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Groups cross Ocean Boulevard on Saturday, May 16, 2020, in Myrtle Beach, S.C.. With hotels, beaches, shopping and restaurants reopening along the Grand Strand, tourist season kicked off this weekend despite coronavirus concerns. (Jason Lee/The Sun News via AP)

U.S. turns coronavirus corner on ‘very positive day’

Monday was perhaps the most hopeful day so far of the pandemic in the U.S., as a Massachusetts biotech company reported a promising vaccine trial, stocks rallied on the news, and every state but one was reopening for business.

May 18, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks during the presentation of the Space Force Flag in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump: U.S. will donate ventilators to India amid pandemic

President Trump said Friday the U.S. will donate excess ventilators to India amid the coronavirus pandemic, following through on a White House pledge to send the machines abroad after a manufacturing blitz exceeded needs at home.

May 15, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, May 15, 2020, in Washington. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, left, and Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listen. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump pledges coronavirus vaccine by end of year

President Trump said Friday he's enlisting the full capacity of U.S. government, manufacturing and the military to secure a vaccine for the coronavirus before the end of the year, an incredibly ambitious timeline.

May 15, 2020
Jerry A. Mann, second from right, stands with his grandmother, Sylvia Rubio, as he prepares to be tested for COVID-19 by the San Antonio Fire Department at a free walk-up test site set up to help underserved and minority communities in San Antonio, Thursday, May 14, 2020. Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has warned officials in San Antonio, Austin and Dallas that the cities could face lawsuits if they do not relax coronavirus measures he says go further than state law allows. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Coronavirus asymptomatic discrepancies compared to Zika outbreak

The share of people who are infected with the coronavirus but never get sick varies widely from place to place, from less than 20% of cruise ship passengers in Japan to a whopping 95% of inmates at an Ohio prison, underscoring the challenge in weeding out infections and isolating the virus as parts of the world reopen.

May 14, 2020
President Donald Trump points to a question as he speaks about the coronavirus during a press briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, May 11, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump vows coronavirus testing blitz to meet demands for supplies

The White House said Monday it will dole out $11 billion to states to dramatically increase coronavirus testing and vowed to meet governors' demands for the supplies they need to collect specimens, part of a blitz President Trump described as the biggest manufacturing ramp-up since World War II.

May 11, 2020
Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a White House National Day of Prayer Service in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pence staffer tests positive for COVID-19

A staff member for Vice President Mike Pence has contracted the coronavirus, the White House said Friday, one day after a Navy valet for President Trump tested positive.

May 8, 2020