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CDC May Change Advice on Face Coverings
CDC May Change
Advice on Face Coverings
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Mar 31, 2020 11:27 AM CDT

CDC May Change Advice on Face Coverings

DIY masks are becoming more popular

(Newser) - Last month, the surgeon general issued an all-caps plea to Americans: "STOP BUYING MASKS!" But as the coronavirus outbreak worsens, a more nuanced debate is unfolding about whether Americans should be wearing masks, or some type of face covering, in public. Nobody is suggesting that people wear surgical...

CDC Finds Clue to Rapid Spread of Virus on Ships

Nearly half of COVID-19 patients on Diamond Princess were asymptomatic

(Newser) - If you've been wondering how long the coronavirus can live on surfaces after it's been left behind, new data from the Centers for Disease Control reveals that information—and it's a concerning development. In the CDC's weekly "Morbidity and Mortality" report released Monday and cited...

Who's the Virus Putting in the Hospital? Not All Older People

New CDC data show significant portion of coronavirus hospitalization are younger adults

(Newser) - Dr. Deborah Birx, a State Department official on President Trump's coronavirus task force, on Wednesday issued a warning to young adults to stop gathering in groups—not only because they could unknowingly spread the virus to older, more vulnerable people, but because they themselves may be more at risk...

CDC Eyes Funerals as Possible Hotbed for Virus

Agency tells morticians to consider livestreaming funerals

(Newser) - On the tail of the Center for Disease Control's warning against gatherings of more than 50 people—followed by the White House advisement to keep get-togethers to fewer than 10—the nation's funeral directors have received their own recommendations on how to manage funeral services amid the coronavirus...

CDC Warns Against Events With More Than 50 People

Organizers advised to postpone events for at least 8 weeks

(Newser) - American life is set to be upended even more by the coronavirus upbreak under a new recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC recommended Sunday that events with more than 50 people—including "conferences, festivals, parades, concerts, sporting events, weddings, and other types of assemblies"...

Potential Coronavirus Patients Have Struggled to Get Tested
America Is 
'Way Behind' in
COVID-19 Testing 
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Mar 13, 2020 7:43 AM CDT

America Is 'Way Behind' in COVID-19 Testing

Potential patients are struggling to get tested

(Newser) - Many Americans are infected with coronavirus and don't know it, authorities say—and because of difficulties getting tested, some will get sick and recover without ever knowing for sure whether they had it. Officials warn that America is far behind other countries in testing for coronavirus, making it even...

Coronavirus May Have Spread in Washington State for Weeks

2nd Washington state man dies of COVID-19

(Newser) - A second person in Washington state has died from COVID-19—and authorities fear there will be many more coronavirus cases in the region. Authorities say the man in his 70s died at the Evergreen Health Medical Center in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland on Sunday, the Seattle Times reports. A...

CDC Issues Warning on Coronavirus, Facial Hair

Villain mustaches and soul patches are OK; stubble, full beards may interfere with respirator

(Newser) - Patients' facial hair may affect their safety when it comes to the coronavirus—but it depends on what kind of mustache, beard, or other whiskers you're sporting. CNN reports on a warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that centers on how much various types of facial...

New Findings on US Obesity 'Important for Everyone'

And it's not great news: Obesity rate in America is now over 40%

(Newser) - In 1999, US health officials warned that the health of millions of Americans was being imperiled by a "growing obesity epidemic." Twenty years later, it appears that warning wasn't very effective: A report issued Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the obesity...

Calif. Coronavirus Case Is a Worrying US First

CDC says it can't pinpoint cause of infection

(Newser) - The 60th case of COVID-19 detected in the US is different from the other 59 in a way that worries public health officials. The CDC says the patient, diagnosed at UC Davis Medical Center in California, had not traveled to a country hit by the outbreak or been exposed to...

US Has Its 3rd Coronavirus Case
US Has Its 3rd
Coronavirus Case 
Jan 26, 2020 8:11 AM CST

US Has Its 3rd Coronavirus Case

Patient confirmed in Southern California as cases worldwide near 2K

(Newser) - A patient in Southern California is the third person in the US to be diagnosed with the new pneumonia-like virus from China, reports the AP . The Centers for Disease Control confirmed a traveler from the Chinese city of Wuhan—the epicenter of the outbreak—tested positive for the virus, the...

Travelers at 3 US Airports to Be Screened for New Virus

CDC worried about visitors from China at JFK, LAX, and San Francisco

(Newser) - Passengers arriving at three US airports from a city in China will be screened for a new type of coronavirus starting Friday. The CDC is dispatching about 100 people to help staff the quarantine stations at New York's JFK and the Los Angeles and San Francisco international airports, the...

How Infectious Is That Puppy in the Window?

30 people infected with Campylobacter bacteria this year linked to puppies, says CDC

(Newser) - Take extra precautions if you plan to have a puppy under your Christmas tree. The CDC is investigating a multi-state outbreak of an antibiotic-resistant infection believed to be linked to puppies from pet stores. Thirty people in 13 states were infected with Campylobacter jejuni, a bacteria found to be resistant...

Drug-Resistant Germ Threat Is Worsening, Puzzling: CDC

Trends are more worrisome, and scientists lack answers

(Newser) - Drug-resistant germs have long been known to be a serious health threat, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says the problem is worse, and more baffling, than previously thought. Someone in the US contracts an antibiotic-resistant infection every 11 seconds, the Washington Post reports, and someone dies...

CDC Reports Breakthrough on Vaping Illnesses

Vitamin E oil was the only substance found in lungs of 29 patients tested

(Newser) - "For the first time, we have detected a potential toxin of concern," an official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said of new evidence in the search for the cause of lung problems in those who vape. Researchers took fluid samples from the lungs of 29...

This Is Why We Can't Have Nice STD Numbers, America

CDC: Gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia on the rise in the US for 5th year in a row

(Newser) - A big number out of the CDC on Tuesday, and it's not a good one: The health protection agency says there were 2.4 million infections diagnosed and reported from three sexually transmitted diseases in 2018, the "most cases" ever documented in a one-year span, per a CDC...

A 7th Death Tied to Vaping, as One State Makes a Big Move

California, site of most recent fatality, is launching a $20M anti-vaping ad campaign

(Newser) - As officials try to figure out what's causing a spate of vaping illnesses, some proving fatal , news of another death has come in. CNN reports that the most recent e-cigarette fatality, the nation's seventh so far, is a 40-year-old from California, the second death in that state. A...

After a Third Death, CDC Warns Against Vaping

Hundreds of cases of lung illness are being investigated

(Newser) - Just don't vape, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday, after a third death connected to vaping was reported. At least 450 possible cases of a mysterious lung illness in 33 states are being investigated, NBC reports. "While this investigation is ongoing, people should consider not...

CDC to Army Lab: 'Cease and Desist' Studying Deadly Germs

Maryland's Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases temporarily shuttered over safety concerns

(Newser) - A "cease and desist" order from the Centers for Disease Control has been issued, a military biodefense lab has been shuttered, and "research is currently on hold" there, possibly for months. The issue: safety worries that cropped up over processes used to contain dozens of dangerous toxins and...

Mysterious Illness Kills US Couple on Vacation

CDC is assisting authorities in Fiji

(Newser) - David and Michelle Paul, a healthy, fit American couple in their 30s, went on a dream vacation to Fiji and never came back. The residents of Fort Worth, Texas, died suddenly from an illness that still hasn't been identified, WFAA reports. Sister-in-law Tracy Calanog tells the station that they...

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