March 10, 2021 US daily COVID-19 deaths drop below 2,000 The latest seven-day average of daily COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. has dropped to around 1,600, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said in a White House briefing Wednesday.
March 3, 2021 Coronavirus ‘fatigue is winning’ as decline in cases, deaths stalls, CDC’s Walensky warns The recent declines in coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths is showing signs of stalling, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned on Wednesday, adding that the country is it a “critical nexus” in the pandemic.
March 3, 2021 Oregon confirms Brazilian coronavirus variant case, first on West Coast Officials in Oregon have reported the first case of a coronavirus variant originally detected in Brazil, marking the first such instance on the West Coast.
February 26, 2021 UK coronavirus variant now accounts for 10% of US cases, CDC director says The coronavirus variant first detected in the U.K. late last year now accounts for up to 10% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., officials said Friday.
February 18, 2021 CDC director worries over ‘pandemic fatigue’ come spring: ‘This could go bad so fast’ Despite encouraging trends in national coronavirus-related hospitalizations and cases, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention worries that “pandemic fatigue” come spring could significantly worsen the (country’s) trajectory.
February 14, 2021 CDC's Walensky insists 'we can't let our guard down' as average US virus cases dip The country also surpassed 50 million vaccinations nationwide by the end of last week.
February 14, 2021 CDC Director: Schools can open without teacher vaccines 'even in areas of the highest community spread' The CDC believes that its new guidelines will work for even the most heavily affected areas.
February 10, 2021 CDC updates coronavirus face mask guidance, endorses 'double masking' The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its mask guidance on Wednesday to include data from a recent lab experiment that found placing a cloth mask over a surgical mask, as well as using a properly fitted mask, was effective in stopping coronavirus spread.
February 3, 2021 Teachers don't need COVID-19 vaccines for safe school reopenings, CDC says Teachers don’t need coronavirus vaccinations in order for safe school reopenings, said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
January 29, 2021 Fauci says coronavirus variants a ‘wakeup call’ to be nimble in vaccine development Dr. Anthony Fauci said the recent Johnson & Johnson vaccine study, as well as one conducted by Novavax, are proof that coronavirus mutations that lead to different lineage “do have clinical consequences.”