WHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE

If the U.S. continues its pace of vaccinations, "literally within a few weeks, we're going to start to see a turning around of the dynamics," Fauci said.

The Biden Administration announced Friday a massive investment in the fight against COVID-19 variants.

The White House COVID Response Team said it is working with states to minimize any impact of the Johnson & Johnson pause.

Medical experts are keeping a close eye on the Midwest and Northeast as new cases of COVID-19 surge.

CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky explained Friday why those guidelines aren’t ready yet at the White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing. Ad“Six weeks ago, only 8% of seniors -- those most vulnerable to COVID -- had received a vaccination,” said White House advisor Andy Slavitt. States that allowed on-site dining in restaurants had a 3% increase in COVID deaths within 100 days. “I think the science is now following the messaging that we have, and the messaging has followed the science. “This is not the first report that demonstrates the impact of in-person dining and how cases and deaths will follow after in-person dining.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Federal health officials are urging U.S. residents to hold on just for a few months longer. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said they are months away from being able to vaccinate every adult in the country. READ: Why Michigan officials felt now was right time to loosen COVID-19 restrictions“The next three months are pivotal,” Walensky said. How this plays out is up to us.”White House advisor Andy Slavitt said they hope the country will rally together and finish the race. The CDC is expected to release new guidelines Thursday on what fully vaccinated people can do to stay safe.

That’s on top of the nearly $200 million for virus genome sequencing, which is critical for tracking new variants of the virus. Dr. Anthony Fauci said there are two studies that are pointing in a favorable direcion. If found higher amounts of the virus in the nose was linked to a greater ability to spread the virus. “In other words, higher viral load, good transmissibility; low viral load, very poor transmissibility.”So people who are fully vaccinated have less virus in their nose. Ad“When your turn to get vaccinated comes up, get vaccinated,” Fauci said.

Deborah Birx, coronavirus response coordinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, speaks after a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the Department of Health and Human Services on June 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. Dr. Deborah Birx, the Trump White House coronavirus response coordinator, said in a CBS interview released on Sunday that Former President Donald Trump had been reviewing "parallel" data sets on the coronavirus pandemic from someone inside the administration. "I saw the president presenting graphs that I never made," Birx told Margaret Brennan on CBS News' "Face The Nation." "Someone inside was creating a parallel set of data and graphics that were shown to the president." More than 25 million people have been infected and at least 417,000 people have died in the U.S. since the pandemic began, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

States race to ramp up COVID vaccine rollout amid record deaths The White House Coronavirus Task Force warned there may be a U.S. variant of the coronavirus that is more contagious as the country is racing to increase the number of vaccinations. Carter Evans has the latest.

The White House Coronavirus Task Force has recommended to President Donald Trump that the United States begin allowing travelers into the country from Brazil, the United Kingdom and the 27 countries in the European Union, according to two officials involved in the discussions. If Trump signs off on the policy proposal, it would reverse bans on inbound travel for U.S. allies put into place at the beginning of the pandemic as the virus surged overseas. Travel from China and Iran, two of the earliest hotspots for the virus and from which travel was restricted in January and February, would not be relaxed, according to these officials. The task force was not unanimous in its recommendation, which was sent to the president in advance of the Thanksgiving holiday. The White House did not respond to a request for comment about where the policy process stands, and when Trump could put it into effect.

Hospitals are filling up, coronavirus cases continue to break records, and the vaccine may be too late for too many. According to Bloomberg, 80% of U.S. counties saw even more people traveling this Thanksgiving than last year. More than one-third of all Americans live near hospitals that are critically short of intensive care unit beds, according to the New York Times. California has more than 11,000 people hospitalized and over 30,000 new cases — both all-time records, the state reported. "If you would have told me back then that I would come out walking, with difficulty but I'm standing," said Felipe.

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will meet with members of President-elect Joe Biden's coronavirus pandemic response team for the first time Thursday, a transition official told CNBC. Fauci has already spoken with incoming White House chief of staff Ron Klain, but Thursday's meeting, first reported by CNN, will be the first time that Fauci formally briefs Biden's Covid team. Nine months into the coronavirus pandemic, the nation is currently experiencing its worst phase yet, with more than 200,000 new cases and a record 2,800 deaths reported on Wednesday. The meeting between Fauci and Biden's advisors is occurring later in the year than many would have hoped. Dr. Deborah Birx, who coordinates the White House coronavirus task force, is also reportedly planning to begin formal coordination with the Biden transition team this week.

