October 27, 2020

COVID-19 Mitigation Behaviors by Age Group — United States, April–June 2020 (CDC)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Helena J. Hutchins, MPH; Brent Wolff, PhD; Rebecca Leeb, PhD; Jean Y. Ko, PhD; Erika Odom, PhD; Joe Willey, […]
October 22, 2020

CDC expands definition of who is a ‘close contact’ of an individual with covid-19

The Washington Post Lena H. Sun 22 October, 2020 The new guidance is likely to have the biggest impact on schools, workplaces and other group settings […]
October 20, 2020

Risk for In-Hospital Complications Associated with COVID-19 and Influenza — Veterans Health Administration, United States, October 1, 2018–May 31, 2020 (CDC)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Jordan Cates, PhD; Cynthia Lucero-Obusan, MD; Rebecca M. Dahl, MPH; Patricia Schirmer, MD; Shikha Garg, MD; Gina Oda, MS; […]
October 17, 2020

Frozen food package polluted by living coronavirus could cause infection, China’s CDC says

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 17 October, 2020   China’s disease control authority said on Saturday that contact with frozen food packaging contaminated by living […]
October 16, 2020

Race, Ethnicity, and Age Trends in Persons Who Died from COVID-19 — United States, May–August 2020 (CDC)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Jeremy A.W. Gold, MD; Lauren M. Rossen, PhD; Farida B. Ahmad, MPH; Paul Sutton, PhD; Zeyu Li, MPH; Phillip […]
October 9, 2020

Transmission Dynamics by Age Group in COVID-19 Hotspot Counties — United States, April–September 2020

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Alexandra M. Oster, MD; Elise Caruso, MPH; Jourdan DeVies, MS; Kathleen P. Hartnett, PhD; Tegan K. Boehmer, PhD 09 […]
October 6, 2020

CDC revises guidance, says Covid-19 can spread through virus lingering in air

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 06 October, 2020 Reuters   The CDC guidance comes weeks after the agency published – and then took down – […]
September 25, 2020

COVID-19 Contact Tracing in Two Counties — North Carolina, June–July 2020

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Date: 25 September, 2020 R. Ryan Lash, PhD; Catherine V. Donovan, PhD; Aaron T. Fleischauer, PhD; Zack S. Moore, MD; […]
September 25, 2020

Update: Characteristics of Health Care Personnel with COVID-19 — United States, February 12–July 16, 2020

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Date: 25 September, 2020 Michelle M. Hughes, PhD; Matthew R. Groenewold, PhD; Sarah E. Lessem, PhD; Kerui Xu, PhD; Emily […]