"The Trump administration’s decision to forgo a World Health Organization test and create its own had fateful consequences, experts say."

"The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic."

"Russ Vought, the acting director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, on Tuesday doubled down on proposed cuts to health services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), despite the coronavirus outbreak."

"A series of missed chances by the federal government to ensure more widespread testing came during the early days of the outbreak, when containment would have been easier."

"The coronavirus outbreak is pushing the world’s airlines toward financial crisis — and that is starting to complicate efforts to tame airlines’ greenhouse gas emissions, which had been growing rapidly in recent years."

"Confusion and delays appear to persist in testing Americans for coronavirus even after an outcry from state and local health authorities that the United States was behind in determining the extent of the outbreak."

"The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus rose to six on Monday, and patients were being treated in at least 15 states, deepening fears about the outbreak's rapid spread and the medical, psychological and economic toll it will exact on the United States."

"Alex Azar, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, admitted Wednesday that a vaccine for the coronavirus might not be affordable for all Americans."

"A second person has died in Washington state and five more people have tested positive with the novel coronavirus, health officials said Sunday."