Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

President Donald Trump's top economist, Larry Kudlow, talks about the economy, trade, and U.S. efforts to work with China on containing the spread of the coronavirus infection, during a tv news interview at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020.

‘Close to airtight’: Larry Kudlow claims coronavirus in US ‘contained’ despite CDC warning

Tim Pearce · February 25, 2020 9:43 pm

National Security

‘I don’t have an exact figure’: Homeland Security chief lacks answers to basic coronavirus questions

Anna Giaritelli · February 25, 2020 9:42 pm

Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment wheel bodies to a refrigerated trailer serving as a makeshift morgue at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Monday, April 6, 2020, in New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

Beltway Confidential

The coronavirus hasn’t been ‘contained’ just yet

Kaylee McGhee White · February 25, 2020 8:39 pm

Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic.

Severe ‘disruption’: CDC vaccine expert warned her family to prepare for US coronavirus outbreak

Cassidy Morrison · February 25, 2020 5:17 pm

CDC says to avoid nonessential travel to South Korea amid coronavirus outbreak

Caitlin Yilek · February 25, 2020 3:05 am

Tom Cotton is seen.

Republican senator: China ‘lying to the world’ about coronavirus outbreak

Spencer Neale · February 22, 2020 3:04 pm

Jarred human brain found on Canadian mail truck: CBP

Zach Halaschak · February 20, 2020 11:20 pm

Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic.

State Department evacuates 14 Americans infected with coronavirus in Japan against CDC advice

Spencer Neale · February 20, 2020 10:46 pm

Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment wheel bodies to a refrigerated trailer serving as a makeshift morgue at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Monday, April 6, 2020, in New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

2019 coronavirus is 20 times deadlier than the seasonal flu: Study

Cassidy Morrison · February 18, 2020 6:20 pm

Health experts warn Congress coronavirus may hit US hard in next two to four weeks

Anna Giaritelli · February 12, 2020 9:15 pm

In this Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, photo released by Xinhua News Agency, doctors scan a patient's lungs at Huoshenshan temporary hospital built for patients diagnosed with coronavirus in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. Mainland China has reported another rise in cases of the new virus after a sharp decline the previous day, while the number of deaths grow over 900, with at least two more outside the country.

CDC confirms another case of coronavirus in America

Zach Halaschak · February 11, 2020 10:35 pm

President Trump is expected to tell federal agencies to compile a budget that would increase spending on the military but cut nearly every other agency, with the Environmental Protection Agency particularly on the chopping block. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump proposes doubling funding for effort to end HIV epidemic

Cassidy Morrison · February 10, 2020 10:26 pm