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Biden Says He Plans to Appoint Mandy Cohen as C.D.C. Director
why it matters: Dr. Cohen will oversee the CDC’s response to the public health crisis. The appointment does not require…
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Biden Is Said to Pick Mandy Cohen to Lead C.D.C.
President Biden will nominate former North Carolina Health Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen, who steered the state through the first two…
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Sick Workers Tied to 40% of Food Poisoning Outbreaks, C.D.C. Says
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report released Tuesday that 40 percent of unexplained food…
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Walensky to Resign as C.D.C. Director
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will be stepping down on June 30, she…
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C.D.C. to Scale Back Covid Tracking Efforts
Why it matters: Covid still kills over 1,000 people every week Even though it’s usually the season for respiratory diseases…
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What the New C.D.C. Guidelines Mean for You
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased many of its Covid-19 guidelines this week, sharply moving away from some…
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C.D.C. Eases Covid Guidelines, Noting Virus is ‘Here To Stay’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its Covid-19 community and school guidance on Thursday, relaxing some key recommendations.…
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Parechovirus Sickened 23 Infants in Tennessee, C.D.C. Says
Twenty-three children were admitted to a Tennessee hospital for treatment of the parechovirus during the six weeks of this spring,…
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C.D.C. advisers are meeting to discuss Novavax’s Covid vaccine.
An influential scientific panel will meet on Tuesday to discuss who should receive the newly licensed Covid-19 vaccine from Maryland’s…
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Vaccine protection waned this spring but boosters helped, the C.D.C. reports.
The emergence of a highly contagious submicron variant in the United States this spring appears to have reduced the vaccine’s…
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