Analysis

WASHINGTON — Top White House officials pressured the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this summer to play down the risk of sending children back to school, a strikingly political intervention in one of the most sensitive public health debates of the pandemic, according to documents and interviews with current and former government officials.

As part of their behind-the-scenes effort, White House officials also tried to circumvent the C.D.C. in a search for alternate data showing that the pandemic was weakening and posed little danger to children.

Country / Region Tags:

United States

General Topic Tags:

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Analysis

Read more about ANALYSIS: Behind the White House Effort to Pressure the C.D.C. on School Openings
Log in or register to post comments

ANALYSIS: CDC’s credibility is eroded by internal blunders and external attacks as coronavirus vaccine campaigns loom

Tue, 2020-09-29 10:11 — mike kraft

CDC’s credibility is eroded by internal blunders and external attacks as coronavirus vaccine campaigns loom The agency’s response to the worst public health crisis in a century has been marked by technical mistakes, botched messaging, false accusations and interference by Trump administration political appointees. Lena H. Sun, Joel Achenbach Washington Post

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Analysis

A new database tracks COVID-19’s effects on sex and gender

Sun, 2020-09-27 09:43 — mike kraft

A new database tracks COVID-19’s effects on sex and gender The gender breakdown in information is a current blind spot and critical to understanding how the virus works — and what the treatment could be. YahooNews

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Analysis

Read more about A new database tracks COVID-19’s effects on sex and gender
Log in or register to post comments

WHO says 2 million coronavirus deaths is ‘not impossible’ as world approaches 1 million

Sat, 2020-09-26 11:42 — mike kraft

WHO says 2 million coronavirus deaths is 'not impossible' as world approaches 1 million As the global death toll from the coronavirus approaches 1 million people, the World Health Organization said it's "not impossible" that the number could double. Noah Higgins-Dunn CNBC

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Analysis

Read more about WHO says 2 million coronavirus deaths is ‘not impossible’ as world approaches 1 million
Log in or register to post comments

Why the coronavirus affects children much less severely than adults has become an enduring mystery of the pandemic. The vast majority of children do not get sick; when they do, they usually recover. The first study to compare the immune response in child

Sat, 2020-09-26 10:08 — mike kraft

Why the coronavirus affects children much less severely than adults has become an enduring mystery of the pandemic. The vast majority of children do not get sick; when they do, they usually recover.

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Analysis

RECOMENDATIONS: Ebola Response Priorities in the Time of Covid-19

Fri, 2020-09-25 14:01 — mike kraft

Ebola Response Priorities in the Time of Covid-19 | NEJM Perspective from The New England Journal of Medicine — Ebola Response Priorities in the Time of Covid-19 New England Journal of Medicine

On April 10, 2020, a total of 53 days after the last patient with Ebola virus disease (EVD) had been isolated and more than 23 months since the start of the 10th EVD outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a new confirmed case was reported in the Beni health zone. This case, and the six that followed, brought the total to 3462 cases — the second-largest Ebola outbreak in history.

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags: