Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said this week's decision by the state's supreme court will put lives at risk from the coronavirus and she warned that businesses are still not ready to reopen.
The Trump administration has mounted an "inconsistent and incoherent national response" to the COVID-19 pandemic by injecting politics into public health policy, The Lancet says.
An analysis by NPR finds many nations are tossing aside international health regulations and imposing strict travel restrictions. Experts say the benefits are likely to be small.
Public health has come a long way since the deadly flu, but we find ourselves in an oddly similar moment, using many of the same measures employed in 1918, a medical historian says.
As states move on from social distancing, they need plenty of coronavirus testing to prevent future outbreaks. But many communities face testing bottlenecks. Tennessee has a solution.
Nearly 5,000 people have died from COVID-19 in long-term care facilities in New Jersey. Some of the worst outbreaks have occurred at two of the state's homes for veterans.
Many sleepaway camps announced they will be closed this summer, saying social distancing cannot happen there. But others are still planning for the possibility, drawing up extensive logistical plans.
The federal government has put the onus of reopening on states. Many state and local leaders say responses reopening their economies have been fractured and chaotic, including in rural California.
The Food And Drug Administration is raising concerns about the accuracy of the Abbott ID Now Coronavirus test, which returns results within 15 minutes. The FDA worries about false negative results.