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More than 28 million Americans fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will have to keep waiting for guidance from federal health officials for what they should and shouldn’t do

Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran released a statement Friday saying the state’s schools should ‘stay the course they began in summer 2020’ after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines for resuming in-person classes.

Kim Wynne has the latest on health authorities’ efforts to curb the coronavirus outbreak.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is shortening the recommended length of quarantine after exposure to someone who is positive for COVID-19, as the virus rages across the nation. The new guidelines released Wednesday will allow people who have come in contact to someone infected with the virus to resume normal activity after 10 days if no symptoms are…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is finalizing plans to shorten the recommended length of quarantine for those exposed to COVID-19, NBC News reports.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention upgraded cruise ship travel to the highest possible risk level for spreading COVID-19 – weeks after the agency gave cruises the green light to set sail.

Government mandates that require people to wear masks in public can slow the spread of COVID-19, a new report published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds, and communities that don’t enact such orders may face dramatic increases in new cases. The report explored the striking differences among counties in Kansas during the summer: Some adopted mask mandates,...

Wearing a mask not only protects others from the spread of COVID-19, but it protects the wearer as well, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday in its strongest messaging yet on face coverings.

The United States has recorded more than 240,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic as cases continue surging nationwide, according to NBC News.

If one person in a household has COVID-19, there’s a good chance it’ll spread to others — and quickly. A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published Friday, took a close look at how the virus spread throughout people’s homes. Full NBC News coverage of the coronavirus outbreak The study included 101 households in Nashville, Tennessee, and Marshfield,...

The government’s top public health officials warned that the number of COVID-19 cases is rising across a majority of the country in a rare briefing Wednesday afternoon, NBC News reports.

About 8,800 unaccompanied children have been quickly expelled from the United States along the Mexico border under a pandemic-related measure that effectively ended asylum

Dining out raises the risk of contracting COVID-19 more than other activities, such as shopping or going to a salon, according to a report published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings come as many states consider the safest ways to reopen businesses, especially restaurants. On Wednesday, for example, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that limited indoor...

Could the U.S. really see a coronavirus vaccine before Election Day

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking states to expedite the approval process for medical supply company McKesson so it can set up coronavirus vaccination sites by Nov. 1, CNBC has confirmed.

People who have recovered from COVID-19 can safely interact with others for three months, according to a recent update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — suggesting that immunity to the virus may last at least that long. The recent change is part of the agency’s guidance on quarantining. It states that people should quarantine if they’ve been in...

Fifteen adults have been poisoned after drinking hand sanitizer that contained methanol, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday. Methanol, or wood alcohol, is a toxic chemical that can lead to hospitalization or death if ingested. The Food and Drug Administration first warned of hand sanitizers with possible methanol contamination in June, citing nine products from Mexico. Since then, the list...

Self-isolating while waiting for COVID-19 test results could dramatically slow the spread of the virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. In fact, data from CDC models are so compelling that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will now reimburse doctors who encourage people to self-isolate until their test results come back. Full NBC News coverage of the...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acknowledged Friday that a significant number of COVID-19 patients do not recover quickly, and instead experience ongoing symptoms, such as fatigue and cough. As many as a third of patients who were never sick enough to be hospitalized are not back to their usual health up to three weeks after their diagnosis, the report...

People who have been confirmed with mild to moderate COVID-19 can leave their isolation without receiving a negative test, according to recently revised guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Increasing evidence shows that most people are no longer infectious 10 days after they begin having symptoms of COVID-19. As a result, the CDC is discouraging people from getting tested a...