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CDC Makes 'Profound' Change on COVID, Then Backtracks

Agency says draft version on how virus spreads was posted in error

(Newser) - Late last week, the CDC quietly issued new guidance on how the coronavirus spreads, one considered by health experts to reflect a "profound shift" in thinking, per the Los Angeles Times . On Monday, however, the agency removed the update from its website and said it was a draft version...

CDC Reverses Advice That Riled Experts

Now, asymptomatic people who've been around someone with the virus 'need a test'

(Newser) - After health officials objected to changes in government guidance about whether people without coronavirus symptoms should be tested, the advice has been changed again. As of Friday, Politico reports, the CDC straightforwardly states that if you've spent at least 15 minutes within six feet of a person who has...

Report: Controversial CDC Change Didn't Come From CDC

'That was a doc that came from the top down'

(Newser) - A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention change to COVID testing guidelines that caused consternation last month wasn't the work of CDC scientists and was "dropped" into the agency's website despite their objections, sources tell the New York Times . The controversial guidance, which stated that people without...

Trump: CDC Director 'Made a Mistake' on Vaccine Timing

Redfield said masks could be more effective protection than vaccine

(Newser) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield testified at a Senate hearing Wednesday—and his remarks clashed with some of what President Trump has been saying. Face masks are "the most important public health tool we have" in fighting the pandemic and could even be more effective...

Trump Officials Are Altering CDC Reports on COVID-19

But the CDC is pushing back in fight over COVID-19 data

(Newser) - Another war of words has erupted in Washington—this one over the printed page, Politico reports. Insiders say the health department's political appointees are demanding the right to edit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly COVID-19 updates , but the CDC is pushing back, and the mood...

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These Americans Will Get a Vaccine First

In hypothetical plan, CDC lays out guidelines on distribution, to start as early as next month

(Newser) - Public health officials across the country have been told to prepare to distribute a coronavirus vaccine as soon as late October—though the CDC says this is just a hypothetical. In documents sent to health authorities in all states and territories, as well as five major cities (New York, Chicago,...

Fauci: 'Let There Not Be Any Confusion' on COVID Death Toll

NIAID director says yes, more than 180K have died, not just 9K, as claimed in tweet Trump shared

(Newser) - There have been nearly 185,000 deaths in the US from COVID-19, and Dr. Anthony Fauci is backing up that number after a misleading post retweeted by President Trump minimized the toll. Per the Hill , Trump on Sunday shared a since-deleted tweet from a QAnon fan named "Mel Q"...

CDC Revises the Revision on Testing Guidance

Redfield says people without symptoms can take a test if they want one, and if their provider agrees

(Newser) - The new guidance on coronavirus testing issued Monday by the CDC didn't last the week. After decreeing that people without symptoms don't need to be tested , the agency backtracked Thursday, the Hill reports. Dr. Robert Redfield said anyone who's been in contact with someone confirmed to have...

CDC Trump Appointees Suddenly Leave Their Jobs

Kyle McGowan and Amanda Campbell are moving on

(Newser) - Two Trump appointees have quietly left their posts at the Centers for Disease Control, Politico reports. Kyle McGowan, the CDC's chief of staff, and Amanda Campbell, the deputy chief of staff, announced their resignations to staff by email on Friday morning. McGowan said the two plan to open a...

25% of Young Adults Seriously Considered Suicide in June

CDC looks at America's mental health during the pandemic

(Newser) - The pandemic-related mental health crisis experts have been warning about seems to have arrived. A quarter of adults aged 18 to 24 say they've seriously contemplated suicide in the past month, according to a CDC survey of 5,412 people conducted from June 24 to 30. Young adults aren'...

CDC: People Are Dying From Drinking Hand Sanitizer

Others have been blinded from ingesting products made with methanol

(Newser) - Using alcohol-based hand sanitizer when soap and water are not available can help protect you from the coronavirus—but drinking it can leave you blind or dead, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns. The CDC said that in Arizona and New Mexico in May...

A Summer Camp Welcomed 600. Nearly Half Got COVID

Overnight YMCA camp in Georgia shut down 4 days after first person reported symptoms, per CDC

(Newser) - As schools start to slowly reopen after summer break, a red flag has emerged out of a Georgia summer camp on how quickly the coronavirus can spread among children. A CDC report out Friday documents COVID-19 transmission and infection at an overnight camp in the Peach State, which WSB-TV has...

House Dems Slam 'Alarming' WH Response on CDC Chief Testimony

Robert Redfield reportedly blocked by White House from testifying next week on school reopenings

(Newser) - CDC Director Robert Redfield was apparently in the queue to speak before Congress at a public hearing next week on the reopening of schools during the pandemic, but reports now say he's been blocked by the White House from doing so. Politico and USA Today report that Redfield had...

CDC Chief: Here's How We 'Drive Epidemic to the Ground'

One word: masks

(Newser) - The CDC director says the US could get the coronavirus under control within weeks if we took just one step: mask up. "If we could get everybody to wear a mask right now, I think in four, six, eight weeks we could bring this epidemic under control," Robert...

Ex-Directors Rip 'Political Leaders' Undermining CDC

Former heads of agency criticize 'willful disregard public health guidelines'

(Newser) - Four former heads of the CDC fought back Tuesday against Trump administration efforts to pressure the agency into revising its coronavirus guidelines. Their defense of the agency, contained in an op-ed in the Washington Post , was critical of "political leaders and others" but did not name President Trump, Politico...

In California, a Significant 'Rewrite' of the Virus?

Mysterious deaths of kids, infants, and adults going back to December suggest earlier infections

(Newser) - Health officials, pathologists, and medical examiners are more closely looking at dozens of deaths in California, including those of infants and kids, and what they find "could dramatically rewrite the narrative of COVID-19" in the US, per the Los Angeles Times . A slew of deaths that took place months...

'Huge Step in the Right Direction' From CDC on Virus

Agency finally posts guidelines for Americans on how to minimize COVID-19 risk as we reopen

(Newser) - Take the stairs, not the elevator, down from your hotel room. Encourage people to bring their own food and drinks to your cookout. Use hand sanitizer after banking at an ATM. Call ahead to restaurants and nail salons to make sure staff are wearing face coverings. And no high-fives—or...

CDC Calls for Major Changes to America's Offices

Guidelines call for face masks, desk dividers

(Newser) - Millions of American workers will be returning to offices in the months to come—but employers may decide to keep millions more working from home instead of trying to comply with new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency's guidance on reopening office buildings contains...

CDC Issues New Guidance on Coronavirus on Surfaces

Virus doesn't 'spread easily' this way

(Newser) - Wiping down groceries to protect yourself from the coronavirus might be overkill, according to the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency says in its updated guidelines that while it "may be possible" for someone to become infected by touching a surface with the...

After Weeks of Delay, CDC Issues Guide to Reopening

Officials complain the agency has been 'muzzled'

(Newser) - As the country reopens in stages, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a reopening guide that was reportedly shelved by federal officials earlier this month. The 60-page guide , posted on the CDC's website with little fanfare, calls for a three-phased approach, with the use of six...

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