 …

Gov. J.B. Pritzker to issue lockdown order requiring residents ‘shelter in place’ starting Saturday, sources say  —  Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker plans to issue a “shelter-in-place” order for the entire state starting Saturday, essentially commanding residents to stay in their homes as the officials …

The War on Coronavirus Comes to Trump Properties  —  Health restrictions have led to cutbacks at hotels and golf courses.  But the swimming pool remains open at a Florida resort, and a New York golf course offers “fresh air” without caddies.  —  Reeling from the global fallout of the coronavirus pandemic …

Senate GOP Response to Pandemic, Recession Is Seriously Inadequate  —  The Senate Republican proposal for a third bill to address the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis is woefully inadequate to meet the extraordinary challenges now facing the nation.  Its centerpiece …

Three big takeaways from the stunning GOP stock-selling revelations  —  We already know President Trump spent weeks misleading the country by playing down the potential impact of the coronavirus, at a time when many officials in his government surely knew what a dire threat it posed …

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 …

The Best-Case Outcome for the Coronavirus, and the Worst  —  Will we endure 2.2 million deaths?  Or will we manage to turn things around?  —  Here's the grimmest version of life a year from now: More than two million Americans have died from the new coronavirus, almost all mourned without funerals.

Biden trashes Trump over coronavirus response: ‘Step up and do your job, Mr. President’  —  On a conference call with reporters, Biden laid out all the things he felt Trump had done wrong — and what he'd do differently.  —  Joe Biden, the 2020 Democratic front-runner …

CANCELED: Town of Darien has canceled drive-through coronavirus testing  —  UPDATE: Darien's drive-through testing has been canceled, according to a tweet from First Selectman Jayme Stevenson.  The testing was to start Thursday.  Some neighbors expressed complaints with the location of testing so close to their home on social media.

A brutal new ad uses Trump's own words against him  —  It's often argued that we must avoid “politicizing” crises like the current coronavirus catastrophe.  But if anything can bury this cliche once and for all — “politicizing” a crisis really means debating our differences over what to do about one …

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 …

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 …

Total Cost of Her COVID-19 Treatment: $34,927.43  —  When Danni Askini started feeling chest pain, shortness of breath and a migraine all at once on a Saturday in late February, she called the oncologist who had been treating her lymphoma.  Her doctor thought she might be reacting poorly to a new medication …

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.

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.

Non-essential businesses will be shut down in N.J. due to coronavirus outbreak, Gov. Murphy says  —  Gov. Phil Murphy vowed Friday to implement more restrictions on New Jersey residents within the next 24 hours, including shutting down nonessential businesses to help fight the coronavirus outbreak …

GUIDANCE FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IS SUBJECT TO A 75% WORKFORCE REDUCTION UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 202.6  —  Requests by businesses to be designated an essential function as described below, should only be made if they are NOT covered by the following guidance.  —  BACKGROUND

The Coronavirus and Building a Better Strategy for Fighting Pandemics  —  I recently spoke by phone with Dr. Ashish Jha, a physician and the director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, who has been tracking the coronavirus story closely over the past couple months.

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.