The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has forecast 233,000 COVID-19 deaths by the end of this month with up to 6,800 new fatalities in the last week of October alone. In a report on its website the CDC writes: ‘This week’s national ensemble forecast indicates an uncertain trend in new COVID-19 deaths reported over … Read more
Coronavirus cases in Arizona declined by as much as 75 percent during the later summer months after a mask mandate was implemented, a new report finds. From late June to early July state health officials were reporting more than 3,500 daily cases of COVID-19. However, after Gov Doug Ducey (R) ordered that all residents needed … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now admits that coronavirus does spread through airborne transmission, according to updated guidance on the agency’s website. It comes two weeks after CDC officials said their previous warning about airborne transmission was ‘in error,’ making Monday’s update the third time in a month the agency has flip-flopped … Read more
A Trump administration aide pressured Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) experts to alter its report on children’s coronavirus risks, emails obtained by Politico suggest. Paul Alexander, a part-time assistant professor of health research methods at McMaster University in Canada who was brought into the Trump administration by Michael Caputo, pressed the editor of … Read more
Pre-teen and teenage children are about twice as likely as younger kids to catch coronavirus and spread it at school, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data reveals. Since the COVID-19 pandemic really kicked off in the US in March, 277,285 children have caught the virus. Older and Latinx children were each about twice … Read more
The majority of Americans are vulnerable to contracting the novel coronavirus, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday. Dr Robert Redfield was testifying during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing when he revealed most of the US population is at risk of falling ill with … Read more
Halloween is canceled: CDC advises Americans to not go trick-or-treating or to costume parties but says staying home to carve pumpkins is safe in new coronavirus guidance The CDC has issued its first guidance for how to celebrate Halloween during the coronavirus pandemic Recommendations discourage going traditional trick-or-treating, attending costume parties or visiting an indoor haunted … Read more
At least 1,600 people who developed coronavirus boarded planes and could have infected 11,000 more passengers – but the CDC cannot confirm ANY cases of in-flight spread CDC officials investigated 1,600 people who took flights while at risk of spreading coronavirus, a Washington Post report reveals They followed nearly 11,000 other travelers who could have … Read more
CDC committee delays vote on who should get coronavirus vaccines first in nationwide rollout until they know which shots might be approved earliest The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices was expected to vote on who gets initial coronavirus vaccine doses on Tuesday Members delayed the vote until they learn more about which jabs have the best … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says it mistakenly published guidance suggesting that the novel coronavirus spreads through the air. ”A draft version of proposed changes to these recommendations was posted in error to the agency’s official website,’ the agency in a statement, according to CNBC. ‘CDC is currently updating its recommendations regarding … Read more