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Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Thursday about his proposal to reopen society and “reactivate the economy” through extensive coronavirus immunity testing.

An elderly woman in Loganville, Georgia, is using her sewing skills to make sure people have what they need to protect themselves from the coronavirus.

Mexico’s top health officials said there is no scientifically proven benefit for the general public wearing face covers or masks in curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The statement contradicts new recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that encourage the use of cloth overs. The dismissing of covers by Mexican officials also comes at a time when cases of the virus have climbed to 1,688 — up 178 new confirmed patients from the day before.

Trump said Friday that the Centers for Disease Control had decided to recommend Americans wear cloth masks in public. “This is voluntary,” he said. “I don’t think I’m going to be doing it.”

Officials in Louisiana, which had 9,150 cases of the deadly coronavirus on Thursday, have noticed a preexisting condition trend among those who have passed away due to COVID-19.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published a paper reporting that Japanese data showed that coronavirus transmission was nearly 20 times more likely indoors than outdoors.

A Tennessee woman was recently diagnosed with the Chinese coronavirus after she ignored Nashville officials’ instructions to practice social distancing.

Joe Alonso, the head stonemason at Washington’s National Cathedral, who knows the church better than anyone, discovered 5,000 N95 masks stashed away in the church’s crypt.

CDC guidelines explicitly state that local authorities should not clear homeless encampments during “community spread” of coronavirus.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is pursuing a plan to house 6,000 homeless people in recreation centers during the coronavirus pandemic. But that plan ignores Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines on the subject.

People aged 20 to 44 make up a big portion of those hospitalized for the Chinese coronavirus in the United States, according to data released Wednesday by the CDC.

A Utah-based diagnostic testing company claimed Monday that it has the resources to produce 50,000 Chinese coronavirus tests daily.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci dismissed blaming President Donald Trump and the Centers for Disease Control for delays on coronavirus testing in the early stages of the outbreak.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed Monday its first known employee with the COVID-19 respiratory infection, also know as the novel coronavirus.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended Sunday that gatherings of 50 people or more be canceled or postponed to guard against the Chinese coronavirus.

The Duke Energy company said it would not disconnect its customers’ power over nonpayment during the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.

President Trump issued a travel ban on the continent of Europe for at least 30 days while House and Senate Democrats push to dismantle his authority to enact such life-saving immigration restrictions.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Robert Redfield says the “real threat” to the United States today, in terms of stopping the spread of the coronavirus, is travel from Europe. as no new travel bans have been announced by the White House. 

A California restaurant chain implemented a new policy in January to protect its staff and customers from the coronavirus.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pearl Jam is postponing the North American leg of its Gigaton world tour because of concerns over the new coronavirus, the band announced Monday.

The total number of known and acknowledged coronavirus cases around the world surpassed 100,000 over the weeked. As of Monday morning, there were 111,356 cases worldwide, with 3,892 fatalities.

Many school districts across the country are unprepared to implement online learning should the coronavirus force more school closures.

Travelers arriving from Italy and South Korea — two nations where the coronavirus has taken root — are not being screened in the U.S.

Johns Hopkins University of Medicine held a press briefing on Capitol Hill on the coronavirus and the launch of a data-tracking website.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a list Tuesday of qualified disinfectants to use for protection against the coronavirus.

President Donald Trump signed an $8.3 billion emergency funding bill early Friday to assist the fight against the coronavirus.

The director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases said Tuesday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is “no longer reporting the number of patients under investigation” (PUI) for the coronavirus.

Top federal health officials made an effort to assuage Americans’ concerns about the presence of the highly contagious Chinese coronavirus in the United States during a Senate panel hearing on Tuesday.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials announced on Sunday the release of an individual from isolation in a facility in San Antonio, Texas, after the person twice tested negative for novel Coronavirus. The person subsequently tested “weakly positive” and was taken back into quarantine. Officials said the patient had contact with others during the short release.

Donald Trump is handling the coronavirus outbreak better than his predecessors addressed earlier emerging contagions, said Dr. Marc Siegel.

The still low number of U.S. coronavirus cases “the aggressive containment efforts of the U.S. government,” said a CDC director.

A pathogens expert praised CDC for expanding coronavirus testing beyond only recent travelers to China or those in contact with a traveler.

An Australian virologist who has isolated the coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 infection says the virus is “not airborne,” though it is “extremely contagious.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Wednesday a potential case of community spread of coronavirus in the U.S.

“The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA,” Trump wrote. “We are in contact with everyone and all relevant countries.”

Chinese state media on Wednesday demanded foreign carriers resume air travel even though the coronavirus epidemic is still raging.