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While surgical masks and N-95 respirators should be reserved for health care workers, the CDC is advising the public to wear cloth face masks.

Like in Pearl Harbor and 9/11, the writing was on the wall. We need to reform and reconfigure the global and national public health systems to prevent this from reoccurring.

Some cities have now introduced fines if people fail to wear masks in public.

President Donald Trump announced Friday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were issuing voluntary guidance that all Americans wear a face covering when in public, before adding "I don't think I'll be doing it."

Anxiety is the most common mental illness in the U.S. and the coronavirus pandemic is adding extra stress into our lives.

The coronavirus outbreak has resulted in certain groups facing social stigma, discrimination and hate crimes.

Deciding to lift the lockdown is difficult because very little is known about the COVID-19 virus and testing is woefully inadequate in the U.S. But the longer the disruption goes on, the more difficult it will be for the economy to recover..

The virus is rarely passed between humans and usually originates from rodent waste.

Elderly and vulnerable people are at a higher risk of experiencing serious illness if they become sick with COVID-19.

The analysis by researchers at Columbia University shows that those with mild symptoms are spreading the disease the most.

"They're attempting to rob the house. If you see someone approaching your house in a white lab coat or mask claiming to be a CDC worker, do not let them in," one Florida police department said.

"We are gravely concerned that, due to multiple missteps, people across the country have been unable to get tested," a letter from the panel said.

Frequently touched surfaces such as tables, doorknobs, light switches, and phones should be cleaned regularly.

Abbott Laboratories is the the latest company to receive an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell a test for the new coronavirus.

There are two different ways to calculate death rate, which means figures are often drastically different.

A string of states reported their first coronavirus-related deaths, but West Virginia remains the only state yet to see any confirmed cases.

Guidelines to control the spread of COVID-19 over the next 15 days encourages Americans to stay at home if they start to feel ill and limite social gatherings to 10 people or fewer.

"We really need to lean into protecting our most vulnerable—people with chronic and severe medical conditions, especially the elderly because we know that they are most at risk," Surgeon General Jerome Adams said.

Major League Soccer will take a 30-day hiatus to try and slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Country's largest nursing union accuses CDC of weakening stance on virus on same day WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Protection and Control has released new advice to help prevent infections in public and private places.

"Stop handshaking" is the CDC's first piece of advice for "keeping the workplace safe."

New cases in China appear to be waning, but now countries around the world, including Italy, are dealing with large outbreaks.

Those 20 seconds really start to add up.

Over 111,000 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 worldwide and more than 62,300 have recovered, according to a tracker run by Johns Hopkins University.

More than 400 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the U.S., according to a Johns Hopkins University tracker.

"I'd rather have them stay on," Trump said Friday of people onboard a cruise ship where coronavirus was detected moored off the coast of San Francisco, "but I fully understand if they'd rather take them off."

Scientists told Newsweek the U.S. is worringly behind the ball on screening for COVID-19.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Microsoft and the French National Assembly are among the latest major organizations that have confirmed new cases of the virus.

The nurse had volunteered to look after a coronavirus patient and says they were denied testing by the CDC when they started to display similar symptoms.