Fact check: Tuberculosis is more dangerous than COVID-19, but context matters The CDC regularly records comorbidities data for a range of diseases affecting Americans, including cancer and opioid ...

Nicknamed “Stratus,” the XFG strain was recently designated a “variant under monitoring” by the World Health Organization ...

The resignation follows an order by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to change the agency's guidance.

An unreleased CDC review obtained by NPR shows that lab officials knew an early coronavirus test kit had a high failure rate. They decided not to recall it and sent it to the nation's labs anyway.

Looking across the country, much of New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Illinois, Wisconsin and South Dakota are colored green on the CDC’s new map, indicating “low” COVID-19 risk.

The CDC's shift mirrors updated guidance from California and Oregon, which were the first states to announce new COVID-19 guidelines in early January that also did away with specific isolation times.

Everyone ages 6 months and older should get an updated Covid-19 vaccine, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday, to help lower the risk of severe illness, hospitalization ...

CDC slowing pace on releasing new coronavirus health guidance. The agency hasn't updated new health guidance since Sept. 24. By Dr. Mark Abdelmalek, Dr. Jay Bhatt, and John Santucci.

Gabby Mondelli teaches her fourth-grade students at Samuel W. Tucker Elementary School in Alexandria, Va. New CDC guidance calls for looser standards on testing and isolation for covid-19.

Previously, the CDC page said that Covid-19 was thought to spread mainly between people in close contact – about 6 feet – and “through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person ...

For people who have COVID-19 and are isolating, the CDC is now recommending two negative tests 48 hours apart before going out in public again without a mask, or after day 10.

The CDC is drawing another line in the sand between disparate groups, but this time there’s an easy way to make the jump: Get vaccinated. Coronavirus Today: The CDC's new 'in' crowd - Los ...