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WATCH: Trump says US ‘very ready’ for virus; Pence to lead response 02/26/2020 05:21pm • President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that the U.S. is “very, very ready” for whatever the coronavirus threat brings, and he put his vice president in charge of overseeing the nation’s response. Trump sought to minimize fears of the virus spreading widely across the U.S., saying, “I don� 'Olivia's Law,' aimed at university's outbreak response, advances in Annapolis 02/26/2020 04:10pm • The Maryland Senate has moved closer to final approval of "Olivia's Law," a bill that would require the University System of Maryland to issue an outbreak response plan when there is a life-threatening contagious disease or other health emergency present at any of the system's campuses. The bill Northern Virginia patient being tested for possible coronavirus 02/26/2020 12:36pm • A person in Northern Virginia is being tested for the novel coronavirus that has infected more than 81,000 people worldwide. The Virginia Department of Health posted the information on their coronavirus website on Wednesday. They’re the eighth person in the commonwealth to be tested for the DC-area infectious disease doctor: 'We've been preparing' for coronavirus 02/25/2020 06:18pm • A woman wearing a mask, goggles and rain coat comes down the escalator at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) The situation with COVID-19, the novel coronavirus that has struck more than 80,000 people worldwide, is changing day Is the US doing enough to fight coronavirus? Some lawmakers are skeptical 02/25/2020 03:51pm • Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar testifies before a Senate appropriations subcommittee on President Trump's budget request for fiscal year 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Members of Congress pressed for more to be done to a How to know if your child's flu is becoming something more threatening 02/21/2020 06:38pm • There have been a few recent cases of D.C.-area children dying from complications related to the flu. Most of the time, their body was weakened by the flu and another infection killed them because their system couldn't fight it. There are many medical conditions that make people more susceptible Fairfax County health official warns against coronavirus panic 02/21/2020 03:50pm • Coronavirus updates may dominate international and national headlines, but health officials in Fairfax County, Virginia, want to remind the local community that there have not been any confirmed cases in the area. "There have been no cases that have occurred in Virginia. There have been no cases Should an FDA warning affect your use of hand sanitizer? 02/21/2020 02:30pm • The Food and Drug Administration told the maker of Purell last month that it could not claim its product prevents the flu and other viral illnesses, raising new questions about hand sanitizer use. In a letter to GOJO Industries, the FDA said it “is currently not aware of any adequate and well-c Chef Jose Andres' charity sends food to coronavirus-stricken ship 02/20/2020 05:50am • Jose Andres, the celebrity chef with numerous local restaurants, is helping people who have been trapped in Japan on a cruise ship that'd been quarantined due to coronavirus concerns. Andrés directed his nonprofit World Central Kitchen to the area where the Diamond Princess is docked, and the gr Va. woman 'feeling just great' while quarantined in Japanese hospital with coronavirus 02/11/2020 11:59am • In this Feb. 9, 2020, photo, a passenger stands at the balcony of the cruise ship Diamond Princess anchored off the Yokohama Port in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Japan’s health ministry said Monday, Feb. 10 about 60 more people on the quarantined cruise ship have tested positive for a new virus. (AP Pho 6th Virginia, 2nd Maryland patients test negative for coronavirus 02/10/2020 10:47pm • The results of the latest patients being tested in Virginia and Maryland for possible cases of the new coronavirus infection have tested negative. The states' health departments indicated the results on their websites Monday. Five other patients in Virginia have been cleared of the virus. One Leesburg teen dies days after being diagnosed with the flu 02/10/2020 09:11pm • Days after turning 16 and being diagnosed with the flu, a Loudoun County, Virginia, girl has died, leaving her family in shock. Katie Giovanniello, a sophomore at Heritage High School in Leesburg, died last Friday. "This morning, we received some extremely sad news concerning a student at Heri Where did they go? Millions left Chinese city before quarantine 02/09/2020 08:17am •  SHANGHAI (AP) — For weeks after the first reports of a mysterious new virus in Wuhan, millions of people poured out of the central Chinese city, cramming onto buses, trains and planes as the first wave of China’s great Lunar New Year migration broke across the nation Cruise ship quarantined after coronavirus sickens some 02/08/2020 05:42pm • A total of 63 passengers, including nine Americans, aboard the Japanese cruise liner the Diamond Princess have been diagnosed with coronavirus, while the rest are under quarantine. Some passengers have called the Diamond Princess a "floating prison." WTOP spoke to a couple aboard the ship abou New patient being tested for coronavirus in Virginia 02/07/2020 01:36pm • The Virginia Department of Health is testing a new patient for possible coronavirus infection, the agency said Friday. This marks the sixth patient to be tested in Virginia. Five other patients in Virginia have been cleared of the virus. Earlier in the week, the Maryland Department of Heal