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Watch LIVE coverage: Coronavirus response updates from across America & the world

March 18, 2020 11:48 AM ABC News

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A Louisiana retirement community with 12 coronavirus patients limits visitations and says residents can’t leave property grounds

March 18, 2020 11:45 AM CNN

A retirement community in Louisiana has 12 residents who have tested positive for coronavirus, and several others are awaiting their test results in…

Trump promises ‘total victory’ as he invokes emergency authority to marshal private sector against virus

March 18, 2020 9:39 AM ABC News, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC — Managing dual health and economic crises, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will invoke a federal provision that…

Australian leader warns coronavirus outbreak is a ‘once-in-100 year’ crisis

March 18, 2020 9:59 AM CNN

Australian Prime Minister has warned people to “stop hoarding,” as shoppers across the country empty supermarket shelves amid rising…

Here’s what we know about the 100 people who’ve died in the US from coronavirus

March 18, 2020 7:49 AM CNN

Dozens of people from their 50s to their 90s have died in the United States after contracting the novel coronavirus and the death toll continues…

Justice Department closes more immigration courts, postpones hearings

March 18, 2020 7:10 AM CNN

The Justice Department announced overnight that it’s closing an additional 10 immigration courts, spread out across the country, through April…

WHO and CDC never discussed providing international test kits to the US, global health agency says

March 18, 2020 4:13 AM CNN

As the United States struggled to launch testing for the novel coronavirus using kits developed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,…

Why these volunteers chose to participate in a coronavirus vaccine trial

March 18, 2020 3:49 AM CNN

Neal Browning and Jennifer Haller are stepping up in a big way to help researchers find a vaccine to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The two are in…

How do you manage fighting kids during a lockdown? We asked the experts

March 18, 2020 3:19 AM CNN

As the nation shuts down and loved ones huddle to weather what may well be weeks of coronavirus-induced isolation, family tensions are rising. Like a…

Patients and doctors are turning to telehealth, but what is it?

March 18, 2020 3:02 AM CNN

The coronavirus pandemic has opened the door for Medicare patients to have access to telehealth, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)…

Searching for love in the time of coronavirus

March 18, 2020 2:44 AM CNN

Jenny, a 29-year-old woman in Seattle, nursed a latte on her date with a man she’d met on the dating app Bumble. With coronavirus cases…

Coronavirus now in all 50 states as death toll passes 100

March 18, 2020 1:47 AM CNN

West Virginia became the 50th state to report a case of the deadly novel coronavirus when Gov. Jim Justice announced the first positive test result…

El Paso hospitals prepare for virus crisis with new safety procedures while awaiting more test kits

March 18, 2020 1:32 AM Michael Gordon

El PASO, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott spent over an hour Tuesday speaking with top hospital administrators and CEO’s from El Paso and beyond on…

We won’t know for weeks whether the coronavirus response is working

March 18, 2020 1:02 AM CNN

The danger and extent of the COVID-19 outbreak is now universally accepted. But how to deal with it remains the subject of much debate — among…

With school canceled, some Las Cruces daycare providers close – but others remain open despite virus

March 17, 2020 8:33 PM Kate Bieri

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – With thousands of New Mexico students out of school for weeks, daycare providers must make the difficult decision to…

Gov. Abbott activates National Guard, talks with hospitals as Texas sees 2 virus deaths

March 17, 2020 10:08 AM KVIA ABC-7, Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott hosted a video conference with Texas hospitals on Tuesday to talk about the spread of the coronavirus amid…

Parenting through the coronavirus lockdown

March 17, 2020 8:07 PM CNN

Writing this was hard. Practically speaking, I’m feeling overwhelmed. I am behind on work because we kept my runny-nosed but otherwise…

Single joint linked with temporary psychiatric symptoms, review finds

March 17, 2020 6:56 PM CNN

Around the world tens of millions of people use cannabis. It’s legal for recreational use in 11 US states and Canada. In these and some other…

Cigarette packs and ads to include graphic warnings starting next year, FDA says

March 17, 2020 5:46 PM CNN

The US Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule Tuesday that requires tobacco companies to place new graphic health warnings on cigarette…

West Virginia was the 50th state to report a coronavirus case. This may be the reason it took so long

March 17, 2020 5:25 PM CNN

On the surface, West Virginia might have seemed immune to coronavirus. While the other 49 states had reported more than 5,000 cases combined, West…

What we can learn 100 years later from the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic

March 17, 2020 4:52 PM CNN

Pandemic: It’s a scary word. But the world has seen pandemics before, and worse ones, too. Consider the influenza pandemic of 1918, often…

Mel and Max Brooks are right: ‘Don’t be a spreader’

March 17, 2020 3:38 PM CNN

Comedy legend Mel Brooks and his son, Max, have teamed up in a new video to give us just what the doctor ordered: Comedy and facts to keep each other…

New Mexico virus cases grow to 23; restrictions lifted for unemployment benefits

March 17, 2020 12:21 PM KVIA ABC-7

SANTA FE, New Mexico — Two more people have tested positive for the coronavirus in New Mexico, bringing the number of confirmed…

Why it’s taking nearly three weeks for me to find out if I have the coronavirus

March 17, 2020 2:23 PM CNN

“That sounds kind of fun. Can I tag along?” “You mean you want to bat mitzvah crash?” my friend replied. “Yeah, why…

US, UK coronavirus strategies shifted following UK epidemiologists’ ominous report

March 17, 2020 2:01 PM CNN

A study by UK epidemiologists predicts that attempts to slow, or mitigate — rather than actively halt, or suppress — the novel…

China’s coronavirus lockdown curbs deadly pollution, likely saving the lives of tens of thousands, says researcher

March 17, 2020 1:35 PM CNN

The drastic measures enforced by China during the coronavirus outbreak have slashed deadly air pollution, potentially saving the lives of tens of…

Coronavirus lockdowns: 24 hours of confusion around the world

March 17, 2020 1:11 PM CNN

Tens of millions of people around the world have suddenly found themselves under various forms of lockdown as governments scrambled to impose new…

White House looking to send checks to Americans ‘immediately’ for coronavirus relief

March 17, 2020 9:53 AM ABC News, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump wants the government to send checks to Americans in the next two weeks in an effort to curb the economic…

Juarez reports 1st confirmed coronavirus case

March 17, 2020 12:13 PM Brenda De Anda-Swann

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Chihuahua’s Health Department announced Tuesday that a 29-year-old man is the first confirmed case of coronavirus in the…

Secondhand smoke kills one person for every 52 smokers, study says. That’s a million people worldwide each year

March 17, 2020 9:02 AM CNN

It took a mere 52 smokers to kill one person via secondhand smoke in 2016, according to a new analysis of worldwide statistics on the impact of…