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The ban on travel to the United States by non-U.S. citizens from Europe announced at midweek by President Trump in an Oval Office address that raised more questions than it put to rest — and expanded after the fact to include the previously excluded European countries Ireland and the United …

Herd immunity. In the absence of therapeutic treatments or a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, it suggests that there’s safety in numbers. Physicians say the truth is far more complex. Patrick Vallance, the U.K.’s chief scientific adviser, said “herd immunity” is an option the government is exploring in its effort …

After the most volatile week on Wall Street since the 2008 financial crisis as the coronavirus epidemic began to shut down swaths of the U.S. economy, the health of the U.S. stock and bond markets may now depend on how corporate debt fares in the coming months. The S&P 500 …

COMO, Italy — I was midway through my daily commute from Como to Milan when news broke of the first case in Italy of the novel coronavirus. The second semester of the university year was set to kick off. This early, portentous sign of an outbreak was happening in the …

One part of President Donald Trump’s answer to the financial fallout from the coronavirus pandemic is a freeze on collecting interest on student loan payments. “It’s a big thing for a lot of students left in the middle right now,” Trump said Friday afternoon in a Rose Garden address declaring …

Dollar General Inc. faces the same uncertainty that other retailers face from the coronavirus epidemic, but analysts say the discount seller is well-positioned to deal with the pandemic. “Dollar General remains a top pick, positioned for growth and defensiveness, and we reiterate our overweight rating,” wrote KeyBanc Capital Markets analysts …

U.S. stock futures were pointing at a rebound attempt for Wall Street on Friday, after a week of dramatic losses across the globe. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite joined the Dow Jones Industrial Average in bear-market territory Thursday, commonly defined as a decline of at least 20% from a …

Cryptocurrencies were not immune to the coronavirus-related selloff on Wall Street on Thursday, as the price of bitcoin plummeted 26%, its worst daily selloff in seven years. Bitcoin BTCUSD, -3.76%   was recently trading below $ 5,700, as the world’s largest digital currency by market cap has lost nearly a …

Getty Images President Donald Trump addresses the nation Wednesday night from the Oval Office about the widening coronavirus. Known as COVID-19, the pandemic has infected more than 109,000 people and killed more than 3,800 people in 105 countries. ‘I don’t expect politicians to know Maxwell’s equations for electromagnetism or the …