Although the governors of Mississippi and Texas who this week lifted mask mandates in their states in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic may have been Republicans, the moves were not supported by all of their Republican counterparts.

Officials from President Biden on down to the local level are criticizing decisions by governors of Mississippi and Texas to lift their statewide mask mandates in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

When Americans begin receiving a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, that won't be the end of wearing masks, according to the nation's top infectious disease expert.

While the American people are Increasingly hopeful that a vaccine will soon begin to become widely available to prevent infection from the novel coronavirus, a vaccine won't help the nation through what will be this increasing surge of the pandemic in the next weeks, according to the White House coronavirus coordinator.

President-elect Biden described the small Thanksgiving dinner he and his family would enjoy at home in Wilmington, Del., as part of the small sacrifices all Americans should be taking to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Although he's optimistic that Americans will soon have a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, the nation's premier epidemiologist warns that won't be an end to what's become the daily reality of wearing masks and social distancing.

With just weeks to go until Election Day, Democrat Joe Biden clapped back at Donald Trump over Trump's criticism that Biden's anti-vaccine in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

With much debate over the potential for a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) guarantees that whatever vaccine which emerges will measure up to the "highest standards."

Given Donald Trump's reputation for falsehoods, Joe Biden's casting doubt on his rival's accelerated timeline for the arrival of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus.

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is wading into the politically treacherous issue of mask-wearing to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, by calling for a nationwide mandate for wearing masks.