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.

Cancer patients at a hospital in Wuhan, China, were twice as likely to be diagnosed with COVID-19 as the general population, suggesting cancer patients may face a higher risk during the pandemic, according to a study published in JAMA Oncology.

Three new studies suggest that pregnant women may pass along the new coronavirus to their fetuses, according to STAT.

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.

Nearly half of healthcare organizations nationwide are almost or completely out of respirators, according to a survey from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control. 

A nurse at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., recently resigned, citing concerns over the hospital's lack of personal protective equipment, reports KTOP 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.

The Trump administration is working on new guidelines for state and local governments to use when making decisions about "maintaining, increasing or relaxing social distancing and other mitigation measures" amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a March 26 letter addressed to U.S. governors from the president. 

Below are seven hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

SARS and COVID-19 both emerged as new types of coronavirus transmittable to humans, but the illnesses have unique characteristics that coincide with very different global health impacts. 

While hospitals and health systems nationwide are still bracing for large surges of COVID-19 patients, STAT reports that some researchers are already looking ahead to an important question: How and when should the U.S. lift social distancing measures?

President Donald Trump is pushing more action on the COVID-19 pandemic to the state level.  Below are key updates from March 25-26 from the states hardest hit by the coronavirus:

Obesity appears to be a major risk factor for critical COVID-19 cases, according to an Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre analysis on United Kingdom critical care admissions.