Teachers May Play Role In In-School COVID-19 Transmission: CDC
"These findings suggest that educators can play an important role in in-school transmission."
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China Refused To Provide WHO Team With Raw Data on Early COVID Cases, Team Member Says
"That's standard practice for an outbreak investigation."
CDC Recommends US Schools Reopen With Universal Masking And Other Rigid Health Protocols
"With the release of this operational strategy, the CDC is not mandating that schools reopen."
CDC To Issue New COVID-19 Guidelines for Schools on Friday: WH
"The CDC is going to roll out their operating plan to give school districts, local communities, the guidance they need."
Vaccinated People Need Not Quarantine Post COVID-19 Exposure, CDC Says
"Individual and societal benefits of avoiding unnecessary quarantine may outweigh the potential but unknown risk of transmission (among vaccinated ind…
US Lawmakers Say Trump Appointees Interfered With COVID-19 Testing Guidance
The Trump administration weakened testing guidance in August, Clyburn wrote.
US CDC Issues Federal Transportation Mask Mandate Effective February 1
It also covers ride-share vehicles and subways.
Surgeon General Urges States To Move To Next Priority Group With COVID-19 Vaccine ‘if the Demand Isn’t There’
"If the demand isn't there in 1a, go to 1b and continue on down."
US Distributes Over 13.07 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines; 4.2 Million Administered: CDC
The tally of vaccine doses distributed and the number of people who received the first dose are for both Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech.
CDC Reveals 1 Million Americans Have Received a COVID-19 Vaccine Shot
The agency's website states that 1,008,025 doses have been administered, and 9,465,725 doses have been distributed.
House Committee Subpoenas Redfield, Azar To Provide CDC Documents: ‘Extensive’ Political Interference
Azar and Redfield are in the hot seat.
CDC Implores Americans Not To Travel for Christmas as COVID-19 Cases Surge
"We need to try to bend the curve, stop this exponential increase."
CDC Issues New Quarantine Recommendation, Lessens the Days
"Reducing the length of quarantine may make it easier for people to follow critical public health action by reducing the economic hardship associated …
US Holiday Travelers Voice Dread, Determination as They Defy COVID-19 Warnings
"I'm really scared, but seeing family is very important to me."
Southwest CEO Calls on People To Fly, Despite CDC Advising People To Not Travel Amid Pandemic
"What we want to do is provide the opportunity for people to travel as they choose, but to make sure that it is as safe as we can possibly make it."
CDC Advises Americans Not to Travel for Thanksgiving
"The safest way to celebrate Thanksgiving is to celebrate at home with the people you live with."
US CDC Issues ‘Strong Recommendation’ for Mask Mandate on Airplanes, Trains
The interim guidance also calls for facial coverings at transportation hubs like airports and train stations.
‘Very Skeptical’: Gov. Cuomo Slaps Down Confidence in FDA, CDC Approval of a COVID-19 Vaccine
"I'm not that confident."
CDC Updates Guidance To Say COVID-19 Can Spread in the Air Further Than 6 Feet
"There is evidence that under certain conditions, people with COVID-19 seem to have infected others who were more than 6 feet away."