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It’s too late for vaccines to save Michigan, CDC director explains

Enlarge / Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), adjusts her protective mask during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) Highly effective COVID-19 vaccines are simply too slow to stop surges like the one underway in Michigan, Rochelle Walensky, […]

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Under intense pressure, WHO skips summary report on coronavirus origin

Enlarge / Liang Wannian (2nd L) and Peter Ben Embarek (3rd R) both members of the WHO-China joint study team, shake hands after the WHO-China joint study press conference in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, on Feb. 9, 2021. (credit: Getty | Xinhua News Agency ) Facing intense international pressure and criticism, the World Health […]

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Ebola outbreak erupts in Guinea as cases tick up in the DRC

Enlarge / Healthcare workers wearing personal protective equipment stand in a tent with patient beds at an Ebola Treatment Center in Coyah, Guinea, on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) Two unrelated Ebola outbreaks have erupted in two countries that have already faced some of the worst of the deadly viral disease. Health […]

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China refused to hand over key data to WHO team probing pandemic’s origin

Enlarge / Liang Wannian (2nd L) and Peter Ben Embarek (3rd R) both members of the WHO-China joint study team, shake hands after the WHO-China joint study press conference in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, Feb. 9, 2021. (credit: Getty | Xinhua News Agency ) The Chinese government failed to share key data on early […]

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Trump admin. Overrules CDC manager on expanding ban on cruises

Expand / / Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), attends an occasion about coronavirus vaccine growth at the Rose Garden of the White House on May 15, 2020, at Washington, DC. (charge: Getty Trump management officials have sidelined the mind of the nation’s leading public health service when renovating […]