Congressional Republicans will have to agree to fund national vote-by-mail for the coming November election, or pay a political price with the American people, according to Sen Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn).

A vaccine for the novel coronavirus could be available as early as this year, according to a senior pharmaceutical executive.

The federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been hobbled by the Trump administration's decision to sideline the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from an active role, according to a public health expert.

Although he's previously come under fire for outlandish remarks to the American people, Donald Trump insisted that the novel coronavirus will somehow disappear--even in the absence of any vaccine to combat it.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is defending a immunologist and former federal official who has filed a whistleblower complaint and will testify next week before a House subcommittee.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wants Donald Trump to temper his eagerness to reopen the US economy with care for what virus testing says about the public health of US populations.

While Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insists that there is evidence to support the discredited theory that the novel coronavirus actually originated in a biolab in Wuhan, China, a key senator is demanding to see that evidence.

Michigan Gov Gretchen Whitmer (D) said that her decision to begin to lift the stay-at-home orders and lockdown conditions on the basis of public health professionals and not politics and angry tweets.

While Trump of course misses his point, the rest of us ought to very much heed President Bush's wisdom.

While Donald Trump has been encouraging the protesters in Michigan, his White House coronavirus response coordinator is aghast at the potential for those protesters to eventually sicken others.