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.

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.

Researchers at the New York State Department of Health have developed a new test which determines if an individual has been infected with--and recovered from--the COVID-19 illness, according to Gov Andrew Cuomo (D).

Although he didn't want to make any hard-and-fast promises, the leading US immunologist Dr Anthony Fauci said Tuesday that he believes schools will be able to resume in the United States in the fall.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said that he understands the economic toll that lockdowns and social distancing are taking, but even if the rate of infection in the state is starting to drop, it's too early for residents to let their guard down.

Life will probably never get back to exactly how it was before the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, society will "gradually" find its way to a new normal, according to Dr Anthony Fauci, the leading American immunologist who heads up the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Maintaining an adequate supply of ventilators to match the demand of the stream of hospitalized COVID-19 patients filling New York state beds has been a singular challenge during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, and the federal government has been an unreliable partner in helping meet demand, according to New York Gov Andrew Cuomo.

Donald Trump continues to push a treatment for COVID-19 on the American people which even Trump's own top immunologist has put the brakes on. In fact, Trump has taken to advocating for the use of the anti-malarial hydroxychloroquine while preventing Dr Anthony Fauci to speak about it from the briefing room apparently for fear of being contradicted.

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.