A new Trump administration policy that bypasses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for control of key information about the coronavirus is causing outrage among public health experts. Under the policy, announced quietly late last week, hospitals are now required Report directly to the Department of Health and Human …
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(Newser) – The CDC director says the US could control the coronavirus in a matter of weeks if we take one step: masquerade. “If we could get everyone to wear a mask right now, I think in four, six or eight weeks we could control this epidemic,” said Robert Redfield, …
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This is what you need to know to Catch up and follow your day. (You can also receive daily “5 things you need to know today” in your inbox. Sign up here.) 1. Coronavirus 2. CDC Hospitals now have to send their data on coronavirus patients to the Trump administration …
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TOPLINE Facing around 500 new infections each day, England and France announced new nationwide mask mandates on Tuesday to curb minor resurgences of the virus, highlighting a marked difference in approach from the significantly hardest hit United States, whose leaders have reprimanded strongly the need for a national requirement despite …
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Minnesota National Guard More people who died with COVID-19 are older and have underlying health conditions, however, younger non-white patients with COVID-19 died at a disproportionately higher rate than younger white patients, the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). On July 10, the CDC released a Morbidity and …
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