Response coordinator for White House Coronavirus Task Force Deborah Birx speaks as President Donald Trump listens during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC on April 21, 2020. WASHINGTON — White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said she hopes to brief President-elect Joe Biden's administration on America's response to the Covid-19 pandemic on Monday. "I think the one thing that we will be able to bring to the Biden administration in that discussion is to understand how they want to see the data," Birx said during a Sunday interview on CBS "Face the Nation." Birx, referencing statewide data, also raised concerns about a potential uptick in coronavirus cases across the United States due to the Thanksgiving holiday. "We're entering this post-Thanksgiving surge with three, four, and 10 times as much disease across the country so that's what worries us the most," Birx said, referencing her colleague White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci.

WASHINGTON – Members of the White House coronavirus task force held a news briefing on Thursday afternoon to discuss the federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. The news conference comes as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surge across the U.S. Conditions inside the nation’s hospitals are deteriorating by the day as the coronavirus rages across the U.S. at an unrelenting pace and the confirmed death toll surpasses 250,000. The number of people in the hospital with COVID-19 in the U.S. has doubled in the past month and set new records every day this week. As of Tuesday, nearly 77,000 were hospitalized with the virus.

Health officials had asked workers in central Auckland to stay home on Friday while they investigated the case but say they can now return to work. — Surge of coronavirus cases appears to be slowing in Germany and France, but still straining hospitals. Alaska has had over 20,000 cases, including 477 new cases reported Thursday. She is scheduled Friday to address the situation and is expected to announce new public health restrictions aimed to curbing spread. That’s the impassioned message that dozens of parents and school administrators are sending to public health officials in Pennsylvania’s third-most populous county.

WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a White House coronavirus task force news briefing at 5 p.m. on Tuesday for the first time since April. The task force has held news briefings since then, but President Trump has not participated in them. Trumps resumption of the coronavirus task force news briefings comes as coronavirus (COVID-19) cases are spiking across the country. COVID-19 cases in the U.S. have been increasing by about 400,000 new cases each week since June 29. Texas reported an increase of 74,000 cases and California reported an increase of 64,000 additional cases in the last week.

WASHINGTON The White House coronavirus task force will host a news conference at 11 a.m. on Wednesday to address the rising number of COVID-19 cases across the country. Other states like Texas and California also reported an increase of around 48,000 COVID-19 cases each in the last week. COVID-19 cases are climbing at a rapid pace in Arizona, Georgia, North and South Carolina and more states. As of Tuesday the state is reporting a total of 66,627 COVID-19 cases and 6,005 deaths. New Michigan COVID-19 cases per day since June 22:

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases speaks as President Donald Trump listens during the daily briefing of the White House Coronavirus Task Force at the White House April 13, 2020 in Washington, DC. The United States "could be in for a bad fall" if researchers don't find an effective treatment to fight the coronavirus by then, White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday. The virus will certainly make a comeback in the U.S. even as cases begin to stabilize, Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, said during an interview with The Economic Club of Washington, D.C.Covid-19 is "not going to disappear from the planet," he said, adding infectious disease experts are learning about how the virus behaves by watching emerging outbreaks in other regions such as southern Africa that are starting to enter their colder seasons. "In my mind, it's inevitable that we will have a return of the virus, or maybe even that it never went away," he said.

Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House Coronavirus Task Force coordinator, told NBC News' "Meet the Press" Sunday that while the coronavirus trends give her "great hope" for slow reopenings over the next few months, many of the social distancing measures that have upended American life will be a constant fixture through the summer. And, while President Donald Trump and many governors press to re-open the economy, Birx said the U.S. needs a "breakthrough" on coronavirus testing to help screen Americans and get a more accurate picture of the virus' spread. Birx said the task force intends to continue working with states to scale up testing for those sick with the virus. "At the same time," she added, "we have to realize that we have to have a breakthrough innovation in testing" for those who have already had the virus but had either mild or no symptoms. But she added that there needs to be a significant breakthrough with antigen testing, which can discover whether someone had already had the virus and can help "screen large numbers of individuals quickly."

