Anthony S. Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said there is “no doubt” Donald J. Trump will be confronted with a surprise infectious disease outbreak...

In a tabletop exercise days before an untested new president took power, officials briefed the incoming administration on a scenario remarkably like the one he faces now.

The Trump administration has not budgeted funds for global health security, so the CDC plans to scale back health security activities in 39 of 49 countries.

Rear Adm. Tim Ziemer is among the departures since John Bolton became head of the National Security Council.

Trump's tariffs on Chinese medical products may contribute to shortages and higher equipment costs during the US health crisis.

Government exercises, including one last year, made clear that the U.S. was not ready for a pandemic like the coronavirus. But little was done.

Several months before the coronavirus pandemic began, the Trump administration eliminated a key American public health position in Beijing intended to help detect disease outbreaks in China, Reuters...

Predict, a pandemic preparedness program, thrived under Bush and Obama. Now it’s canceled.

Officials reported that China appeared to be downplaying the outbreak and said swift action could be needed to contain the coronavirus.

Scientists praise decision to make date public; U.S. group sets out to produce live virus from the sequence

Aggressive screening might have helped contain the coronavirus in the United States. But technical flaws, regulatory hurdles and lapses in leadership let it spread undetected for weeks.

Team members were not properly trained, lacked necessary gear and moved freely around and off military bases where Americans were quarantined, a complaint says.

On Saturday, Italy announced that 793 people had died that day from COVID-19, the coronavirus that originated in China that has rapidly spread across the world. That was up from 627 deaths that had oc

State Department chose to keep 14 infected passengers on planes flying to U.S.

Chronic underfunding, changing lines of command and confusion over allocations meet states turning to the national stockpile of emergency medical equipment.

The U.S. is prepared to spend up to $100 million in existing funds to assist China and other impacted countries to contain and combat the novel coronavirus.

Trump tweeted that the 'stock market is starting to look very good to me' on a day the Dow plunged over 1,000 points. 'The Coronavirus is very m...

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room February 26, 2020 6:37 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you very much, everybody.  Thank you very much. Before I begin, I’d like to extend my deepest condolences to...

Vice President Mike Pence's office is in charge of all novel coronavirus messaging after several aides blamed negative coverage about the response on too many mixed messages from senior members of...

The Strategic National Stockpile currently holds approximately 12 million medical-grade N95 masks and 30 million surgical face masks.

On Saturday night in Palm Beach, President Donald Trump talked about his administration’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak. Then he took aim at Joe Biden and the Democrats.

Bidding wars for medical supplies are leaving states under equipped to tackle the Coronavirus COVID-19.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) (the...

NBC News' Peter Alexander asked Trump to respond to Americans who are scared by the pandemic, which triggered the president to reply with an insult.

"You know, at a major hospital sometimes they'll have two ventilators," Trump said. "All of a sudden they're saying, 'Can we order 30,000 ventilators?'"

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said Saturday that 170 ventilators shipped by the federal government to help his state respond to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus were "not working" when they

Trump says he has the power to block provision of stimulus that informs Congress where the corporate bailouts go

President Trump claimed some hospitals are hoarding stashes of ventilators and insinuated that staff may be stealing face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The epicenter of the outbreak in the U.S. is in New York and other urban areas, and they're getting the bulk of the equipment.

Producers and distributors of medical supplies across the country are raising red flags about what they say is a lack of guidance from the federal government about where to send their products.

The review came after officials discovered that aid to foreign countries wasn't being coordinated with U.S. requests.

The review came after officials discovered that aid to foreign countries wasn't being coordinated with U.S. requests.

The U.S. agreed to purchase urgently needed personal protective equipment from Russia to help FEMA respond in New York City. This is a time to work together to overcome a common enemy that threatens...

As coronavirus outbreak intensifies, the government’s emergency stockpile of masks, gloves and other medical supplies is nearly exhausted.

While President Trump has assured states that thousands of ventilators remain at the ready, thousands more are in storage, unmaintained or otherwise unusable.

The agency provided the news at briefings for the House Oversight Committee.

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY SUBJECT:       Order Under the Defense Production Act Regarding the Purchase of Ventilators By the...

The move comes as Trump makes a broad push against inspectors general scrutinizing his actions.

The president has repeatedly touted the anti-malaria drug as a coronavirus treatment despite a lack of medical evidence.

In effect, the president sought to blame the group for the very missteps and failures that have been leveled at him and his administration.