Coronavirus task force

President Donald Trump is set to name a former pharmaceutical executive to lead his administration’s all-out effort to produce and distribute a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year.

Recent spikes in coronavirus cases in the nation’s heartland are just the latest sign that President Donald Trump’s push to re-open American society is coming at a human cost, even as he publicly downplays the risk.

Coronavirus infection rates are spiking to new highs in several metropolitan areas and smaller communities across the country, according to undisclosed data the White House’s pandemic task force is using to track rates of infection, which was obtained by NBC News.

The Centers for Disease Control has long been at the center of the nation’s health concerns

Three members of the White House coronavirus task force, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, placed themselves in quarantine after contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, another stark reminder that not even one of the nation’s most secure buildings is immune from the virus. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a leading...

Many governors across the U.S. are disregarding or creatively interpreting White House guidelines in easing their states’ lockdowns and letting businesses reopen, an Associated Press analysis found.

When asked if he takes responsibility for the spike in calls to poison control centers around the country following his on-camera comments about bleach and disinfectant injection as a potential coronavirus treatment, President Donald Trump said, “I can’t imagine why.”

During a press conference on Thursday, President Donald Trump asked that the White House coronavirus task force investigate whether a disinfectant could be injected as a treatment for coronavirus patients.

For medical officials, advising the White House on the coronavirus is very tricky

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he disagrees with Dr. Anthony Fauci over U.S. testing capacity after the NIAID director said in a TIME interview that “we absolutely need to significantly ramp up not only the number of tests, but the capacity to actually perform them.”

Five dollars from each bobblehead sale of Dr. Deborah Birx will go to protective gear for medical personnel.

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he was halting U.S. funding for the World Health Organization while a review is conducted to assess the organization’s alleged role in “severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus.”

President Donald Trump on Monday used the daily White House briefing to air a taxpayer-funded promotional video praising his own handling of the coronavirus outbreak and slamming his critics and the press.

During the coronavirus task force press conference on Monday, President Donald Trump told reporters that “when somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total.” A reporter repeatedly asked Trump to elaborate on the comment. He ultimately shut down follow-up questions on the subject by stating “Enough.”

Dr. Anthony Fauci commented on his meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus on Monday, saying that resources and testing need to be made more readily available in African-American communities that are “suffering much more disproportionately.”

Dr. Deborah Birx on Wednesday reassured pregnant women that hospitals around the country are taking added measures to ensure the safety of patients and their babies as the coronavirus spreads. “Don’t miss your appointments,” she said. “If your OB thinks you need to be there, you should go.”

Dr. Anthony Fauci explains that we will see a lot of deaths from coronavirus in the coming week, but he will be looking closely at new cases to see if social distancing is working to slow down the spread of the disease.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned Americans to brace for a “hell of a bad two weeks” ahead as the White House projected there could be 100,000 to 240,000 deaths in the U.S. from the coronavirus pandemic even if current social distancing guidelines are maintained.