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.

A prominent conservative commentator on television has voiced her concerns that Donald Trump will use the coronavirus pandemic as a means for an authoritarian power grab.

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.

On Saturday, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro feuded with Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, during a Situation Room meeting regarding the use of hydroxychloroquine.

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.

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.

After years of he and his boss complaining about "socialism," Vice President Mike Pence is promising healthcare to all Americans--whether they have health coverage or not. It sounds much more like something that you would expect to come out of the mouth of a Democrat than a top member of the Trump administration.

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.

COVID-19 patients who have to go on a ventilator only have a 20 percent of ever coming off of it again, according to New York Gov Andrew Cuomo (D), who is leading the largest mobilization against the disease in the United States.

Dr Anthony Fauci, the famed immunologist who is advising Donald Trump on the outbreak of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 pandemic--and has increasingly become the public face in the crisis--is starting to offer Americans a glimmer of hope even as the deadly virus continues to spread.