Mar 30 WATCH: Surgeon General Murthy, CDC Director Walensky testify on efforts to move beyond COVID-19 By News Desk Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and CDC Director Walensky testified Wednesday before the House subcommittee on Covid-19 on efforts to move beyond COVID-19. Continue reading
Feb 25 Healthy Americans can stop wearing masks in areas with low COVID-19 impact, CDC says By Carla K. Johnson, Mike Stobbe, Associated Press U.S. officials say most Americans live in places where healthy people can safely take a break from wearing masks. Continue reading
Feb 09 WATCH: White House COVID task force holds news briefing By Associated Press The White House said Wednesday it was beginning to prepare for the next phase of the pandemic response amid growing impatience for the federal government to ease up. Continue reading
Feb 02 WATCH: White House COVID task force holds news briefing By News Desk and Associated Press The White House COVID task force held a news briefing on Wednesday following news that Pfizer has asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize vaccine shots for children under the age of 5. Continue reading
Jan 26 WATCH: Fauci says U.S. moving toward a time ‘when COVID is no longer a crisis’ By Associated Press White House officials say hopefully we will get to where COVID-19 is acceptable and could be considered endemic when "it doesn't disrupt our capability to function in society in a relatively normal way."… Continue reading
Jan 12 WATCH: White House COVID task force holds news briefing amid omicron surge By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press Officials across the U.S. are again weighing how and whether to impose mask mandates as COVID-19 infections soar and the American public grows weary of pandemic-related restrictions. Continue reading
Jan 11 WATCH: Fauci, Walensky testify in tense Senate hearing on the federal response to new COVID-19 variants By Associated Press Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert, angrily accused a senator Tuesday of making false accusations that are leading to threats against him -- all to raise political cash. Continue reading
Dec 27 CDC recommends shorter COVID isolation and quarantine period By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press U.S. health officials are cutting isolation restrictions for Americans who test positive for the coronavirus and shortening the time that close contacts have to quarantine. Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch 8:10 Dr. Walensky on the omicron variant, testing, vaccines and mask rules President Joe Biden is out with new plans and new appeals to control the spread of COVID-19. He spelled them out Tuesday as the new omicron variant sweeps largely unchecked across the country. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers… Continue watching
Dec 15 WATCH: White House COVID task force holds news briefing By Associated Press U.S. health care spending rocketed to $4.1 trillion last year as Congress opened the spigot of federal dollars to battle the coronavirus pandemic across multiple fronts. Continue reading