CDC Monkeypox Response: Transmission
Monkeypox virus is a completely different virus than the viruses that cause COVID-19 or measles.
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CDC Issues Eviction Order in Areas of Substantial and High Transmission
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky today signed an order determining the evictions of tenants for failure to make rent or housing payments could be detrimental to public health control measures to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Dr. Robert R. Redfield Statement on "Preventing and Mitigating SARS-CoV-2 Transmission – Four Overnight Camps, Maine, June-August 2020"
Today’s MMWR, which highlights the thoughtful and prudent public health practices used during overnight summer camps in Maine, reinforces how powerful everyday preventive actions are in reducing and keeping COVID-19 transmission low. Despite more than 1,000 campers and staff from nearly every state and 7 countries, only three people tested positive for COVID-19 during the … Continue reading Dr. Robert R. Redfield Statement on "Preventing and Mitigating SARS-CoV-2 Transmission – Four Overnight Camps, Maine, June-August 2020"
CDC updates COVID-19 transmission webpage to clarify information about types of spread
CDC actively reviews our website to make sure the content is accessible and clear for all types of audiences. As a result of one such review, edits were made to the organization of the COVID-19 transmission page, including adding a headline in an attempt to clarify other types of spread beyond person to person. This … Continue reading CDC updates COVID-19 transmission webpage to clarify information about types of spread
CDC launches national viral genomics consortium to better map SARS-CoV-2 transmission
CDC has kicked off the SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing for Public Health Emergency Response, Epidemiology and Surveillance (SPHERES) consortium, which will greatly expand the use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) of the COVID-19 virus.
