The director of the CDC on Thursday warned that the daily death toll from COVID-19 in the US is likely to exceed the number of deaths from major national tragedies in the coming weeks. “We are in the timeframe now that probably for the next 60 to 90 days we’re […]

CDC Robert Redfield allegedly ordered subordinates to delete an email from a senior health official in the Trump administration requesting changes to a major report on how COVID-19 impacts children. Charlotte Kent, editor of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, told congressional investigators on Monday that she was instructed her […]

The upcoming winter months could be “the most difficult in the public health history” of the US, Robert Redfield, the director for the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, said Wednesday. More than 100,000 patients are being treated for COVID-19 in US hospitals as of Wednesday, according to data collected […]

Dr. Scott Atlas, who served as a special advisor to President Donald Trump, resigned from the White House coronavirus task force on Monday. Atlas joined the task force in August as a special government employee, meaning his role in the task force was temporary and would not exceed 130 days. […]

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention gave cruise lines a path toward restarting US operations Friday. Under the CDC’s new order, cruise lines will be able to sail again on November 1, but they won’t be allowed to bring passengers on board until they meet a rigorous set of […]

The US is on track to start delivering coronavirus shots before the end of 2020, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Wednesday. Azar said the country should have enough doses for seniors, healthcare workers, and first responders by the end of January – and for all Americans […]

The White House positioned two political operatives at the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in June, the Associated Press reported. The first, Nina Witkofsky was appointed as senior advisor to CDC Director Robert Redfield and promoted to acting chief of staff within weeks. The second, Chester Moeller, is […]

A former director of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention wrote a letter to the current director on September 23 asking him to take stand against President Donald Trump’s administration. In the letter, Dr. William Foege called on Dr. Robert Redfield to take a stance against the White House’s […]

The CDC is once again recommending that people get tested for the coronavirus if they have been in close contact with an infected person – even if they’re not showing symptoms. The agency briefly reversed its testing policy in August to say that testing asymptomatic people wasn’t necessary. Public-health officials […]

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention published a controversial guideline last month saying that people who were exposed to the novel coronavirus but didn’t show symptoms should not seek a test. According to The New York Times, the advice was written by Trump administration officials and published despite scientists’ […]

At a Senate subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, CDC Director Robert Redfield said most Americans probably wouldn’t receive a coronavirus vaccine until “late second quarter, third quarter 2021.” Hours later, President Donald Trump said Redfield was “confused.” “I think he made a mistake when he said that. It’s just incorrect information,” […]

Dr. Robert Redfield has been the director of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention since March 2018. Earlier this week, Redfield asked governors to prepare state distribution facilities for coronavirus vaccines by November 1– two days before the presidential election. His appointment was met with mixed reviews: Dr. […]

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention is drawing scrutiny from scientists and public health experts this week for its shift away from recommending COVID-19 tests for “all close contacts” of people with confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the US. Dr. Tom Frieden, who ran the CDC from 2009 […]

Dr. Scott Atlas resigned from the White House coronavirus task force on Monday, after less than four months on the team. President Donald Trump brought Atlas onto the task force in August, after he had appeared on Fox News for months, echoing the president’s anti-lockdown opinions. Atlas is a healthcare-policy […]

During a Tuesday webinar, CDC Director Robert Redfield said he was worried about coronavirus infections coinciding with flu cases this fall. “I do think the fall and the winter of 2020 and 2021 are going to be probably one of the most difficult times that we’ve experienced in American public […]

In an editorial in the journal JAMA and a corresponding interview with the journal’s editor, CDC Director Robert Redfield called for “universal masking” to control the virus in as little as four weeks. He and his CDC colleagues pointed to several studies and case reports showing how mask wearing could […]

The CDC was denied permission by the White House to brief the public on the coronavirus crisis, a source at the agency told Yahoo News. The CDC found itself unable to do public briefings for three months, beginning not long after a senior official warned in late February that the […]