The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that all statistical models tracked by the agency predict that coronavirus deaths in the U.S. will accelerate in the coming weeks. ‘CDC tracks 12 different forecasting models of possible COVID-19 deaths in the US,’ Dr. Robert R. Redfield said in a tweet. ‘As … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has tripled its official list of symptoms for the novel coronavirus. Until recently, the federal health agency recorded just three symptoms of the virus on its website: fever, cough and shortness of breath. However, this past weekend, the CDC expanded its list to include several more signs … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has tripled its official list of symptoms for the novel coronavirus. Until recently, the federal health agency recorded just three symptoms of the virus on its website: fever, cough and shortness of breath. However, this past weekend, the CDC expanded its list to include several more signs … Read more
President Donald Trump on Wednesday raged about the coverage of CDC Director Robert Redfield’s interview with The Washington Post, where the medical expert warned about the dangers of a second wave of the coronavirus. Trump brought Redfield to the White House podium to repudiate the interview only for the CDC director to confirm the newspaper correctly … Read more
President Donald Trump on Wednesday raged about the coverage of CDC Director Robert Redfield’s interview with The Washington Post, where the medical expert warned about the dangers of a second wave of the coronavirus. Trump brought Redfield to the White House podium to repudiate the interview only for the CDC director to confirm the newspaper correctly … Read more
The director of the Centers for Disease Control said Monday that he did recommend in February some states expand mitigation efforts to combat the coronavirus spread, but lockdowns didn’t begin until March. Robert Redfield suggested on NBC’s Today that some recommendations by the CDC and National Institute of Health were ignored earlier on in the … Read more
President Donald Trump hit out at Dr Anthony Fauci Sunday night by retweeting the #FireFauci hashtag and claimed that he banned flights from China ‘long before people spoke up’ just hours after the nation’s top immunologist said his recommendation for a US shut down in February was ignored. Trump retweeted a post from former congressional candidate DeAnna Lorraine who … Read more
The CDC has extended its ‘no sail’ order for the cruise industry for a further 100 days, leaving 100 ships and 80,000 crew members stranded off the US coast. At least 20 of these ships have known or suspected cases of coronavirus onboard, the agency said, following tests and reports of respiratory-illness symptoms. Cruise liners … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has removed highly unusual guidance from its website informing doctors on how to prescribe the anti-malaria drugs recommended by President Donald Trump to treat coronavirus. The medications, chloroquine and its analog hydroxychlorquine, are also used to threat arthritis and the autoimmune disorder lupus. Initially, the CDC webpage had … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will advise all Americans to wear cloth masks or other face coverings if they go out in public but President Donald Trump said the new guidelines will not be mandatory. But the policy marks a profound change in messaging as both the CDC and World Health Organization previously … Read more