Coronavirus Updates

CDC Updates

• CDC Expands Negative COVID-19 Test Requirement to All Air Passengers Entering the United States January 12, 2021
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expanding the requirement for a negative COVID-19 test to all air passengers entering the United States.
• HHS Announces $22 Billion in Funding to Support Expanded Testing, Vaccination Distribution January 7, 2021
  The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced two upcoming actions by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide more than $22 billion in funding to states, localities, and territories in support of the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as directed by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations […]
• Transcript: CDC Update on COVID-19 January 6, 2021
  CDC works 24/7 saving lives, protecting people from health threats, and saving money to have a more secure nation. A US federal agency, CDC helps make the healthy choice the easy choice by putting science and prevention into action. CDC works to help people live longer, healthier and more productive lives.
• CDC Media Telebriefing: Update on COVID-19 January 6, 2021
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will provide an update to media on the COVID-19 response.
• Transcript: CDC Update on COVID-19 December 30, 2020
  CDC works 24/7 saving lives, protecting people from health threats, and saving money to have a more secure nation. A US federal agency, CDC helps make the healthy choice the easy choice by putting science and prevention into action. CDC works to help people live longer, healthier and more productive lives.
• CDC Media Telebriefing: Update on COVID-19 December 30, 2020
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will provide an update to media on the COVID-19 response.
• CDC 2020 in Review December 29, 2020
  In 2020 CDC worked around the clock – and around the globe – to protect Americans from health threats. While the COVID-19 pandemic has dominated the news, a number of other public health and scientific advancements are worth highlighting.
• CDC to Require Negative COVID-19 Test for Air Travelers from the United Kingdom to the U.S. December 24, 2020
  Today, President Trump is taking another step to protect the health of the American people by requiring air passengers arriving from the United Kingdom (U.K.) to test negative, via PCR or Antigen test, no more than 72 hours before departure from the U.K. to the United States.
• Media Statement from CDC Director Robert R. Redfield on Vaccine Milestone December 23, 2020
  The United States achieved an early but important milestone today – jurisdictions have now reported that more than 1 million people have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine since administration began 10 days ago.
• Overdose Deaths Accelerating During COVID-19 December 18, 2020
  Over 81,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States in the 12 months ending in May 2020, the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in a 12-month period, according to recent provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).