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Emergency room doctor Thomas Krajewski stopped at the hospital room door at 2 a.m. to glance at the chart. He knew instantly the long odds faced by the patient inside: A man in his 70s, with a fever, short of

The White House coronavirus task force has scheduled a news conference following a concession by the Trump administration that normalcy won’t be restored by Easter or maybe even this spring. (Image credit: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the number of reported coronavirus deaths in New York shot up by 253 in a single day to just over 1,200.

Just three months after China first notified the World Health Organization about a deadly new coronavirus, studies of numerous antiviral treatments and potential vaccines are already underway. Never has science advanced so much in such a short period of time

The White House task force is expected to give an update on the nation’s current novel coronavirus situation as the outbreak spreads.

The White House task force is expected to give an update on the nation’s current novel coronavirus situation as the outbreak spreads.

Dr. Hanan Balkhy of the World Health Organization says the evidence so far is that the coronavirus doesn’t seem to linger in the air. Some virus transmission experts have criticized this guidance. (Image credit: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly checks in with Wuhan resident Pisso Nseke, a Cameroonian business consultant who has been under lockdown in the city for over two months.