US CDC announces reforms after poor COVID response
2 years, 4 months ago

US CDC announces reforms after poor COVID response

Al Jazeera  

The CDC said that it ‘did not reliably meet expectations’ during the coronavirus pandemic and has released plans for reform. The planned changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — CDC leaders call it a “reset”— come amid criticism of the agency’s response to COVID-19, monkeypox and other public health threats. “For 75 years, CDC and public health have been preparing for COVID-19, and in our big moment, our performance did not reliably meet expectations,” Walensky told CDC staff. “We saw during COVID that CDC’s structures, frankly, weren’t designed to take in information, digest it and disseminate it to the public at the speed necessary,” said Jason Schwartz, a health policy researcher at the Yale School of Public Health. A CDC reorganisation is a positive step but “I hope it’s not the end of the story,” Schwartz said, noting he would like to see “a broader accounting” of how the federal government handles health crises.

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CDC chief urges focus on health threats as agency confronts political changes
4 weeks ago

CDC chief urges focus on health threats as agency confronts political changes

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The outgoing head of the nation’s top public health agency urged the next administration to maintain its focus and funding to keep Americans safe from emerging health threats. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday night said he picked Dave Weldon, a former Congressman from Florida, to be the agency’s next chief. There’s also a proposal to split the …

How the CDC could change under the next Trump administration
1 month, 1 week ago

How the CDC could change under the next Trump administration

NPR  

How the CDC could change under the next Trump administration toggle caption Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images In its 78-year history, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has evolved from its origins tackling malaria to an agency that aims to safeguard almost every aspect of Americans' health. House Republicans have called for cuts to the CDC's budget, and former Trump administration …

Trump’s botched COVID response has been largely forgotten, but it's crucial we remember
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s botched COVID response has been largely forgotten, but it's crucial we remember

Salon  

At a campaign event in Allentown, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump asked the crowd a question Ronald Reagan also asked voters in the 1980 election against Jimmy Carter, and one many presidents before have asked. “People are still framing questions like that as if where we were four years ago was not in the early stages of a …

CDC’s Rochelle Walensky resigns, citing pandemic transition
1 year, 7 months ago

CDC’s Rochelle Walensky resigns, citing pandemic transition

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, submitted her resignation Friday, saying the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic was a good time to make a transition. Walensky, previously an infectious-diseases specialist at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, had no experience running a government health agency when she was sworn …

CDC director announces shake-up, citing COVID mistakes
2 years, 4 months ago

CDC director announces shake-up, citing COVID mistakes

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The head of the nation’s top public health agency on Wednesday announced a shake-up of the organization, saying it fell short responding to COVID-19 and needs to become more nimble. The planned changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — CDC leaders call it a “reset”— come amid criticism of the agency’s response to COVID-19, …

CDC director announces shake-up, citing COVID mistakes
2 years, 4 months ago

CDC director announces shake-up, citing COVID mistakes

LA Times  

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention office in Atlanta. On Wednesday, the head of the nation’s top public health agency announced a shake-up of the organization, in a bid to respond to ongoing criticism. The head of the nation’s top public health agency on Wednesday announced a shake-up of the organization, saying it fell short responding to COVID-19 and …

Op-Ed: The CDC loosened its COVID rules. Who fills in this public health vacuum?
2 years, 4 months ago

Op-Ed: The CDC loosened its COVID rules. Who fills in this public health vacuum?

LA Times  

Shoppers with and without masks stroll in L.A.’s Santee Alley in July as the BA.5 COVID variant surged. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxed its COVID guidelines last week, leaving decision-making mainly to individuals and local officials who lack public health training. Although doctors and public health officials have historically worked together to foster community health, medicine and …

Aiming to make CDC nimble, agency director has rankled many
2 years, 11 months ago

Aiming to make CDC nimble, agency director has rankled many

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the top U.S. public health agency has been criticized as too slow to collect and act on new information. — Last spring, Walensky said fully vaccinated people could stop wearing masks in many settings, only to reverse course as the then-new delta variant spread. Some politicians and others have repeatedly …

CDC facing formidable challenges in convincing conservatives to get Covid-19 vaccines
3 years, 7 months ago

CDC facing formidable challenges in convincing conservatives to get Covid-19 vaccines

CNN  

CNN — Public health experts at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are facing challenges – even struggling – as they try to figure out how to convince hesitant Republicans to take the Covid-19 vaccine, federal officials familiar with the situation told CNN. “There is a real concern at CDC that much sooner rather than later we may …

CDC director has feeling of ‘impending doom’ amid new spike
3 years, 8 months ago

CDC director has feeling of ‘impending doom’ amid new spike

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made an impassioned plea to Americans Monday not to let their guard down in the fight against COVID-19, warning of a potential fourth wave of the virus and saying she has a recurring feeling “of impending doom.” Speaking during a virtual White House briefing, Dr. Rochelle Walensky grew …

CDC Director Fears 'Impending Doom' If U.S. Opens Too Quickly
3 years, 8 months ago

