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As coronavirus continues to spread across the United States, the quest to combat the global pandemic is being hampered by testing kit shortages and a fear that the materials needed to make more may soon run dry.

A man has tested positive for the new coronavirus in Alaska, the first such case in the state, officials said.

Catholic churches in Rome were ordered to close on Thursday to help limit the spread of coronavirus that has killed over 1,000 people across Italy.

A female diplomat to the Philippines who was at the United Nations (U.N) in New York on Monday has tested positive for coronavirus, according to multiple reports.

Ohio health officials announced Thursday that the state has five known cases of the coronavirus, but one expert said that the number is likely much higher and estimated 100,000 undiagnosed cases.

As the total cases of coronavirus in the U.S. climbed to 1,325 on Thursday, with nearly 40 deaths nationwide, many state officials have signaled frustration about the lack of tests being conducted to detect COVID-19.

Last month, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated it would take 18 months to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Here is an update on the progress of several major companies, in their search for a cure.  

Two of Miami's most popular nightclubs shuttered its doors as the threat of coronavirus bore down on the city Thursday. 

Senior citizens seem to be the least concerned about the coronavirus pandemic despite being the most vulnerable to contracting serious complications from the illness, a new poll found.

State officials have set up a "containment area" in New Rochelle, N.Y., and sending in the National Guard to help amid the cluster of coronavirus cases.

Store shelves are beginning to empty out across the United States and beyond in response to the Coronavirus outbreak.

A woman in Seattle, Wash., who was infected with the novel coronavirus but recovered is speaking out, advising her fellow Americans to avoid panicking over the illness that has now infected more than 1,000 people in the U.S. alone. 

The 67-year-old's death marks the state's first COVID-19-related fatality.

Officials in Maine have confirmed the state’s first presumptive positive case of the novel coronavirus in a woman who lives in Androscoggin County.

Los Angeles County has reported its first coronavirus death, health officials there said.

Many adopted the hashtag #SendMattSwiderHome, imploring the U.S. Embassy in Cairo to intervene.

The novel coronavirus has officially reached Mississippi. 

A new study suggests that the novel coronavirus COVID-19 can remain in the air for up to three hours, and live on surfaces such as plastic and stainless steel for up to three days.

A passenger on a JetBlue flight traveling from New York to Florida Wednesday night tested positive for coronavirus, according to fire officials.

The night of March 11, 2020, may be remembered as the point where the coronavirus outbreak reached a new level of seriousness in the U.S.