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AP Exclusive: CDC guidance was more restrictive than plans released by the White House

May 13, 2020 at 6:57 a.m.

Advice from the top U.S. disease control experts on how to safely reopen businesses and institutions during the coronavirus pandemic was more detailed and restrictive than the plan released by...

U.S. shelves detailed guide to reopening country amid coronavirus outbreak

May 7, 2020 at 7:19 a.m.

A document created by the nation's top disease investigators with step-by-step advice to local authorities on how and when to reopen restaurants and other public places during the still-raging outbreak...

Timeline reset: CDC confirms weeks-earlier California coronavirus-related deaths

April 22, 2020 at 12:36 p.m.

Health officials say two people infected with the coronavirus in California died as many as three weeks before the U.S. reported its first death from the disease in late February...

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U.S. coronavirus lockdowns coincide with rise in poisonings from cleaners

April 20, 2020 at 12:14 p.m.

One toddler became dizzy, fell and hit her head after drinking from a large bottle of hand sanitizer. A woman had a scary coughing and wheezing fit while soaking her...

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Health care workers are 10%-20% of U.S. coronavirus cases

April 14, 2020 at 3:09 p.m.

Between 10% and 20% of U.S. coronavirus cases are health care workers, though they tended to be hospitalized at lower rates than other patients, officials reported Tuesday.

Some doctors moving away from ventilators for coronavirus patients

April 11, 2020 at 9:51 p.m.

As health officials around the world push to get more ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, some doctors are moving away from using the breathing machines when they can.

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Testing blunders crippled U.S. response as coronavirus spread

March 23, 2020 at 4:03 p.m.

A series of missteps at the nation's top public health agency caused a critical shortage of reliable laboratory tests for the coronavirus, hobbling the federal response as the pandemic spread...

How social distancing works and what it means for you

March 19, 2020 at 3:27 p.m.

Can my kids go on a play date? Is it OK if I visit the gym? In this time of coronavirus, once-easy questions have suddenly become complex. Here are some...

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Official: White House didn’t want to tell seniors not to fly

March 7, 2020 at 8:44 p.m.

NEW YORK -- The White House overruled health officials who wanted to recommend that elderly and physically fragile Americans be advised not to fly on commercial airlines because of the...

This undated photo provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows CDC’s laboratory test kit for the new coronavirus. (CDC via AP)

U.S. labs await virus-testing kits promised by Trump administration

March 5, 2020 at 6:02 p.m.

Trump administration officials doubled down on their promise to deliver 1 million tests for the coronavirus this week as states reported limited testing supplies and federal lawmakers expressed doubts about...

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