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Widespread testing will be critical to boosting the confidence of the public to return to work and to detecting and preventing a resurgence of the virus as states ease restrictions.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have proposed "The Pandemic Anti-Monopoly Act," which would "stop large corporations from exploiting the pandemic to engage in harmful mergers."

Scientists warned that billions of people could be forced to endure "unliveable" circumstances by 2070 if decisive action is not taken to halt climate change.

The former FDA chief said he's "hopeful that coming off of July and August, we're going to see some declines in cases in the summer."

Stock futures are lower Wednesday, one day after the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq each dropped about 2%.

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Spain's daily death toll is not falling and the country is reportedly planning to keep borders closed until July.

Until there's a vaccine or the country reaches a level of so-called herd immunity, transmission could continue, former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said at CNBC Events' Healthy Returns conference Tuesday.

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency told CNBC that it would not start using the "Aventa-M" ventilators while an investigation into their safety was carried out.

As authorities globally look to ease restrictions intended to contain the coronavirus and reopen economies, Australia's finance minister says the country is already on the path to victory against the disease.

In its half-year financial report, Tui described the Covid-19 pandemic as "the greatest crisis the tourism industry has ever faced."

While the rest of the world openly courted tourist dollars, Bhutan dammed the tourist flow. In doing so, it protected its people and its travelers, the latter of whom rave about the authenticity of this small, land-locked country.

"[W]ithout more aggressive action from the federal government, we may have no choice but to reopen as the economy spirals into a depression," the "Mad Money" host said.

Sustained economic stress from job losses and downturns in the stock market could be associated with higher U.S. suicide rates, according to a JAMA report.

The deal is "royalty-free" until WHO says the Covid-19 outbreak is no longer a global health crisis or "until a pharmaceutical product other than remdesivir or a vaccine is approved to treat or prevent Covid-19."

"In one fell swoop, this deal would create an incredible amount of value for Uber and GrubHub's shareholders," the "Mad Money" host said.

"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer rings the lightning round bell, which means he's giving his answers to callers' stock questions at rapid speed.

As part of the discussions, J.C. Penney would be able to draw $225 million of its bankruptcy loan on day one, and then have to hit certain milestones in order to obtain the second half of the loan.

"I think that there's an opportunity here for us because this is only centered — only centered — on the coronavirus," the top Democrat in Congress told CNBC's Jim Cramer.

The Department of Transportation says it's getting inundated with complaints about airline refunds from consumers and again issued guidance on what travelers are owed.