Abortions in Texas have been temporarily halted during the COVID-19 pandemic after an appeals court overturned a federal judge's orders, according to the Texas Tribune.

A majority of U.S. clinicians (62 percent) felt that their facility was not adequately prepared to handle an influx of new coronavirus patients, according to a new survey.

Laboratories across the U.S. are ramping up testing for COVID-19 after the FDA issued a string of clearances to boost production. However, it's unclear whether this heightened testing capacity can make up for lost time and temper the outbreak's rapid progression, reports STAT. 

The U.S. COVID-19 case count is the highest in the world, with 165,874 cases as of 11:30 a.m. CDT March 31. Nationwide, 3,178 Americans have died from the virus, while 5,995 have recovered. 

The World Health Organization has published a guidebook to help countries maintain essential health services while responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, said March 30.

Early research shows that some drugs may help combat COVID-19, but more research must be done, World Health Organization officials said, according to CNBC.

New York's private and public hospitals will unite to manage patient load and share resources during the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

With more than 3,500 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of March 30, Louisiana's healthcare system will be overwhelmed by the first week of April, Gov. Jon Bel Edwards told ABC News.

President Donald Trump is pushing more action on the COVID-19 pandemic to the state level. Below are some key updates from March 27-30 from the states hardest hit by the coronavirus:

Federal social distancing guidelines have been extended through April 30, President Donald Trump said at a March 29 White House news briefing.  

Cities that adopted broad isolation and prevention measures early, including banning mass gatherings, experienced lower disease and death rates during the 1918 influenza pandemic, according to new research.

Some residents in Wuhan, China, who contracted COVID-19 and recovered have tested positive for the new coronavirus again, according to NPR.

A majority of Americans are following recommended social distancing practices as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the U.S., according to a poll from The Washington Post and ABC News.

The CDC estimates flu has caused 39 million illnesses, 400,000 hospitalizations and 24,000 deaths this season, according to the agency's most recent FluView report.

The U.S. has reported more COVID-19 cases than any other country in the world, while Italy has confirmed the most deaths related to the pandemic.

President Donald Trump is pushing more action on the COVID-19 pandemic to the state level.  Below are key updates from March 26-27 from the states hardest hit by the coronavirus:

Several prominent world leaders have been sickened by COVID-19. Below is a list of five infected politicians as of March 27.

The U.S. COVID-19 case count is the highest in the world, surpassing even that of China, with 86,012 cases as of 11:45 a.m. CDT March 27. Nationwide, 1,301 Americans have died from the virus, while 753 have recovered. 

For days, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been saying the state is considering ventilator-sharing to address the shortage of devices facing its hospitals — and now New York hospitals can begin using that strategy, according to ABC News.

Louisiana has seen a large jump in COVID-19 cases in the last few weeks, recording 1,795 confirmed cases since the first diagnosis of the disease in the state March 9, suggesting it may be the next coronavirus hot spot in the U.S., according to The Wall Street Journal.