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and the White House coronavirus (COVID-19) task force held the daily briefing Thursday afternoon. The White House task force holds a press conference each day to provide an update on the country’s response to COVID-19. — Heather Espinal is one of 1,900 Veterans Affairs health care workers who have become sick with the coronavirus, according to agency documents obtained by The Associated Press. Another 3,600 of the 300,000-plus VA health care employees are quarantined and unable to work because they have been exposed to the virus, according to VA figures. __ The oldest brother of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Donald Reed Herring, has died from the coronavirus, the Massachusetts senator said.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and the White House coronavirus (COVID-19) task force held the daily briefing Wednesday afternoon. The White House task force holds a press conference each day to provide an update on the country’s response to COVID-19. Also, California health officials reset the timeline on coronavirus deaths and Tyson Foods shut down an Iowa plant. — Health officials say two people died with the new coronavirus in California weeks before the first reported death from the virus. The company said the indefinite closure of the Waterloo, Iowa, plant would deny a vital market to hog farmers and further disrupt the nation’s meat supply.

(Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and the White House coronavirus (COVID-19) task force is expected to hold its daily briefing at 5 p.m. Saturday. As of April 18, 2020 at 3 p.m., Michigan has 30,791 cases of coronavirus and 2,308 confirmed deaths. State officials report 3,237 people have recovered from coronavirus in Michigan since the outbreak began. The White House task force holds a press conference each day to provide an update on the country’s response to COVID-19.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and the White House coronavirus (COVID-19) task force held the daily briefing Friday afternoon. The task force holds a press conference each day to provide an update on the country’s response to COVID-19. — A New York state survey details the deadly toll the coronavirus had on nursing homes, with 19 facilities reporting 20 or more deaths. — The French Navy is investigating how the coronavirus infected more than 900 sailors aboard the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. One of the best ways to prevent spread of the virus is washing your hands with soap and water.

Almost 100 cruise ships wait off the Gulf, Atlantic and Pacific coasts, with about 80,000 crew members on board, according to the CDCs latest no-sail order. The Coast Guard reported it oversaw 250,000 passengers removed from cruise ships during that time. CDC notes increased risk of infection of COVID-19 in a cruise ship environment, the warning said. But by early March, it was clear the industry had another crisis on its hands on another Princess cruise: the Grand Princess. "The failure to act on the cruise industry is just another example of it.

(Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)WASHINGTON – Watch coronavirus livestream coverage of the outbreak as COVID-19 spreads, impacting markets and daily life across the U.S. and abroad. President Donald Trump and the White House coronavirus task force will be holding a briefing at 1:30 p.m. Friday. You can watch the briefing in the video below.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and the White House coronavirus (COVID-19) task force held the daily briefing Monday afternoon. The task force holds a press conference each day to provide an update on the country’s response to COVID-19. Watch the briefing below (or click here):Read a COVID-19 update from the Associated Press below:The United States is bracing for a painful week, with a wave of coronavirus deaths expected across the nation. Yet President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are striking optimistic tones, insisting that hard weeks ahead will ultimately lead to the nation beginning to turn a corner. — Coronavirus patients around the world are rushing to join studies of an experimental drug that showed promise against some similar viruses in the past.

A significant number of states lack enough intensive care unit beds in their hospitals to deal with a wave of projected coronavirus cases in coming days and weeks. For all types of hospital beds, the projection says 140,823 beds will be needed nationwide. As of Monday there were more than 352,500 reported COVID-19 cases in the U.S., and close to 10,400 reported deaths. The same report found that 3 out of every 4 hospitals in the United States are currently treating actual or suspected COVID-19 cases. That state has the biggest disparity between the current number of ICU beds and projected cases of COVID-19 patients.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and the White House coronavirus (COVID-19) task force is expected to hold its daily briefing Sunday evening. The task force holds a press conference each day to provide an update on the country’s response to COVID-19. As of Sunday, April 5, at 3 p.m., there are 15,718 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Michigan. Watch the briefing below (or click here):Anyone who believes they might have coronavirus should follow the CDC guidelines. More information on coronavirus (COVID-19):

President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence voiced optimism Sunday about the coronavirus pandemic and described cases of the disease appear to be leveling. "The U.S. will reach a horrific point in terms of death, but it will be a point where things will start changing for the better," Mr. Trump said. He said the U.S. has conducted and received results of more than 1.6 million coronavirus tests. Mr. Trump had warned Saturday that the upcoming week will be the "toughest" one yet in the crisis. "This will probably be the toughest week between this week and next week, and a lot of death, unfortunately," Mr. Trump said Saturday.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and the White House coronavirus (COVID-19) task force is expected to hold its daily briefing Saturday afternoon. The task force holds a press conference each day to provide an update on the country’s response to COVID-19. As of Saturday, April 4, at 3 p.m., there are 14,225 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Michigan. Watch the briefing below (or click here):Anyone who believes they might have coronavirus should follow the CDC guidelines. More information on coronavirus (COVID-19):

