While much of the attention toward the spread of the novel coronavirus in the Empire State has been in New York City, it's also spread throughout the Big Apple's suburban communities, according to Gov Andrew Cuomo.

Dr Anthony Fauci offered a broad assessment of where the United States stands in the midst of the fight against the outbreak of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 pandemic, while urging Americans to stay the course with the social distancing measures much of the nation has been practicing to slow the spread of the virus.

Former Florida Republican congressman and host of MSNBC's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough excoriated Donald Trump's leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic on-air during his program.

The state of Maryland and the rest of the area around Washington DC could well be the next epicenter of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, but Gov Larry Hogan (R) hopes that he has helped the state put enough measures in place to mitigate the worst.

Despite Donald Trump's bluster and dictates on when he says that he wants the US economy to get restarted, that timing is strictly up to the course of the virus which has much of the nation--and the world--shuttered away in avoidance of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Austan Goolsbee, who served as a top economic adviser to President Barack Obama.

New York state will ramp up its testing for the novel coronavirus, particularly in African American and Latino communities, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).

With the world in the grip of the novel coronavirus pandemic--which has caused the deaths of tens of thousands on the one hand, and extreme lockdown conditions to protect people's health and try to slow the spread of the virus on the other--the development and successful production of a vaccine seems like today's holy grail to allow the United States, and the world, to resume normal life.

He may have backed out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, but Sen Bernie Sanders wants to remain active in the campaign, particularly to convince the presumptive nominee, Joe Biden, to adopt more of Sanders's progressive political positions.

New York Gov Andrew Cuomo (D) wants more research into why African Americans and Latinos are affected by natural disasters more than other Americans, whether it's the current COVID-19 pandemic or past calamities like Hurricane Katrina.

While Donald Trump has continued to tell Americans that the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine should be a recognized medication against COVID-19, one of his Republican allies said such decision making should be left to trained medical professionals.