coronavirus response

President Trump is taking heat for telling an interviewer that the rising death toll from COVID-19 “is what it is,” in an interview with Axios on HBO. “They are dying, that’s true. And it is what it is. But that doesn’t mean we aren’t doing everything we can,” he says.

During a congressional hearing on the coronavirus response on Friday, Dr. Anthony Fauci dispelled some of the misinformation spread online by politicians and fringe groups about the virus.

When asked about his call to try to delay the election, President Trump repeated unsubstantiated claims that mail-in voting leads to increased instances of voter fraud.

Vice President Mike Pence met briefly Saturday with Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to discuss the response to the coronavirus pandemic while he visited the famous island getaway of Nantucket to headline a fundraiser for President Donald Trump administration’s reelection campaign.

At a roundtable with President Trump on Tuesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar advocated to reopen schools by citing social distancing, good hygiene and face masks as necessary and sufficient precautions to keep students and teachers healthy.

At a roundtable meetings about reopening schools, President Donald Trump praised the U.S. response to the coronavirus in limiting the number of Americans who have died, saying, “We saved of thousands of lives, hundreds of thousands of lives… we’re at [130,000 deaths] and we could be at way over a million right now and I think it could have been...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of NIAID and member of the White House coronavirus task force, addressed the growing number of virus cases across the U.S. Fauci urged Americans to do their part in stopping the spread, saying, “A risk for you is not just isolated to you because if you get infected, you are part, innocently or inadvertently, of propagating...

At the first coronavirus task force press conference in nearly two months, Vice President Mike Pence urged Americans to continue to follow the White House coronavirus task force guidelines as coronavirus hospitalizations continue to rise in 16 states across the U.S.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar spoke at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday about the need to reopen the U.S., saying, “For the sake of Americans’ health and well-being, we’ve got to support this and move ahead with safe reopening.”

One of the lasting legacies of the coronavirus pandemic will be staggering deficits in the United States

Federal officials warn this could be the worst week yet as cases of the coronavirus pandemic begin to peak. Health experts are warning Americans to even avoid grocery stores and pharmacies during this critical week.

Governor Ned Lamont’s request for a Major Disaster Declaration for coronavirus response in Connecticut has been approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Sunday. The Major Disaster Declaration unlocks additional federal assistance programs for the state in response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Lamont. “This is imperative to protecting the health and safety of the people in...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karen Polito discussed the state’s latest coronavirus response efforts Tuesday, the same day a stay-at-home advisory officially went into effect.