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Financial markets were pummeled by the news. A whistle-blower complaint said that federal health workers were sent into quarantine areas unprotected and unprepared.
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Could the coronavirus be the magic bullet to kill off the Trump presidency? Desperate Democrats certainly hope so; they imagine the spreading disease will knock confidence and our robust economy for a loop, undermining President Trump's best argument for reelection.
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 Wall Street's main indexes plunged on Thursday for the sixth straight session, with the S&P 500 confirming its fastest correction in history as the rapid global spread of coronavirus intensified worries about economic growth.
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 For the first time, a US patient has contracted novel coronavirus with no clue as to where it came from. Now officials say more testing kits will be on the way.
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The Trump administration's efforts and ambitions to reduce the size of government could hamper agencies integral to responding to the coronavirus.
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 Discovery of a California coronavirus patient believed to be the first U.S. case from an unknown, community-spread source is an alarming twist.
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 President Donald Trump declares that the U.S. is ready for whatever the coronavirus threat brings, as he puts Vice President Mike Pence in charge of overseeing the nation's response. (Feb. 26)
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California is monitoring more than 8,400 people for coronavirus symptoms after arrival on commercial flights, but the state lacks test kits and is being held back by federal testing rules, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday.
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 Even as U.S. officials warn of an inevitable outbreak of coronavirus in the United States, and are alerting Americans to take precautions, some health agencies charged with protecting the public appear unprepared to deal with the threat.
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Governor says California won't declare a coronavirus emergency Los Angeles TimesCoronavirus Patient in California Was Not Tested for Days The New York TimesCalifornia is monitoring at least 8,400 people for the coronavirus CNBCMessage to Campus Community on COVID-19 UC DavisUC Davis hospital sends exposed workers home as Sacramento, California ramp up response Sacramento Bee
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 The White House is requiring health officials to get approval before making public statements about the coronavirus, sources tell CNN. Ron Klain, who served as the Ebola response coordinator under President Obama, discusses the decision.
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Vice President Pence is now in charge of U.S. coronavirus response, prompting a look back at his health record as Indiana governor facing an HIV outbreak, a drug epidemic and Medicaid expansion.
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California health officials are monitoring 8,400 people for coronavirus symptoms after their arrival on domestic commercial flights, but the state had only a limited supply of test kits available, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday.
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Ambassador-at-Large Deborah Birx, the U.S. global AIDS coordinator since 2014, will be the White House coronavirus response coordinator, Vice President Mike Pence's office said in a release.
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 In the wake of the latest California case, U.S. health officials on Thursday expanded their criteria for who should get tested, and took steps to increase testing. (Feb. 27)
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Vice President Mike Pence's office is in charge of all novel coronavirus messaging after several aides blamed negative coverage about the response on too many mixed messages from senior members of the administration.
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The US Navy has ordered all ships that have visited countries in the Pacific region to effectively self-quarantine and remain at sea for 14 days in order to monitor sailors for any symptoms of coronavirus.
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A whistleblower at the Department of Health and Human Services is seeking federal protection after complaining that more than a dozen workers who received the first Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China, lacked proper training or protective gear for coronavirus infection control.
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 Here's what the US could face in the coming months if the coronavirus spreads, according to the CDC.
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Health officials are trying to locate everyone who came in contact with a northern California woman believed to be the first in the U.S. to contract the coronavirus with no known connection to travel abroad or other known causes. (Feb. 27)
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Team members were not properly trained, lacked necessary gear and moved freely around and off military bases where Americans were quarantined, a complaint says.
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday revised its criteria for who should be tested for the coronavirus and is shipping more test kits out to states including California, the agency's director told lawmakers.
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Coronavirus: Outbreak at 'decisive point' as WHO urges action BBC NewsChina no longer world's 'greatest concern' amid coronavirus crisis, WHO says New York Post No country will be spared, warn experts, as fight against coronavirus ramps up ReutersWHO warns failure to prepare for coronavirus now 'could be a fatal mistake' CNBC
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As the novel coronavirus spreads across Europe, with at least 11 European countries confirming cases of the strain, several US universities have canceled their students' study abroad programs in Florence, Italy. CNN's Melissa Bell reports from Florence.
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The Molson Coors campus remains closed after mass shooting, football's best strut their stuff at the NFL Combine and more news you need to know Thursday.
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The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told a congressional subcommittee on Wednesday that the risk of contracting the coronavirus in the United States remains low, but warned that the country will most likely see more cases as the outbreak spreads globally.
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