Officials cite mistakes as CDC removes coronavirus guidance
4 years, 7 months ago

Officials cite mistakes as CDC removes coronavirus guidance

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — U.S. health officials removed some coronavirus reopening tips for religious organizations only hours after posting them late last week, deleting guidance that discouraged choir gatherings and the use of shared communion cups. A federal health official on Friday said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted a version of the guidance on May 22 that had not been cleared by White House officials. The initial guidance posted last week contained most of the same advice that was in a draft drawn up by the CDC more than a month ago and then shelved for weeks by administration officials. Fauci, a member of the White House’s coronavirus task force, described the potential for singing to spread aerosolized droplets as “in some respects, scary.” The suggestion to constrain communal singing — a central part of many services — nevertheless raised questions of government overreach for some religious leaders.

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CDC drops quarantine, distancing recommendations for COVID
2 years, 5 months ago

CDC drops quarantine, distancing recommendations for COVID

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The nation’s top public health agency relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines Thursday, dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person. The CDC also dropped a “test-to-stay” recommendation, which said students exposed to COVID-19 could regularly test — instead of quarantining at home — to keep attending school. “After two …

US Reverses Covid-19 Testing Guidance Again: Exposed Without Symptoms Need Tests
4 years, 3 months ago

US Reverses Covid-19 Testing Guidance Again: Exposed Without Symptoms Need Tests

News 18  

The Trump administration reversed guidance Friday on COVID-19 testing for a second time, urging those exposed to people with the virus to get tested even if they are not displaying symptoms. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sparked widespread outcry among state public health officials and experts in late August when it said that people who do not have …

CDC drops controversial testing advice that caused backlash
4 years, 3 months ago

CDC drops controversial testing advice that caused backlash

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — U.S. health officials on Friday dropped a controversial piece of coronavirus guidance and said anyone who has been in close contact with an infected person should get tested. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention essentially returned to its previous testing guidance, getting rid of language posted last month that said people didn’t need to get tested …

Exclusive: CDC Won't Release School Guidance This Week As Anticipated
4 years, 6 months ago

Exclusive: CDC Won't Release School Guidance This Week As Anticipated

NPR  

Exclusive: CDC Won't Release School Guidance This Week As Anticipated Enlarge this image toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will not release a set of documents this week aimed at giving schools advice on how to reopen to students after coronavirus shutdowns, NPR has learned. Sponsor Message Vice President Pence had …

July 15 coronavirus news
4 years, 6 months ago

July 15 coronavirus news

CNN  

Tami Chappell/AFP/Getty Imges/FILE A senior official at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells CNN that the American public should expect to see two sets of supplemental recommendations to existing guidance related to schools safely reopening as early as Friday. The first set of supplemental guidance is from the CDC and is still going through the interagency review …

CDC head sticking to school-opening guides Trump criticized
4 years, 6 months ago

CDC head sticking to school-opening guides Trump criticized

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Federal health officials won’t revise their coronavirus guidelines for reopening schools despite criticism from President Donald Trump, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. In draft CDC documents obtained by The Associated Press, the agency says there are steps that schools can take to safely reopen but that it “cannot provide one-size-fits-all criteria …

CDC director sticking with school reopening guidelines that Trump criticized
4 years, 6 months ago

CDC director sticking with school reopening guidelines that Trump criticized

LA Times  

Federal health officials won’t revise their coronavirus guidelines for reopening schools despite criticism from President Trump, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. In draft CDC documents obtained by the Associated Press, the agency says there are steps that schools can take to safely reopen but that it “cannot provide one-size-fits-all criteria for opening and …

In A Bone To Evangelicals, CDC Drops Warning About COVID-19 Risks In Choirs
4 years, 7 months ago

In A Bone To Evangelicals, CDC Drops Warning About COVID-19 Risks In Choirs

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday suddenly dropped its warning about the risk of choirs spreading COVID-19 at religious services after being told to do so by White House officials, The Washington Post reported. It recommended then that religious communities “consider suspending or at least decreasing use of choir/musical ensembles and congregant singing, …

States accused of fudging or bungling COVID-19 testing data
4 years, 7 months ago

