Internal emails show how chaos at the CDC slowed the early response (Pro Politica)
The CDC fumbled its communication with public health officials and underestimated the threat of the coronavirus even as it gained a...
Trump set to urge Americans to wear face coverings when outside (Politico)
Trump's planned guidance would encourage Americans to use homemade coverings, like cloth masks, scarves or bandannas, when outside the home.
What it feels like to have COVID-19: ‘Worse than any flu’ (National Post)
Canadians have gone public with their symptoms to show that even healthy young people with no underlying conditions are not immune.
Trump replaced White House pandemic-response team with Jared Kushner (Intelligencer)
At his coronavirus press briefing yesterday, Fox News correspondent John Roberts asked President Trump about his 2018 decision to eliminate the National Security Council’s...
Some in U.S. may not get stimulus checks until August, memo says (L.A. Times)
The federal government expects to begin making payments to millions of Americans under the new stimulus law in mid-April, but some people without direct...
China lockdown may have blocked 700,000 virus cases (BBC)
The virus is thought to have originated in a seafood market in Wuhan that "conducted illegal transactions of wild animals"...
Hospitals tell doctors they’ll be fired if they speak out about lack of gear...
Hospitals are threatening to fire health-care workers who publicize their working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic -- and have in some cases...
Trump expands DPA, amid mounting pressure (Politico)
The order follows Trump’s decision on Friday to invoke the DPA.
President Donald Trump on Thursday invoked...
Days after ventilator DPA order, White House has done little to push GM (Politico)
The administration has not been able to verify whether GM has made any progress since the Defense Production Act was invoked....
How John Bolton blew off senators who asked about global pandemics (Mother Jones)
In early May 2018, media reports noted that Rear Admiral Tim Ziemer, the top White House expert on global health security, had suddenly left the...