The White House coronavirus task force will wind down as the country moves into a second phase that focuses on the aftermath of the outbreak, President Donald Trump says.

US President Donald Trump says he now believes as many as 100,000 Americans could die in the coronavirus pandemic, after the death toll passed his earlier estimates, but says he is confident a vaccine would be developed by the year's end.

US scientists hail a potential breakthrough in the coronavirus fight after a trial showed patients responding to an antiviral drug, fueling global hopes for a return to normal despite mounting deaths and abysmal economic figures.

The Pentagon has officially released three short grainy videos showing "unidentified aerial phenomena", report several media including CNN and The Guardian.

The House of Representatives passes a new $483 billion economic stimulus bill as US job losses due to the coronavirus soars and businesses clamors for more support.

President Donald Trump announces he has partially suspended immigration to the United States, with the aim of keeping foreigners out of local jobs during the coronavirus crisis.

A second wave of the coronavirus is expected to hit the United States next winter and could strike much harder than the first because it would likely arrive at the start of influenza season, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns.

A South Texas emergency room physician chooses a novel place to self-isolate as he’s treating patients with the novel coronavirus.

Tornadoes ripped through the southern United States, killing at least 32 people and leaving behind splintered buildings and downed powerlines, officials and US media says.

The United States may be ready to start gradually reopening next month, the government's top infectious diseases expert says, as signs grow that the coronavirus pandemic is peaking.

The United States becomes the first country to record more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in one day, with 2,108 fatalities in the past 24 hours, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.

Harvey Weinstein is charged in Los Angeles with a third sexual assault case, and prosecutors there say they have started the process of seeking his extradition from New York, where the former film producer is serving prison time for rape.

US researchers opens another safety test of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine, this one using a skin-deep shot instead of the usual deeper jab.

The United States is entering what a senior official warns would be the "hardest" week of the coronavirus crisis as the death toll mounted, but some saw glimmers of hope from a slight slowing of fatalities in hard-hit New York.

A total of eight Bangladeshis die of Covid-19 in the US over the last 24 hours.

A US-based lab unveiled a portable test that can tell if someone has Covid-19 in as little as five minutes, it says in a statement.

The United States takes the grim title of the country with the most coronavirus infections and reports a record surge in unemployment as world leaders vow $5 trillion to stave off global economic collapse.

US deaths from the coronavirus pandemic have topped 1,000, in another grim milestone for a global outbreak that is taking lives and wreaking havoc on economies and established routines of ordinary life.

The White House and Senate leaders of both parties announce agreement on unprecedented emergency legislation to rush sweeping aid to businesses, workers and a health care system slammed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Joe Biden moves a step closer to a November showdown with Donald Trump, notching up big primary wins over Bernie Sanders, his sole remaining challenger for the Democratic presidential nomination.