States accused of fudging or bungling COVID-19 testing data

Associated Press  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Public health officials in some states are accused of bungling coronavirus infection statistics or even using a little sleight of hand to deliberately make things look better than they are. Georgia’s Department of Public Health also regularly publishes a graph that shows cases over time, except new infections are not listed on the day they came back …

CDC releases detailed guidance on reopening that had previously been shelved by White House
4 years, 7 months ago

CDC releases detailed guidance on reopening that had previously been shelved by White House

CNN  

CNN — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has posted 60 pages of detailed guidelines on how to reopen the United States from coronavirus pandemic stay-at-home orders on the agency’s website. In drafting the document, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights asked the CDC to ease social distancing recommendations for those groups, …

AP Exclusive: CDC guidance more restrictive than White House
4 years, 8 months ago

AP Exclusive: CDC guidance more restrictive than White House

Associated Press  

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Advice from the top U.S. disease control experts on how to safely reopen businesses and institutions during the coronavirus pandemic was more detailed and restrictive than the plan released by the White House last month. Both the CDC document and the White House’s published plan recommend communities reopen in phases as local cases of coronavirus subside. The …

Trump administration buries detailed CDC advice on reopening
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump administration buries detailed CDC advice on reopening

Associated Press  

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Trump administration shelved a document created by the nation’s top disease investigators with step-by-step advice to local authorities on how and when to reopen restaurants and other public places during the still-raging coronavirus outbreak. A person close to the White House’s coronavirus task force said the CDC documents were never cleared by CDC leadership for public …

White House Rejected 'Overly Prescriptive' CDC Guidance For Reopening Communities
4 years, 8 months ago

White House Rejected 'Overly Prescriptive' CDC Guidance For Reopening Communities

NPR  

White House Rejected 'Overly Prescriptive' CDC Guidance For Reopening Communities Enlarge this image toggle caption Doug Mills/Pool/Getty Images Doug Mills/Pool/Getty Images The White House coronavirus task force rejected detailed guidance drafted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how workplaces ranging from schools to bars to churches should resume operations to prevent the spread of the virus because …

Trump administration rejects CDC guidance on reopening US amid coronavirus
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump administration rejects CDC guidance on reopening US amid coronavirus

CNN  

Washington CNN — The Trump administration will not implement the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 17-page draft recommendation for reopening America, a senior CDC official confirmed to CNN Thursday. To put together this guidance.” A task force official told CNN that Trump’s guidelines announced in mid-April for reopening the country “made clear that each state should open up in …

CDC Testing Limits May Have Delayed Coronavirus Response In Washington State
4 years, 10 months ago

CDC Testing Limits May Have Delayed Coronavirus Response In Washington State

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Genetic sequencing of two cases of the novel coronavirus in Washington state suggests the disease had been circulating in the state for six weeks — but went undetected because of strict testing restrictions set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a scientist who compared the genetic fingerprints. Bedford attributed the lack of earlier …

FDA Expands Coronavirus Testing After CDC Glitches Undermine Fight Against Disease
4 years, 10 months ago

FDA Expands Coronavirus Testing After CDC Glitches Undermine Fight Against Disease

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The effort by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to protect Americans from the new coronavirus has been hamstrung by a flawed test for the disease and limited access to a reliable analysis, resulting in significant delays to determine which people have the virus, according to officials and experts. “We will continue to help to …

A coronavirus outbreak in the US is inevitable. Here is what that means (Opinion)
4 years, 10 months ago

A coronavirus outbreak in the US is inevitable. Here is what that means (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Dr. Leana S. Wen is an emergency physician and a visiting professor at George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. When Covid-19 was first discovered, US public health officials worked to contain the outbreak with quarantines and travel restrictions. Given the lack of ongoing surveillance and high numbers of people who are not being tested and …

CDC Has Fixed Issue Delaying Coronavirus Testing In U.S., Health Officials Say
4 years, 10 months ago

CDC Has Fixed Issue Delaying Coronavirus Testing In U.S., Health Officials Say

NPR  

CDC Has Fixed Issue Delaying Coronavirus Testing In U.S., Health Officials Say Enlarge this image toggle caption Jessica McGowan/Getty Images Jessica McGowan/Getty Images Updated at 11:50 a.m. ET Federal health officials say they have resolved a problem that has hindered wide testing for the new coronavirus in the United States, a crucial practice for fighting the spread of the dangerous …

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