 Many hospitals are putting together triage committees made up of doctors and ethicists who can help individual frontline doctors and nurses make on-the-spot decisions about where a needed ventilator should go, according to a leading medical ethicist.
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 The last time New York faced a crisis of this magnitude, Andrew Cuomo almost destroyed his career.
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 Dr. Anthony Fauci wants to study hydroxychloroquine in a systematic way to determine if it is safe to take for the coronavirus — and if it actually works. President Trump for his part has been excitedly talking it up, belligerently demanding of skeptics, “What do you have to lose?”
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 While the worsening coronavirus pandemic has shuttered most businesses nationwide to promote social distancing, grocery stores have remained open, pushing their employees, whether they like it or not, to the frontlines in a public health emergency.
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 The Department of Homeland Security’s National Operations Center is relocating today after a member of its team tested positive for COVID-19, according to an internal DHS document obtained by Yahoo News.
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 As states and cities shut down all nonessential businesses to stop the spread of coronavirus, pot shops and gun stores are staying open in some places. Are they really essential?
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 President Trump on Monday criticized attempts by Democrats in Congress to expand voting access for the presidential election in the fall, saying increased voter turnout would keep Republicans from getting elected.
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 An FBI report about China’s involvement with scientific research in the U.S. has raised alarms. While the report refers broadly to foreign researchers, all three cases cited involve Chinese nationals.
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 One of the fallacies being circulated in this pandemic is the idea that public health principles conflict with economic growth. That might be true in the very short run while economies are stalled, but the long run shows exactly the opposite.
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 The promise of coronavirus testing at local pharmacies, which President Trump implied was at hand on a large scale, remains unrealized.
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 President Trump took to Twitter on Sunday and repeatedly bragged about the television ratings of his near-daily coronavirus press briefings.
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 Congress approved the biggest stimulus bill in American history to counteract the economic impact of coronavirus. Is $2 trillion enough?
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 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sharpened her criticism of President Trump’s early dismissal of the coronavirus, saying the delay cost American lives. She criticized the president's initial response to the virus during a Sunday morning interview on CNN.
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 In a world desperate for good news about the coronavirus, a dip in global carbon emissions caused by the outbreak’s economic downturn might be seen as a silver lining. But climate scientists and policy experts aren’t encouraged.
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 Distilleries of all shapes and sizes are now joining the fight against COVID-19.
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 Chicago health care providers have been preparing since January for a potential surge of patients due to the increasingly wide spread of COVID-19.
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 Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, says that Trump administration officials declined an offer of early Congressional funding assistance that he and other senators made during a meeting to discuss the coronavirus on Feb. 5.
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 Iran is experiencing on of the worst outbreaks of coronavirus in the world. Will the instability cause the country's leaders to lash out against America?
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 The latest news and information on the pandemic from Yahoo News reporters in the United States and around the world.
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 President Trump said Friday that despite new CDC guidance recommending that American citizens wear masks or facial coverings to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, “I don’t think that I’m going to be doing it.”
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 The nation could begin to see food shortages for some products if the people working on the supply chain lack personal protective equipment, warns an internal Trump administration document obtained by Yahoo News.
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 Now comes Navy Rear Adm. John Polowczyk, a no-nonsense logistician plucked from the Pentagon’s Joint Staff to take charge of the procurement and distribution of urgently needed medical equipment.
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 A document circulated by the health department of Catalonia recommends that emergency teams and health care workers stop using ventilators for patients older than 80, and further recommends that extremely ill victims of COVID-19 be allowed to die at home rather than being taken to the hospital.
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 The coronavirus pandemic is affecting all Americans, but it is hitting the poor the hardest, in part because those workers simply can’t afford to adhere to social distancing restrictions if it means going without a paycheck.
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 Rep. Adam Schiff’s proposal for a 9/11-style commission to study the nation’s response to the coronavirus outbreak "is not an exercise in casting blame or scoring political points, but something that the American people should rightly expect from their government as an exercise in accountability," he said.
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 Two Army generals took critical actions early to stop the spread of the coronavirus in Asia and Europe from spreading to military bases.
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 Louisiana is poised to become the next epicenter of the coronavirus crisis, White House officials said Thursday, citing new data that shows that 26 percent of the tests for COVID-19 in that state in recent days have come back positive.
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 In recents weeks, an intense amount of intention has been placed on data about of coronavirus cases and deaths. Are these numbers accurate enough to be building public policy on?
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 Last Saturday, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan closed the state’s beaches, leaving the state's 7,719 miles of shoreline to piping plovers and sand crabs.
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 The first reported cases came from China in December, eventually spreading to nearly every other country on earth over the ensuing three months.
