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Dr. Mark Lieber is a former CNN Health contributor and rising first-year internal medicine resident physician at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. He recently graduated fro…

A fast-rising rising tide of new coronavirus cases is flooding emergency rooms in parts of the United States, with some patients moved into hallways and nurses working extra shifts to keep up with the surge. Patients struggling to breathe are being placed on ventilators in emergency wards since intensive care units are full, officials say,…

GREAT FALLS — Health officials reported 106 new COVID-19 cases across Montana on Saturday morning, according to the Montana Response COVID-19 tracking map.Governor Steve Bullock announced on Wednesday a statewide directive requiring face coverings/masks in Montana. The directive is effective immediately in counties that have four or more active cases of COVID-19. The directive requires…

July 18, 2020 at 3:35 PM EDT - Updated July 18 at 7:17 PM (CBS News) - As new daily coronavirus infections continue to break records in the U.S., researchers are considering whether the cannabis plant has the potential to be used in the treatment of COVID-19. Experts from the University of Nebraska and the…

The Slatest Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington, DC, on June 30, 2020. AL DRAGO/Getty Images Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert, says the data is clear that it is “young people” who are…