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A retirement community in Louisiana has 12 residents who have tested positive for coronavirus, and several others are awaiting their test results in isolation, a spokesperson for the facility told CNN.

A novel coronavirus vaccine trial in the US has now given a dose to its first participant, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases announced Monday.

West Virginia became the 50th state to report a case of the deadly novel coronavirus when Gov. Jim Justice announced the first positive test result Tuesday.

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Each day more Americans are finding new restrictions put on their lives as the deadly novel coronavirus infects more people.

Nearly seven million people living in a wide swath of Northern California, including Silicon Valley, are being ordered to shelter in place starting at midnight Monday night as authorities try to stop the novel coronavirus from spreading.

Contrary to what some may think, not everything on social media is rooted in fact.

For millions of American students and families, spring break is a much anticipated fun-in-the-sun vacation, or an opportunity to travel to Europe or a more far-flung locale.

France's health ministry has suggested that popular anti-inflammatory painkillers such as ibuprofen could worsen the effects of the coronavirus. Some health experts said there was lack of publicly available evidence to back up the claim.

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School closures due to the COVID-19 outbreak mean millions of parents and guardians who have grown accustomed to sending their children to traditional school are trying to homeschool.

Health departments in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and Guam have created coronavirus landing pages.

Parenting in the age of coronavirus is addiing to the workload most parents -- and really, mostly moms -- do. Their 'emotional labor' increases with the disruption of daily routines and uncertainty about the future.

America hasn't hit the peak of its coronavirus outbreak, a top US health official said, even as the number of cases nears 3,000 and officials across the country impose a slew of restrictions to curb the virus's spread.

The CDC has recommended that no gatherings with 50 people or more take place for the next eight weeks, in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Coronavirus fears have locked us in our homes with our kids and loved ones for good reason, experts say. Parents need to practice social distancing and limit their kids' playdates and other activities.

The country's 122 federal prisons and many of the 1,700-plus state prisons have banned visitors and volunteers, hoping to prevent potentially disastrous coronavirus outbreaks among prisoners and staff in close quarters where disease can easily spread.

There are similarities and differences between Covid-19 and the flu, but we know much less about the novel coronavirus. As we look at what happened in China, and what's happening now in Italy, it's easy to adopt a fatalistic attitude that "there's nothing we can do, we're all going to get it anyway." This could not be further from the truth.

Americans are waking up to a country under a national emergency. In many neighborhoods, grocery shelves will be empty. International travel is now heavily restricted. Some church services may be canceled or live streamed this weekend. There won't be NBA, golf or soccer games to watch. Broadway shows have halted too. And in many states, mass gatherings are outright banned.

The national blood supply is low, empty shelves signal foreboding at food banks and vulnerable communities are at risk.