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 As the worsening coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the country, millions of Americans living with diabetes face heightened risks from COVID-19.
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 “It’s crazy,” J-L Cauvin said during an interview on the Yahoo News "Skullduggery" podcast. “It’s like eight years of a career shot into your vein in 72 hours.”
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 New data suggests the two West Coast states may have slowed the spread of coronavirus. How they did it.
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 Long before the coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, China, and then soon spread to nearly every country on Earth, a conference in 2018 offered proof that epidemiologists at the CDC and other institutions were aware that a new pandemic was poised to strike.
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 President Trump shied away Wednesday from issuing domestic travel restrictions or a national lockdown to try and beat back the rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic that, in a best case scenario, is expected to kill between 100,000 and 240,000 Americans.
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 A New York City emergency room physician compares her experience fighting COVID-19 to that of post-hurricane relief efforts as the city continues to deal with waves of patients.
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 When Ronnie Krensel went in for his most recent checkup following chemotherapy on March 21, it wasn’t anything like the ones he’d had before. Upon his arrival at the Southhampton Stony Brook Hospital in Long Island, N.Y., a doctor met Krensel in a hazmat suit in a large tent outside the facility, where he was asked “a series of rapid-fire questions” and then sent to a negative-pressure room, which prevents cross-contamination, for his visit.
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 Worldwide efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus have caused a massive drop in global emissions. Does the pandemic present an opportunity to accelerate the fight against climate change?
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 With the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 surging nationwide and health officials warning that, even in a best-case scenario, deaths from the disease could top 100,000 in the U.S., the government is reviewing its guidance on the use of face masks by the general population.
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 The letter amounts to a desperate appeal to his chain of command to get most of his sailors off the ship, where the virus is spreading out of control, and into individual quarantine lodgings that are based on federal guidelines.
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 While the Washington State Department of Health had prepared a plan for the arrival of the virus in January, it assumed it still had weeks before the disease would reach the U.S. “In three days, the plan was trashed. We went through every step,” Marcia Goldoft, a clinical epidemiologist with the Washington State DOH, told Yahoo News. “I don’t think anyone involved has ever seen anything go this fast.”
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 Nearly a quarter million people in the United States could die as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, Trump administration officials said Tuesday.
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 As cases of COVID-19 in New York City continue to climb, makeshift emergency field hospitals are popping up and transforming some of the city’s most iconic sites.
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 Congressional Republicans have resisted allocating the billions of dollars experts say are necessary to implement nationwide mail-in voting ahead of the presidential election.
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 The coronavirus pandemic has forced restaurants across the country to close or dramatically limit their business. Will the industry survive the outbreak?
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 The New York Times reported this week that almost a dozen Liberty University students have come down with COVID-19 symptoms since the school reopened last week. But Liberty University officials have since pushed back on these claims, calling the Times story “fake news”. Now, students are choosing sides in who they believe is telling the truth.
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 Some conservative commentators have begun questioning the reported death tolls and hospitalizations caused by COVID-19.
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 As countries around the world look for ways to track coronavirus infections using people’s personal smartphones, privacy experts and technologists warn the U.S. government faces an uphill battle to put such surveillance into practice.
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 Trump repeated a favorite refrain of some conservatives, who have said that the coronavirus “cure”—that is, a nationwide shutdown—cannot be worse than the disease itself.
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending people wear face coverings in public and health officials just reported the most deaths in a single day. 
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending people wear face coverings in public and health officials just reported the most deaths in a single day.
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With the peak of Covid-19 infections still ahead and medical supplies still scarce, hospitals and physicians are gearing up for a nearly impossible challenge: deciding who gets a life-saving ventilator and who doesn't. 
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With so many destinations of pleasure denied to us now, we may be developing a deeper appreciation of nature, wherever we can get them. 
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Perhaps half the world's population is living under some form of restriction to help curb the spread of coronavirus. Many are starting to wonder when and how these tough limits on everyday activities will end. 
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Journalist Alice Stockton-Rossini hosted a 90th birthday for her mother last month in New Jersey. At the time, the radio host said, she had no idea she'd been infected with coronavirus while covering an outbreak in New Rochelle, New York. 
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If you've been thinking about quitting smoking, there's no time like the present pandemic. 
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In mild to moderate cases of coronavirus, a loss of smell, and therefore taste, is emerging as one of the most unusual early signs of the disease called Covid-19. 
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With the intensity of the coronavirus situation increasing each day, getting food in the hands of so many who can't leave home presents a critical health challenge. 
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Nicole Buchanan wasn't even allowed to say goodbye to her husband. 
