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.

The Joint Commission supports the use of standard face masks and respirators brought from home when personal protective equipment is unavailable to healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Below are five hospitals or health systems that recently posted job listings seeking CMOs.

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.

A new study shows that the disease caused by the new coronavirus kills about 13.4 percent of patients 80 years and older compared to 0.3 percent of patients in their 40s, according to STAT.

The University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center is asking nurses to perform some cleaning duties in COVID-19 patients' rooms in place of housekeepers, reports CBS Chicago.

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. 

A gaseous cloud carrying droplets is created when humans cough or sneeze, and it can travel up to 27 feet, Lydia Bourouiba, PhD, associate professor at MIT and researcher of the dynamics of exhalations, told USA Today.

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.

A new study shows that the novel coronavirus contaminates the environment where COVID-19 patients receive care.

An intensive care unit nurse treating COVID-19 patients at Miami-based Jackson Memorial Hospital died March 27, reports CBS News.

The American Heart Association has issued new interim guidelines for providing CPR and emergency cardiovascular care for patients with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19.

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.

The COVID-19 pandemic is radically changing labor and delivery care for pregnant women nationwide, reports The Wall Street Journal.

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.