CDC Director Fears 'Impending Doom' If U.S. Opens Too Quickly

NPR  

CDC Director Fears 'Impending Doom' If U.S. In an emotional plea during the White House COVID-19 Response Team briefing on Monday, the CDC chief, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, described a feeling of "impending doom." "We're in the life and death race with a virus that is spreading quickly, with cases rising again," Biden said at the White House on Monday afternoon. …

January 21, 2021 coronavirus news
3 years, 11 months ago

January 21, 2021 coronavirus news

CNN  

A medical worker cares for and comforts a patient who is suffering from Covid-19 at UMASS Memorial DCU Center Field Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, on January 13. Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images Today marks one year since the announcement of the first patient with Covid-19 in the United States. We got a few big things right: We made remarkable progress in scientific …

New CDC director takes over beleaguered agency amid crisis
3 years, 11 months ago

New CDC director takes over beleaguered agency amid crisis

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — As the coronavirus swept across the globe last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sank into the shadows, undermined by some of its own mistakes and stifled by an administration bent on downplaying the nation’s suffering. “I don’t know if the CDC is broken or just temporarily injured,” but something must be done to bring …

‘Stunned’ by ‘level of incompetence’ in US vaccine rollout: Public health expert
3 years, 11 months ago

‘Stunned’ by ‘level of incompetence’ in US vaccine rollout: Public health expert

Hindustan Times  

Renowned public health expert Dr Ashish K Jha on Wednesday expressed frustration over the slower-than-promised speed of vaccinations in the United States. Dr Jha, the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, said that the federal government made no real effort to get the vaccination infrastructure and the states are now scrambling to figure it out. Later, Dr Jha …

Probe: Trump officials attacked CDC virus reports
4 years ago

Probe: Trump officials attacked CDC virus reports

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Trump administration political appointees tried to block or change more than a dozen government reports that detailed scientific findings about the spread of the coronavirus, a House panel investigating the alleged interference said Monday. Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., said his coronavirus subcommittee investigators have found evidence of a “political pressure campaign” to “bully” professionals at the Centers for …

How Biden plans to change the US Covid-19 pandemic response
4 years, 1 month ago

How Biden plans to change the US Covid-19 pandemic response

CNN  

CNN — President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris say they will move the US Covid-19 pandemic response in a dramatically different direction. “I want everyone to know on day one, we’re going to put our plan to control this virus into action.” There were dauntingly high new case numbers last week, and by the time Biden takes office …

Trump Administration Plans Crackdown On Hospitals Failing To Report COVID-19 Data
4 years, 3 months ago

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

NPR  

Trump Administration Plans Crackdown On Hospitals Failing To Report COVID-19 Data Enlarge this image toggle caption John Lamparski/NurPhoto via Getty Images John Lamparski/NurPhoto via Getty Images Updated Friday 2:15 p.m. The federal government is preparing to crack down aggressively on hospitals for not reporting complete COVID-19 data daily into a federal data system, according to internal documents obtained by NPR. …

Blaming China won't solve America's problems
4 years, 3 months ago

Blaming China won't solve America's problems

China Daily  

A Report on US Response to COVID-19 and its Blame Game CONTENTS A Botched Response Missed warnings Missteps and lost opportunities Ignoring the science Reduced preparedness Politics v.s. public health A Senseless Blame Game A timeline of Chinese transparency and response Rising animosity A Way Out and Forward Appendix Blaming China Won't Solve America's Problems As of Monday, July 20, …

Blaming China won't solve America's problems
4 years, 3 months ago

Blaming China won't solve America's problems

China Daily  

A Report on US Response to COVID-19 and its Blame Game CONTENTS A Botched Response Missed warnings Missteps and lost opportunities Ignoring the science Reduced preparedness Politics v.s. public health A Senseless Blame Game A timeline of Chinese transparency and response Rising animosity A Way Out and Forward Appendix Blaming China Won't Solve America's Problems As of Monday, July 20, …

CDC retraction shows chaos of Trump’s Covid response
4 years, 3 months ago

CDC retraction shows chaos of Trump’s Covid response

CNN  

CNN — New chaos at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over revised guidance on the spread of Covid-19 is a fresh sign of mixed messaging that long plagued the White House’s failed pandemic response. The move came less than a week after Trump publicly rebuked the agency’s director Dr. Robert Redfield, who voiced a timetable for all …

US government health advisers say hospitals are ‘scrambling’ after Trump administration’s ‘abrupt’ change to Covid-19 data reporting requirements
4 years, 4 months ago

US government health advisers say hospitals are ‘scrambling’ after Trump administration’s ‘abrupt’ change to Covid-19 data reporting requirements

CNN  

CNN — In a letter, public health advisers to the US government said they are “extremely concerned” and “troubled” by the Trump administration’s decision to change how hospitals report Covid-19 data. Retiring the CDC system that was in operation would have “serious consequences on data integrity.” By removing the data collection from the CDC, the country would lose decades of …

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