The public health system by which Covid-19 deaths are reported to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is "antiquated" and "not timely," often lagging by up to three weeks, causing senior ...
CDC staffing losses and instability could slow outbreak tracking, weaken guidance, and strain local public health systems.
As COVID-19 swept over Phoebe Putney Health System and Southwest Georgia in the first days of the pandemic, residents and public health officials were desperate to know what patients had and how far ...
The CDC will have less data to track the spread of Covid and new variants after the public health emergency ends on Thursday. The U.S. has a fragmented health-care system where the authority to decide ...
Last week, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky announced the review of the agency's "structures, systems, and processes" to be led by Jim Macrae, a longtime employee of the US Department of Health and ...
The Trump Administration has mandated that hospitals sidestep the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and send critical information about COVID-19 hospitalizations and equipment to a different ...