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Officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a warning recently urging Americans to only flush toilet paper, and to dispose of disinfectant wipes and “other non-flushable items” in the garbage.

A minor in New York City — now the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. — has suffered a coronavirus-related death, according to data from the city released on Monday. 

Allergist and immunologist Dr. Purvi Parikh is here to answer your coronavirus questions.

With nearly 800,000 coronavirus cases worldwide, Intelligence agencies in the U.S. are having difficulties determining the situation in areas such as China, Russia, and North Korea, government sources told Reuters.

NYU Langone Health, one of the nation’s top academic medical centers, told emergency-room doctors that they have “sole discretion” to place patients on ventilators and institutional backing to “withhold futile intubations.”

Ford Motor Company has announced plans to make 50,000 ventilators at one of its Michigan plants over the next 100 days in an effort to arm those on the front lines with equipment to fight COVID-19.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced he will no longer order that gun stores be temporarily closed during the coronavirus pandemic.

A health expert at the World Health Organization said on Tuesday that countries that have relaxed earlier coronavirus bans due to low transmission rates should keep their guard up due to the threat of the virus surging back.

The U.S. hit a grim milestone on Monday, as over 3,000 coronavirus deaths and 163,000 cases have been reported, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

Army researchers at Fort Detrick, Md., are fast at work growing batches of COVID-19 to help test treatment options and eventually find a coronavirus vaccine.

No at-home tests for COVID-19 have been approved by the FDA, prompting critics to say the agency is being too cautious.

Is the mask and gloves you wore to the grocery store now considered medical waste?

It may be possible for the novel coronavirus to transmit through the air, a new study released over the weekend suggests. 

A man dubbed as coronavirus “patient zero” in Westchester, N.Y., is home after a weekslong battle against COVID-19.

Attending meetings and receiving social support play a huge role in drug and alcohol recovery, but in the age of social distancing there are other tools individuals can use, one expert said.

Two of America’s leading health insurers are waiving all out-of-pocket costs associated with coronavirus treatment, President Trump said over the weekend. Customers of both companies won't have to make copayments or other forms of cost-sharing for COVID-19 care.

Cardiologist Dr. Kevin Campbell is here to answer your coronavirus questions.

As many as 10% of recovered coronavirus patients in China tested positive again after being discharged from the hospital, according to a report.

A field hospital is being erected in New York City’s famed Central Park to help meet the demand of extra hospital beds during the coronavirus outbreak that has ripped through the city.

Pharmaceutical companies throughout the world are working around the clock to develop effective coronavirus treatments or a vaccine with no clear breakthroughs.