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Articles by Tom Howell Jr.

In this April 13, 2020, file photo a person wearing a protective mask walks down Market Street in Philadelphia. Across an arc of vital swing states, the coronavirus has put politics on an uneasy pause. Political fights are raging among state leaders from Iowa to Pennsylvania over the handling of the pandemics impact. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Asymptomatic coronavirus cases roil reopening plans

COVID-19 ranks as the Russian roulette of infectious disease: Some people get knocked out and others, such as Sen. Rand Paul, don't feel a thing despite testing positive for the coronavirus.

April 22, 2020
Vice President Mike Pence, right, and President Donald Trump watch a video of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaking during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Sunday, April 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump plays Andrew Cuomo clip praising feds as ‘great partner’

As the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 40,000, President Trump on Sunday played a video clip of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo praising the federal government as a "great partner" in treating the coronavirus and ensuring his hard-hit state had enough capacity to handle a surge in hospital needs.

April 19, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping are greeted by children waving flowers and flags during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Trump: China must have most COVID-19 deaths

President Trump on Friday insisted that China must have the most coronavirus deaths in the world given its size and the fact the pathogen sprung from one of its major cities at the end of last year.

April 17, 2020
Medical staff talks to a shopper in her car who volunteered at a pop-up community COVID-19 testing station at a supermarket carpark in Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, April 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) **FILE**

Former CDC chief outlines a four-step path to boxing in coronavirus

Reopening the country will require a four-step system to test for the coronavirus, isolate infections, trace contacts of the sick and quarantine those contacts for 14 days to ensure they're not carriers, the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

April 17, 2020
A medical worker, left, tests a person for the coronavirus from inside a booth, Thursday, April 16, 2020, at MGH Chelsea HealthCare Center, in Chelsea, Mass. The booth separates clinicians from patients, and protects front line providers. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Coronavirus hot spot flareups spread economic-shutdown debate

Some places are peaking before others, with the flare-up in South Dakota reviving the type of economic-shutdown debate that unfolded weeks ago in places like hard-hit New York, where Gov. Andrew Cuomo slowly "closed the valve" by shuttering businesses on a rolling basis through March.

April 16, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, April 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump: Sports to begin again without fans

President Trump said major sports leagues will phase in over the coming weeks or months, starting with games played behind closed doors as the U.S. figures out how to resume its pastimes safely in the age of the coronavirus.

April 16, 2020