US Surgeon General Dr Jerome Adams says it is ‘improbable’ (although possible) that the nation will have a coronavirus vaccine by November 1, despite CDC guidance telling states to prepare for shots to arrive by the end of October. Speaking Friday on Good Morning America, the nation’s top doctor claimed that the guidance was intended … Read more
Americans complied with stay-at-home orders nearly everywhere that issued them and helped to slow the spread of coronavirus, new cell phone tracking data analyzed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows. A new report, released Thursday, reveals that people moved around less in 98 percent of counties that issued stay-at-home orders in … Read more
The nation’s top infectious disease expert has addressed new data revealing that nearly every American who has died of coronavirus also had underlying conditions. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 94 percent of those who have died of COVID-19 had at least one pre-existing health issue such as high blood pressure, … Read more
Nearly all Americans who have died of COVID-19 suffered at least one other underlying disease, CDC reveals More than 180,000 Americans have died of coronavirus as of Monday The CDC’s latest fatality data shows that COVID-19 was listed as the sole cause of death for just 6% of those killed by the virus 94% of … Read more
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has backtracked some of the agency’s changed guidelines on coronavirus testing. Earlier this week, the CDC suddenly amended its testing recommendations to say that people who have come into contact with COVID-19 patients but don’t have symptoms ‘do not necessarily need a test.’ Public … Read more
A woman likely became infected with the novel coronavirus after she used an airplane bathroom, a new report suggests. The 28-year-old was among about 300 South Koreans who were evacuated from Milan, Italy, on March 31 – in the midst of the pandemic’s height Europe, researchers wrote in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s journal Emerging … Read more
Four overnight summer camps in Maine put interventions in place that helped prevent coronavirus transmission and outbreaks, a new report finds. Children who tested positive had to delay arriving, campers quarantined for two weeks and they were frequently tested and screened, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed on Wednesday. Among more than … Read more
Nearly one-third of American high school students said they used e-cigarettes in 2019, a new report finds. Last year, 32.7 percent said they vaped, which is more than double the 13.2 percent who reported vaping two years ago in 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed on Friday. Additionally, overall use was up with 36.5 percent … Read more
A little over a month after taking control over coronavirus data collection away from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the White House is giving it back, according to the Wall Street Journal. ‘CDC is working with us right now to build a revolutionary new data system so it can be moved back … Read more
Native Americans make up a larger percentage of novel coronavirus cases than compared to their share of the US population, a new report finds. American Indians and Alaska Natives account for 0.7 percent of the population but at 1.3 percent of all COVID-19 cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed on Wednesday. … Read more