Public health professionals are pushing so hard to get the novel coronavirus outbreak and COVID-19 pandemic under control, because there's a chance that the deadly disease could become a seasonal threat, according to Dr Anthony Fauci.

The United States, and the global community, won’t really return to normal until mass immunizations are available against the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Bill Gates, who with his wife, runs a charitable foundation which works against communicable disease.

Despite fierce criticism from Donald Trump and others that the multinational 3M is not doing enough to produce critical medical supplies like N95 respirators, that's the furthest thing from the truth, according to the corporate giant's CEO, Mike Roman.

The New York area, which has been dealing with most of the cases of COVID-19 in the United States, will likely reach the apex of the region's pandemic within days--but the state's still not ready, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The dismissal of an American Naval aircraft carrier captain for trying to get the word out about the spread of the novel coronavirus among his crew, reeks of the politics of pleasing Donald Trump, according to some analysts.

With equipment such as ventilators and personal protective equipment (PPE) becoming as valuable--and, often as scarce--in this new world as gold or oil, New York Gov Andrew Cuomo (D) signed an executive order designed to seize such gear and redirect it to where it's needed most.

The public health professionals tracking the outbreak of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 pandemic believe that there is a sizeable population of asymptomatic people infected with the virus who are playing a role in spreading the pandemic, according to Dr Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator.

Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, issued a 30-day stay at home order this Wednesday, as part of a national effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, but by waiting this long into the pandemic to issue the order "absolutely" cost lives, according to Rep. Donna Shalala (D-Fla).

The Trump administration's approach of treating the federal government and all 50 state governments as independent purchasers of medical equipment needed to combat the outbreak of the novel coronavirus has caused New York to lose 17,000 ventilators it needs to support the large number of COVID-19 cases in the state, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

US political leaders, health professionals and others are all increasingly calling for a blanket national stay-at-home order to try to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak.