Health Dec 01 U.S. panel to consider who should get the first COVID-19 shots An influential scientific panel on Tuesday is set to tackle one of the most pressing questions in the U.S. coronavirus epidemic: When the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine become available, who should be at the front of the line for…
Health Dec 01 WATCH: U.S. advisers say health workers, care homes should receive vaccines first An influential government advisory panel convened on Tuesday to answer one of the most pressing questions in the U.S. coronavirus outbreak: Who should be at the front of the line when the first vaccine shots become available?…
Health Nov 13 Wearing a mask could keep you from catching COVID-19, CDC says Previously, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised masks because of medical evidence that it stops people who are infected with coronavirus — whether they know it or not — from spreading it to others.
Health Oct 29 Public health experts say U.S. COVID-19 response marked by grave missteps The result: the country could be looking at a terrible winter.
Politics Oct 05 CDC says coronavirus can spread indoors in updated guidance The top U.S. public health agency says the coronavirus can spread more than 6 feet through the air, especially in poorly ventilated and enclosed spaces.
Health Sep 22 CDC changes, then retracts, web posting on how virus spreads The top U.S. public health agency stirred confusion by posting — and then taking down — an apparent change in its position on how easily the coronavirus can spread from person to person through the air.
Health Sep 18 CDC drops controversial testing advice that caused backlash U.S. health officials are dropping a controversial piece of coronavirus guidance and telling all those who have been in close contact with infected people to get tested.
Health Aug 26 Officials change COVID testing advice, bewildering experts U.S. health officials have sparked a wave of confusion after posting guidelines that coronavirus testing is not necessary for people who have been in close contact with infected people.
Health Aug 23 Trump to announce plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19 After expressing frustration at the slow pace of approval for coronavirus treatments, President Donald Trump was set to announce on Sunday the emergency authorization of convalescent plasma for COVID-19 patients.
Health Aug 21 Mounting U.S. deaths reveal an outsize toll on people of color As many as 215,000 more people than usual died in the U.S. during the first seven months of 2020 and half the dead were people of color — Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans and Asian Americans.