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Dr. Stephen Hahn, FDA administrator, testifies before the House Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee on "Food and Drug Administration Budget Request for FY2021” in Washington on March 11, 2020.

Public health experts worry about spread of COVID-19 misinformation

By Sandhya Raman
Posted March 18, 2020 at 5:30am

Trump to cut patient privacy protections, making remote doctor visits easier

By Graham MacGillivray
Posted March 17, 2020 at 2:26pm
The George Washington University Hospital emergency entrance in Washington. Advocacy groups for hospitals, doctors and nurses are asking the federal government for an additional $1 billion in emergency funding due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bracing for coronavirus, hospitals call for more funding

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Andrew Siddons
Posted March 16, 2020 at 5:21pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced a bipartisan compromise on the coronavirus aid bill Friday evening.

Coronavirus aid deal passed, delivered to Senate; Trump to sign

By Paul M. Krawzak, David Lerman and Lindsey McPherson
Posted March 13, 2020 at 6:23pm, Updated at 9:22pm
Affordable Care Act supporters wave signs outside the Supreme Court. Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington state all announced special enrollment periods for uninsured individuals.

States reopen insurance enrollment as coronavirus spreads

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Lauren Clason
Posted March 13, 2020 at 4:00pm
Kaylen Smith demonstrates how to don the protective gear that must be worn when dealing with patients with an infectious disease at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The American Hospital Association called on Democrats to spike a provision in the COVID-19 response bill that would require them to shield nurses from exposure to the novel coronavirus.

Hospitals want to kill a policy shielding nurses from COVID-19 because there aren’t enough masks

By Emily Kopp
Posted March 13, 2020 at 3:04pm
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a rally at University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Feb. 18, 2020. He and opponent former Vice President Joe Biden were critical of the Trump administration's handling of the coronavirus response.

Presidential candidates argue over coronavirus response

By Herb Jackson and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted March 12, 2020 at 5:06pm
Dr. Anthony Fauci, left, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Robert Redfield, second from left, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are sworn into the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on “Coronavirus Preparedness and Response,” in Rayburn Building on Wednesday.

Coronavirus spread will likely get worse, ‘serious mitigation’ is necessary, health officials say

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted March 11, 2020 at 4:02pm
Rep. Donna Shalala, D-Fla., talks with reporters on September 10, 2019. Shalala said Tuesday the coronavirus outbreak should be a turning point for how Congress views things like having a well-trained health care workforce in place.

Outbreak urgency may intersect with broader health bill effort

By Andrew Siddons
Posted March 10, 2020 at 3:38pm
Caroline Corum holds medical receipts as she poses for a portrait outside of her home.

Ten years into Obamacare, cost and access issues abound

By Lauren Clason, Emily Kopp and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted March 10, 2020 at 11:40am