Coronavirus Update: Japan Is Closing All Its Schools For A Month Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he is "putting health and safety of children first above all." He asked employers to help workers cope with the temporary shutdown. Bill Chappell
Congress Nears Bipartisan Funding Plan To Address Growing Coronavirus Threat Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he expects senators to take up the plan in the next two weeks. Claudia Grisales
Diagnosis Of Coronavirus Patient In California Was Delayed For Days The first suspected U.S. case of novel coronavirus infection through "community spread" was left undiagnosed for days, hospital officials said, because the case didn't fit the CDC's criteria. Bill Chappell
Stocks Tumble Into Correction Territory On Coronavirus Fears Stocks continued their downward slide on Thursday, with major indexes falling 10% below their recent peaks at times. Investors worry about the economic toll of a widening coronavirus epidemic. Scott Horsley
CDC Has Fixed Issue Delaying Coronavirus Testing In U.S., Health Officials Say There's been a bottleneck in testing for the new coronavirus because of problems with the test kits the CDC has distributed to labs around the U.S. Rob Stein
Bothell High School closed over COVID-19 concerns Bothell High School was closed Thursday over fear of the coronavirus disease, COVID-19. Kim Shepard
Coronavirus: Trump Under Political Spotlight, Calif. Case Sparks Interest During a news conference, the president struck a reassuring tone — saying it's not inevitable the virus will spread in the U.S. That's despite warnings to the contrary from public health officials. Domenico Montanaro
VP Pence Appointed To Lead U.S. Coronavirus Response NPR's David Greene talks to Dr. Tom Inglesby, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, on the current status of the coronavirus in the U.S.
Researchers Step Up Efforts To Develop A 'Universal' Flu Vaccine Scientists are pushing hard to find a more effective way to prevent nearly all seasonal flu strains with one shot. For starters, they're paying volunteers to spend a 10-day stint in "Hotel Influenza." Shahla Farzan
Trump Puts Vice President Pence In Charge Of Coronavirus Response President Trump held a press conference Wednesday evening where he designated Vice President Mike Pence in charge of the adminstration's coronavirus response. Tamara Keith