Kushner coronavirus effort said to be hampered by inexperienced volunteers  —  The coronavirus response being spearheaded by President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has relied in part on volunteers from consulting and private equity firms with little expertise in the tasks to which they were assigned …

Ousted vaccine director files whistleblower complaint alleging coronavirus warnings were ignored  —  (CNN)Dr. Rick Bright, the ousted director of the office involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine, formally filed an extensive whistleblower complaint Tuesday alleging his early warnings …

Coronavirus News: Live Updates  —  Cases are growing by 2 to 4 percent daily, and more than 1,000 people have died each day for over a month.  At least 15 children in New York were hospitalized with an illness scientists worry might be linked to Covid-19.  Pfizer began human trials of a possible vaccine.

Scientists say a now-dominant strain of the coronavirus appears to be more contagious than original  —  Scientists have identified a new strain of the coronavirus that has become dominant worldwide and appears to be more contagious than the versions that spread in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic …