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Hong Kong is one of the world's densest cities. Public transit is often packed. There are even direct flights from Wuhan. Yet, the city managed to handle the outbreak with a combination of factors.

The U.S. reported more than 50,600 additional coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the largest single-day increase since the beginning of the outbreak.

"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer rings the lightning round bell, which means he's giving his answers to callers' stock questions at rapid speed.

"The stock market is not a proxy for the economy, it's a proxy for big business," the "Mad Money" host said.

Apeel will bring limes to Wakefern Food grocery stores in July. The deal is striving to save 1.4 million limes from going bad each year.

The Trump administration issued a series of air travel safety guidelines for the Covid-19 era but stopped short of requiring social distancing onboard

The CDC and the World Health Organization recommend that people wear masks as a way to slow the spread of the virus.

"You don't want to balance lives against the economy," Dr. Anthony Fauci said during an interview with the JAMA Network.

The case against Jeffrey Epstein, a former friend of Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, and Prince Andrew, has ensnared his ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell.

"It was always a struggle for Wall Street to hire African Americans," Loop Capital Chairman and CEO Jim Reynolds told CNBC.

"We want to see Americans have a chance to have some normal experiences of enjoying life," National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins says.

Governors in Michigan, Florida, Texas, California, Colorado and Arizona are closing thousands of bars again ahead of the Fourth of July weekend as Covid-19 cases in those states surge.

The company is making changes to its trial plan, which has pushed back the expected start date, according to health-care publication STAT News.

Retailers are promoting "contactless" digital payments to minimize germ spread during the coronavirus pandemic.

The automaker unveiled a new "Hellcat" model of the 2021 Durango SUV, which it is calling "the most powerful SUV ever."

Las Vegas casino owner Derek Stevens said Thursday that although social distancing protocols are limiting the amount of people inside his casinos, sales in June were higher than a year ago.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseasese, is scheduled to hold a discussion Thursday with the the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Space startup Momentus has so far struck $40 million worth of customer contracts this year,

Children diagnosed with Covid-19 pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome, or PMIS, may develop new-onset neurological symptoms in the absence of respiratory manifestations, according to a study published Wednesday in JAMA Neurology.

"This will be over by January one way or the other," former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said on "Squawk Box."