The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency told CNBC that it would not start using the "Aventa-M" ventilators while an investigation into their safety was carried out.
As authorities globally look to ease restrictions intended to contain the coronavirus and reopen economies, Australia's finance minister says the country is already on the path to victory against the disease.
While the rest of the world openly courted tourist dollars, Bhutan dammed the tourist flow. In doing so, it protected its people and its travelers, the latter of whom rave about the authenticity of this small, land-locked country.
"[W]ithout more aggressive action from the federal government, we may have no choice but to reopen as the economy spirals into a depression," the "Mad Money" host said.
Sustained economic stress from job losses and downturns in the stock market could be associated with higher U.S. suicide rates, according to a JAMA report.
The deal is "royalty-free" until WHO says the Covid-19 outbreak is no longer a global health crisis or "until a pharmaceutical product other than remdesivir or a vaccine is approved to treat or prevent Covid-19."
As part of the discussions, J.C. Penney would be able to draw $225 million of its bankruptcy loan on day one, and then have to hit certain milestones in order to obtain the second half of the loan.
"I think that there's an opportunity here for us because this is only centered — only centered — on the coronavirus," the top Democrat in Congress told CNBC's Jim Cramer.
The Department of Transportation says it's getting inundated with complaints about airline refunds from consumers and again issued guidance on what travelers are owed.
"We don't have what we need in place to be able to do what needs to be done well, the good bread-and-butter public health: testing, contact tracing, isolating," said Dr. Craig Spencer of New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center.
Paul, an opthamologist, argued that low coronavirus mortality rates in kids should bolster the case for reopening schools. "I don't think you're the end-all," he told Fauci.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday that state will move further into its reopening process, allowing some offices, malls and outdoor museums to resume operations with modifications.
"I really hope we have three, four, five vaccines, because no manufacturer can make enough doses for the planet," Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said during CNBC's Healthy Returns Virtual Summit.
Scientists and health officials may find a vaccine that is effective in preventing Covid-19 by the end of this year "if we're lucky," billionaire philanthropist Melinda Gates tells CNBC.