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Here’s what you need to know: Image Dr. Anthony S. Fauci agreed with Dr. Deborah Birx’s statement that the United States has entered a “new phase” of the pandemic.Credit...Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times Birx, criticized by Trump, is...

Here’s what you need to know: Image President Trump shows a map of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States during an executive order signing ceremony on hiring Americans at the White House on Monday.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times Trump...

Here’s what you need to know: Image President Trump shows a map of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States during an executive order signing ceremony on hiring Americans at the White House on Monday.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times With...

Here’s what you need to know: Birx says in an interview that the virus is in a ‘new phase’ and Trump calls her performance ‘pathetic.’ President Trump lashed out at Dr. Deborah L. Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator,...

Getting shots into the arms of millions of Americans is a massive undertaking, they say, requiring extraordinary coordination, planning and communication. But with only six months to the government’s target date for approving a vaccine, the administration has shared limited...

Canadians living in rural or remote communities are at risk of poorer health outcomes due to a shortage of anesthesia services, say researchers calling for a national strategy to address inequitable access to care. Dr. Beverley Orser, chair of the...

Here’s what you need to know: Image Dr. Deborah L. Birx during a news conference at the White House last month.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times Live with someone vulnerable? ‘You need to really consider wearing a mask at home,’ Birx...

What is a conscientious person who already wears a mask and maintains social distance to do? Is there a moral obligation to get a test? Yes, said R. Alta Charo, a professor of law and bioethics at the University of...

Remember the progress made in suppressing COVID-19 during the painful economic shutdowns? In some states, much of those gains have been erased after an abysmal July that shattered records for new cases, hospitalizations or deaths. "I want to be very...