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CDC Removes Warning About Spread of COVID-19 Through Air

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) once more reversed a part of their COVID-19 guidance, taking back its warning that the virus can spread through the air.
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CDC Drops Controversial Testing Guideline that Prompted Backlash

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) dropped a controversial piece of COVID-19 testing guideline yet again.
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COVID-19 May Increase Premature Births, New CDC Report Says

COVID-19 symptoms might be severe, and chances of pregnancy risks are higher for pregnant women, according to new studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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CDC Director Says Face Mask Guarantees More Protection Compared to Vaccine

Head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that face coverings are the most powerful public tool that nation has against the coronavirus pandemic.
 Dining in Restaurants Increases COVID-19 Risk

Dining in Restaurants Increases COVID-19 Risk

Dining in restaurants increases a person's risk of getting COVID-19, according to a new study conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Public Losing Confidence in FDA as Coronavirus Vaccine Nears

The public is starting to lose trust in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as coronavirus vaccine makers near the final stages of clinical trials, a new poll said.
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CDC to States: Be Ready for COVID-19 Vaccines by November 1

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) urged state health officials to be ready for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines by November or late October.
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US COVID-19 Deaths: 94 Percent of People Who Died Had Contributing Conditions, CDC Reports

U.S. COVID-19 deaths are not all caused by the SARS-CoV-2 as they were also suffering from other contributing conditions, according to a new data released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Experts Worried About New CDC Testing Guidelines

COVID-19 testing guidelines were changed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a shift the puzzled many health experts.
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CDC Drops 14-Day Quarantine Recommendation for Returning Travelers

The 14-day quarantine recommendation for returning travelers has been dropped by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Friday.
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CDC Wants Sewage Systems Across the Country Tested for COVID-19

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, together with the nation's Department of Health and Human Services, will start working with state, local, and tribal health departments to test sewage systems for COVID-19.
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New CDC Forecast: 20,000 Deaths Due to COVID-19 in 21 Days

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a forecast that deaths related to COVID-19 in the United States could reach 20,000 in the next 21 days.
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White House Objected More CDC Funding Requested for Contact Tracing

There is an active movement to block “billions of dollars” worth of Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (CDC) funding for contact tracing and virus testing from the White House, according to a Washington Post article.
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Some Hospitals Struggle Getting COVID-19 Info as CDC Gets Pulled from Data Collection

As hospital coronavirus data collection will no longer be a task for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, data in Kansas and Missouri suddenly went incomplete or missing.
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White House Repeatedly Denies CDC to Hold Public Briefings on COVID-19

A credible source from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the White House has repeatedly denied the agency to hold briefings about the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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CDC Says Actual Coronavirus Cases in US May Top 20 Million

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has estimated that there are about 23 million coronavirus cases in the country.
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