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Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, in the Rayburn House Office Building on March 12, 2020. Fauci cautioned in a White House press conference Friday that it is too early to make predictions about the effectiveness of a malaria drug to treat COVID-19.

Trump has a good ‘feeling’ about treating COVID-19 with a malaria drug. Fauci says it’s too early to tell

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted March 20, 2020 at 5:34pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., waits in the Senate subway on Wednesday, March 18, 2020.

Stimulus education plan prompts calls for more direct aid

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted March 20, 2020 at 3:10pm
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, center, is asking that half of a federal aid package under consideration go directly to states to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

States scramble for their fair share of federal pandemic aid

By Jacob Fischler
Posted March 20, 2020 at 5:35am
A health care professional applies a swab at a drive-thru coronavirus testing facility for residents who have an order from a provider on Quincy Street in Arlington, Va.

States, schools work on health worker shortage due to virus

By Sandhya Raman
Posted March 20, 2020 at 5:32am
A drive-thru coronavirus testing site for residents who have symptoms and an order from a health care provider is operating on Quincy Street in Arlington, Va., on March 19, 2020.

FDA walks back Trump claims on COVID-19 drugs

By Andrew Siddons and Emily Kopp
Posted March 19, 2020 at 3:42pm
Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., walks to the Capitol on the morning of Oct. 29, 2019.

McHenry pushes $1B reward for coronavirus vaccine

By Mark Stricherz
Posted March 19, 2020 at 3:07pm
With widespread closures and limits on gatherings, behavioral health providers, insurers and states are turning to telehealth to provide treatments. Shown is a sign outside the closed National Gallery of Art.

Mental health care adapts to telehealth because of COVID-19

By Sandhya Raman
Posted March 19, 2020 at 5:05am
A medical professional takes notes from a patient getting tested for coronavirus outside of a tent at Somerville Hospital in Somerville, MA on Wednesday. The CDC suggests nurses use bandanas, scarves during a face mask shortage.

CDC suggests nurses use bandanas, scarves during face mask shortage

By Emily Kopp
Posted March 18, 2020 at 5:23pm
Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said the agency would issue guidelines recommending elective and nonessential procedures be delayed.

Hospitals ask for money as officials urge delays in elective procedures

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted March 18, 2020 at 5:12pm
President Donald Trump makes remarks to the media in the Capitol after attending the Senate Republican Policy luncheon on March 10, 2020.

Shortage of supplies for virus leads Trump to invoke war powers

By Andrew Siddons
Posted March 18, 2020 at 3:26pm