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June 2, 2021

Walensky worried over uneven COVID-19 vaccination rates as summer approaches

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), expressed concern Wednesday that unvaccinated people will suffer preventable COVID-19 sickness and death due to the seasonality of the virus.

May 26, 2021

Walensky hopeful COVID-19 vaccine rate will make dent in virus transmission over Memorial Day weekend

As the U.S. approached holidays over the last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urged Americans to avoid travel and gatherings with nonhousehold members to prevent potential coronavirus spread. Now, the messaging from the agency has shifted with half of U.S. adults fully vaccinated.

May 23, 2021

Biden keeps saying ‘follow the science,’ but how often does he?

It’s a line President Biden used on the 2020 presidential campaign trail and has returned to many times, including in nationally televised remarks after taking office and in March to staffers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, particularly when addressing the coronavirus pandemic or climate change.

May 21, 2021

Lingering fears in removing mask ‘understandable,’ Fauci, Walensky say

As fully vaccinated populations navigate new federal guidance dropping mask use and physical distancing indoors and outdoors in most settings, top officials with the White House COVID-19 Response Team say some lingering fears are rational, and the recommendations will take some getting used to.

May 19, 2021

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky wears mask on Capitol Hill despite her agency's guidance

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky was photographed wearing a coronavirus face covering at a Senate subcommittee hearing Wednesday, days after her agency revised its guidance on mask-wearing to say inoculated individuals can return to some pre-pandemic normalcy.

May 19, 2021

600,000 kids ages 12-15 received COVID-19 vaccine, CDC says

The U.S. saw more than 600,000 adolescents ages 12 to 15 roll up their sleeves to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine following the recently expanded FDA emergency use authorization.

May 18, 2021

Fauci says he wore mask indoors to avoid 'giving mixed signals'

Dr. Anthony Fauci said the newly updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance for fully vaccinated people has helped him feel more comfortable not wearing a mask while indoors, and that prior to it he “didn’t want to look like I was giving mixed signals.”

May 18, 2021

What is breakthrough COVID and who's most at risk?

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during a briefing Tuesday defended the agency’s updated approach to monitoring breakthrough coronavirus infections, or COVID-19 occurring after a person is fully vaccinated.

May 18, 2021

White House's Slavitt reveals son's long-COVID battle as he urges young people to get vaccinated

The White House’s senior COVID advisor Andy Slavitt made a personal pitch to young people to get vaccinated during a briefing on Tuesday, revealing that his own son has been dealing with symptoms of long-COVID since contracting the virus six months ago.

May 18, 2021

CDC’s Anne Schuchat announces retirement weeks after Messonnier's exit

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is losing another top official as Dr. Anne Schuchat, the agency’s deputy director, announced her retirement on Monday, Fox News confirmed.