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News Articles: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Dr. Rochelle Walensky likens the call she got from the Biden team, asking her to lead the CDC amid a pandemic, to a hospital alarm that goes off when a patient's heart has stopped. "I got called during a code," she says. "And when you get called during a code, your job is to be there to help."

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  • Health

Biden's Straight-Talking CDC Director Has Long Used Data To Save Lives

Dr. Rochelle Walensky says scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were "muzzled" and "diminished" by the Trump team, especially during the pandemic. She aims to fix that.

February 24, 2021
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By:
  • Carey Goldberg
Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., who chairs the House's panel on the coronavirus, warned that if the Department of Health and Human Services failed to produce all missing documents by Dec. 15, the panel "will have no choice but to issue subpoenas to compel production."

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  • National

House Oversight Committee Chair: Testimony Points To Political Interference At CDC

Rep. James Clyburn says the Trump Administration may have deliberately tried to "conceal and destroy evidence that senior political appointees interfered" with the CDC's coronavirus response.

December 10, 2020
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
A sign reminds motorists of Los Angeles County's stay-at-home regulation. On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rolled out its revised guidelines for people potentially exposed to the coronavirus.

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  • Health

CDC Shortens Its COVID-19 Quarantine Recommendations

In revised guidelines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention trimmed its recommended quarantine for possible exposure — from 14 days to seven or 10, depending on test results and symptoms.

December 02, 2020
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By:
  • Colin Dwyer
CDC director

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  • Health

Georgia Today: How The CDC Was Set Up To Fail During Pandemic

On Georgia Today, an inside look at how the CDC lost public trust amid an international health crisis — and how the repercussions of the organization’s unraveling could have long-lasting effects beyond the course of the pandemic.

November 20, 2020
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Pria Mahadevan
An airport employee walks through Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., earlier this year. On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that Americans should refrain from traveling for the upcoming holiday.

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  • Health

Don't Travel For Thanksgiving, CDC Warns

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its recommendations one week before the holiday, advising that Americans be careful amid an explosion in the spread of the coronavirus.

November 19, 2020
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By:
  • Colin Dwyer
A Marine is posted Thursday outside the West Wing of the White House, signifying the president is in the Oval Office. President Trump's physician said that he could return to public engagements as soon as Saturday.

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  • Health

'Reckless': Doctors Question Trump Resuming Activities So Quickly

Trump's physician said Trump could resume "public engagements" as soon as Saturday. But experts say that may be too soon, both for his own health and the safety of those around him.

October 09, 2020
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By:
  • Rob Stein
Airborne transmission of the coronavirus can occur, especially in poorly ventilated and enclosed spaces, according to the CDC.

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  • Health

CDC Acknowledges Coronavirus Can Spread Via Airborne Transmission

People with COVID-19 can infect others even if they are more than 6 feet apart. In updated guidance, the CDC acknowledges airborne transmission can occur, especially in poorly ventilated spaces.

October 07, 2020
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
President Trump shakes hands with now-former White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson in January 2018 following his first medical checkup as president.

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  • National

What A Positive Coronavirus Test Means For President Trump's Health

President Trump and the first lady have contracted the coronavirus. At 74, Trump could be at risk of developing serious complications from the virus.

October 02, 2020
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By:
  • Rob Stein
Hospitals may soon be at risk of losing a critical funding stream — Medicare funding — if they don't comply with new COVID-19 data reporting requirements.

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  • Health

Trump Administration Plans Crackdown On Hospitals Failing To Report COVID-19 Data

Draft documents obtained by NPR show that the federal government is preparing to enforce new data reporting requirements, threatening to withhold vital Medicare funding from noncompliant hospitals.

September 25, 2020
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By:
  • Pien Huang and
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
A worker works inside a lab at the SinoVac vaccine factory in Beijing on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. SinoVac, one of China's pharmaceutical companies behind a leading COVID-19 vaccine candidate, says its vaccine will be ready by early 2021 for distribution worldwide, including the U.S.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: The Politicization Of Public Health

Friday on Political Rewind: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been the gold standard of global public health organizations for many decades. But recent efforts to marginalize and undermine such trusted public health agencies — including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) — are complicating the COVID-19 response.

How does this affect Americans' perceptions and the country's ability to combat coronavirus, particularly when a vaccine does become available? We discuss the politicization of a pandemic.

September 25, 2020
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
With development and testing underway, health officials are asking states to prepare for limited distribution of a potential vaccine as soon as this fall — though some experts say that's too early.

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  • National

CDC Asks States To Plan For Potential Vaccine Distribution Starting In Late October

The CDC's planning guidance for states includes multiple scenarios for the rollout of a vaccine this year, including possibly having a limited number of doses available in October and November.

September 03, 2020
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Demonstrators hold up signs as they gather at Brooklyn Housing court during a 'No Evictions, No Police' national day of action in New York City.

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  • National

CDC Issues Sweeping Temporary Halt On Evictions Nationwide Amid Pandemic

The move could prevent millions of evictions that housing advocates warn are looming as people who have lost work run out of money. Landlord groups want to know who will pay for the lost rent.

September 02, 2020
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By:
  • Chris Arnold
Dr. Deborah Birx speaks to reporters this week outside the Arkansas Governor's Mansion in Little Rock. Birx indicated that data on U.S. COVID-19 hospitalizations will move back to the CDC under a "revolutionary new data system" the agency is developing.

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  • Health

Birx Stokes Hopes That Key Hospital Data Tracking Will Soon Return To CDC

Dr. Deborah Birx says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is creating a new way to track COVID-19 hospitalizations a month after such data collection was moved outside the agency.

August 20, 2020
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By:
  • Pien Huang

CDC Says COVID-19 Spreads Easily Among Groups, Churches

As state health officials report the lowest number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Georgia since April 8, the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease...

May 19, 2020
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Dr. Robert Redfield Jr., director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC Director Says HIV Can Be Eradicated In Georgia

Metro Atlanta has some of the highest rates of new HIV infection in the country right now, but the director of the Centers for Disease Control and...

December 11, 2019
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
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