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A nurse who practices in two New York City hospitals says she worked for about a week while infected with coronavirus and had to pull a trick to finally get herself tested. 
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"Look for the helpers." 
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We're washing our hands, staying at home and standing 6 feet apart when we do need to go out. What else can we do to limit the spread of Covid-19? 
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Life under coronavirus means staying home as much as possible -- but you'll likely need to make a trip to the grocery store or pharmacy at some point. 
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The number of people who have died in the United States after contracting the novel coronavirus continues to climb. 
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It's a scenario all too many of us are facing -- or will soon face. 
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is arming consumers with a list of disinfectants that people can use to protect themselves from the novel coronavirus. 
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What are the telling signs that you may have the novel coronavirus which causes Covid-19? 
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It's a question that many want answered: Exactly how many people recover from Covid-19? 
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President Donald Trump on Saturday warned that "there will be a lot of death" in the coming weeks as the number of people who had died from the coronavirus in the United States surpassed 8,000. 
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As coronavirus patients flood clinics, health care workers are taking steps at the recommendation of federal and state officials to cancel elective procedures, close non-emergency doctors' offices and postpone non-essential appointments. 
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Here are step-by-step instructions on how to make your own mask, based on guidance from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin. They're reusable and washable, and they should be worn while you continue to obey social distancing measures. 
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A prestigious scientific panel told the White House Wednesday night that research shows coronavirus can be spread not just by sneezes or coughs, but also just by talking, or possibly even just breathing. 
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A connection to nature may make children happier and more eco-conscious, a recent study shows. And we all need that now.
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The US has surpassed 7,000 deaths and some state leaders say there's still a lot they're missing in the battle against the coronavirus. 
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock says he lost half a stone when he fell ill with Covid-19.
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Steve Powis says there is early academic evidence to support the idea coronavirus infections could reduce.
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Experts are set to assess the value of face masks in helping slow the spread of coronavirus.
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A group is calling for a change in regulation so drones can spray disinfectant in public places
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However, experts say a fever and a cough are still the main ones to look out for.
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A drug that could treat patients with coronavirus is to undergo clinical trials at 15 NHS centres.
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Spain is the worst-affected country behind Italy, but ministers are hopeful the curve is flattening.
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The US president extends social distancing rules after a warning that 200,000 Americans could die.
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Liberia's ex-President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says the world must conquer fear to deal with coronavirus.
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People enter the Chinese city where the coronavirus outbreak began for the first time in months.
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As the worst-hit northern region sees improvements, concerns are growing over poorer southern areas.
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Europeans face a blizzard of restrictions on their freedoms as authorities try to stop the spread.
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A 13-year-old boy in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus has died. Are young people at risk?
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Millions of Indians who rely on daily wages from jobs like cleaning risk running out of money.
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Masks, gloves and other protective kit can help stop the spread - but only in the right circumstances.
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Funerals have been banned in Italy - robbing many families of the chance to say a final goodbye.
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Experts say the UK and US lost an opportunity to prepare for the outbreak - but that it's not too late.
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The virus is spreading around the world, but what is it and what are the symptoms?
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How do we keep fit while heeding the government's new advice on avoiding unnecessary social contact?
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The World Health Organisation's advice is difficult to follow in some developing countries.
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Boris Johnson's chief scientific adviser says the UK is four weeks behind Italy, What does that mean?
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Everybody should be avoiding non-essential contact, and you should stay at home wherever possible.
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How many times can I walk my dog, how safe are groceries, can I have a birthing partner, and other questions answered.
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South Korea is testing more people per capita than anywhere else - and could be a role model for others.
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The current best guess of a 1% death rate does not apply to everyone.
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The BBC Health team talks through the NHS advice about protecting yourself from COVID-19.
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The BBC's Fergus Walsh and expert Sian Griffiths answer your questions about the virus outbreak.
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We answer some of the big questions about vaccines and how long one for coronavirus could take.
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Older people and those with pre-existing medical conditions are more vulnerable to the virus.
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What is it like to have the coronavirus, how will it affect you and how is it treated?
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A nurse posted a video to a Facebook group after a long and difficult shift in ICU amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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The government explains how clinical tests are checking if existing medicines could treat Covid-19.
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Prince Charles sends his thanks as the first UK emergency field hospital to treat coronavirus patients opens.
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France reveals 884 deaths linked to coronavirus and more cases emerge in Spain and Italy.
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The number of cases has doubled in less than a week, according to the latest figures.
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The health secretary has promised 100,000 tests a day but there are questions about how it will be achieved.
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How London's ExCel centre was transformed into a hospital to treat coronavirus patients.
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UN boss António Guterres calls for an "immediate co-ordinated" global response to tackle the crisis.
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