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Updated 1:40 pm CDT, Tuesday, May 12, 2020

The Food and Drug Administration over the weekend issued emergency use authorization for a rapid and cheap coronavirus test. The test may only be about 85% accurate, but it's nonetheless a crucial step toward increasing the country's ability to monitor for new coronavirus outbreaks, former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb told CNBC. Public health specialists have repeatedly…

1 to 3 percent of people found in such a condition can be resuscitated. For that is what emergency workers have been trained to do: make every possible effort to save every life.But with so many paramedics sickened by the virus, emergency units have changed their practices to limit their exposure. The most unsettling change,…

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said New York was working with the C.D.C. to investigate a mysterious illness linked to the coronavirus that causes life-threatening inflammation in children.Right NowMayor Bill de Blasio said 38 children in New York City had been sickened by a mysterious ailment linked to the coronavirus, an increase from 15 reported Monday.…

Nearly 4 million people worldwide — including almost 1.3 million in the United States – have been infected with the new coronavirus, and the number of deaths from the outbreak continues to rise. While efforts to contain the COVID-19 outbreak continue, states have begun to shift their focus towards reopening their economies. Live updates for…