White House announces $1 billion purchase of rapid, at-home coronavirus tests WATCH
The White House announced Wednesday that it will buy $1 billion worth of rapid, at-home coronavirus tests to address ongoing shortages, a plan hailed by...
Biden administration to extend vaccine mandate to U.S. companies
The pressure on President Biden is increasing as the public health outlook worsens. The seven-day average of coronavirus deaths across the U.S. was 1,524 as...
How CDC data problems put the U.S. behind on the delta variant
Frustration is growing with the CDC's slow and siloed approach to sharing data, which prevented officials across the government from getting timely information on how...
‘Act now’ on global vaccines to stop more dangerous variants, experts warn Biden
More than 175 public health experts, scientists and activists demanded that President Joe Biden take urgent steps to confront the global spread of the coronavirus....
Mass. COVID-19 outbreak mostly infected the vaccinated, CDC finds; few needed hospitalization
The CDC report bolstered the hypothesis that vaccinated people can spread the delta variant and may be a factor in the summer surge of coronavirus...
‘The war has changed’: Internal CDC document urges new messaging, warns delta infections likely more severe
The CDC's internal presentation shows that the agency thinks it is struggling to communicate on vaccine efficacy amid increased breakthrough infections.