U.S. households are being mailed a version of the COVID-19 guidelines released almost two weeks ago by the White House Coronavirus Task Force and the guidelines are specifically called "President Trump's," a designation some argue comes across as political. The postcard is part of the "Slow the Spread" campaign launched by the White House on March 16. But on the front of the postcard, below the phrase "slow the spread," there is larger font that reads, "President Trump's Coronavirus Guidelines for America." The document released by the White House on March 16 read, "The President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America." Both of the guideline documents contain the logos of the White House and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, it’s likely not many in the United States knew who Dr. Anthony Fauci was. In his younger years, Fauci reportedly would run for seven miles a day. When he was in midst of the fight against HIV/AIDS, Dr. Fauci was known to run 7 miles daily. Recently, a video from a 1988 presidential candidate debate between then-Vice President Bush and Michael Dukakis emerged. Bush: "Fauci ...top doctor at NIH, working hard doing something about research on this disease of AIDS" @HowardMortmanpic.twitter.com/tyDPRNuFcJ — David I. Ramadan (@DavidIRamadan) March 21, 20203.)

Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams warned Monday that the coronavirus outbreak will worsen this week and said that people across the country are not taking the threat seriously enough. "I want America to understand this week, it's going to get bad," Adams said in an interview on the "TODAY" show. He warned that young people need to understand that they can contract COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, and they can be hospitalized and potentially die from it. "The other important point is that we're not going to ventilator our way out of this problem. We're not going to treat our way out of this problem," he said.

The new coronavirus that's rapidly spreading throughout the U.S. reached all 50 states and D.C. on Tuesday after West Virginia confirmed its first case and the U.S. death toll passed 100. The virus has now infected more than 5,809 people across the country and killed at least 100, NBC News reported. There were just 62 confirmed cases of the virus in the U.S. on March 1, according to the World Health Organization. More than half of all deaths in the U.S. occurred in Washington state, where the virus has killed 53 people. King County in Washington state has been hit particularly hard by the virus with 46 deaths reported in the county alone.

Mr. Trump has long criticized the Fed for not slashing interest rates sufficiently. "It's important that the tests are available for the people most in need," Pence said. Pence offered a similar message, urging Americans to buy what they would need for a week, since grocery stores will "remain open." Pence said he and the president will be briefing governors Monday on public-private partnerships for testing and other needs related to the virus. The administration is working with private industry to attempt to expand testing capabilities, including drive-thru testing.

US Vice President Mike Pence (L) speaks as US President Donald J. Trump (R) and other members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force listen during declaration a national emergency due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington, DC, United States on March 13, 2020. The White House is taking new precautions to prevent the virus from spreading to President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, according to a statement from Deputy Press Secretary Judd Deere. "Out of an abundance of caution, temperature checks are now being performed on any individuals who are in close contact with the President and Vice President," Deere said. A member of the White House health team took the temperatures of reporters gathered for a briefing with Pence on Saturday, and one member of the press was turned away because his temperature was too high. The president said he is currently not experiencing symptoms from the virus and has been consulting with White House doctors.

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has taken a test for the coronavirus and that results are pending. Trump said the test was sent to a lab and he doesn't know when he will get the results. The press secretary of Brazil's president, both of whom were recently in Mar-a-Lago with Trump, tested positive for the virus. Trump also shook hands with multiple people at Friday's press conference, which many health experts have warned against doing due to the pandemic. "I'm going to speak immediately after this press conference with White House physician's office," Pence said.

As confirmed cases of the coronavirus continue to rise, President Donald Trump has quickly embraced the pharmaceutical industry he once vilified for its high prices. It's also rattled the stock market that Trump will likely use as the centerpiece of his reelection campaign in 2020. The crisis is throwing together the pharmaceutical industry and Trump as unlikely bedfellows: The pharma industry is seeking to get back in the administration's good graces, while Trump is hoping it will help stop the damage. Regeneron CEO Leonard Schleifer has told CNBC the company is committed to making the coronavirus vaccine it is working on affordable for patients. "We will make this drug affordable."