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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The president, without evidence, accused the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of exaggerating the numbers.
Eating or drinking at restaurants or bars may be "important risk factors" for contracting the coronavirus, the research found.
After Trump retweeted a QAnon falsehood about the CDC, COVID-19 and preexisting conditions, it became the party line.
Cases of the syndrome among children are rising. Symptoms include fever, inflammation and organ damage, health experts say, and it can be lethal.
More than 3,000 people were likely infected in the six days that top Chinese officials stayed silent about a new coronavirus, The Associated Press reports.
The number of deaths and infections around the world are likely far higher than government tallies suggest.
What is herd immunity? And can you get Covid-19 twice?
Anyone with underlying conditions should reconsider traveling as the coronavirus continues to spread, warned NIAID Director Anthony Fauci.
The Diamond Princess cruise ship is the only place where health officials have seen the disease spread efficiently beyond China.