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Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, Fox News medical contributor and medical director of CityMD, answers your coronavirus questions.

A 17-year-old California resident’s death related to the novel coronavirus could be one of the youngest in the U.S. to date. 

Very little is known about how to properly reuse medical masks to fight infectious diseases. No method is confirmed to work. Still, in a report to doctors, which has yet to be peer-reviewed, some researchers are beginning to point to the best options for decontaminating used masks.

The man, from Yunnan Province, was reportedly in transit to Shandong Province for work at the time of his death.

In an effort to contain the spread of the virus, schools and businesses are closing down for an indefinite period of time which is straining people's resources and wallets.

You have early symptoms, when do you know it's time to get medical attention?

As the world social distances amid the coronavirus pandemic, it's difficult to completely disconnect when it comes to our food. At some point, the food we get from the grocery store, restaurant takeout counter or farmers market could be handled by someone with the virus -- but can it transmit through food? 

For Anna, a 33-year-old American woman stranded in a Peruvian hotel room and out of life-saving medication to treat her auto-immune disease, the clock is ticking.

Five members of one Missouri family have tested positive for coronavirus, according to multiple reports.

Marketers of the "Coronavirus Defender Patch," a product touted as helping to protect users from getting the virus, were sent cease-and-desist letters Tuesday by Michigan's attorney general.

Mississippi’s only abortion clinic must stop performing the procedures during the coronavirus outbreak because of the state’s temporary ban on elective surgery, Gov. Tate Reeves said Tuesday.

Several groups are working to get unused masks, gowns and other personal protection equipment (PPE)  items into the hands of the medical community by asking people for their unused items.

One doctor warns that concocting coronavirus remedies at home could have dire consequences.

A South Carolina mom is speaking out on COVID-19 after her 7-month-old son tested positive for the novel coronavirus. 

While research is ongoing into the effects the novel coronavirus may have on pregnant women and their unborn child, anxiety about delivering a baby in the middle of a pandemic is high among many mothers.

Massachusetts officials announced over the weekend that hundreds of day care sites will open to accommodate those who are forced to work during the coronavirus pandemic. 

New York's governor said the state is the "canary in the coal mine," and that it was only a matter of time before other states began dealing with the same increase in cases.

Officials in New Hampshire early this week announced the state’s first death related to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. 

Expectant fathers and others are calling on government officials to reverse a ban on “birthing partners and support persons” from labor and delivery rooms at NewYork-Presbyterian’s hospitals.

As stories of young people infected by COVID-19 being placed on ventilators -- or worse -- continue to multiply in news headlines and on Twitter feeds, officials are faced with the dire task of getting the message through to the younger generations.