National Cruise Lines Can Sail Again From The U.S., But It's Not Clear How Soon The federal government has given the go-ahead for cruise ships to sail from ports in the United States. Officials stopped cruise lines in March as the coronavirus pandemic ramped up. Greg Allen
Health Mask-Wearing Is Up In The U.S., But Young People Are Still Too Lax, CDC Survey Finds A general increase in mask-wearing has been encouraging, U.S. public health experts say. But too few young people, especially, are social distancing and taking other steps to slow coronavirus' spread. Rob Stein
National CDC Extends Ban On Cruises From U.S. Ports The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extended the 'no sail' order for cruise lines until Oct. 31. The CDC had wanted the delay into next year but the White House reportedly intervened. Greg Allen
National CDC's Halloween Guidelines Warn Against Typical Trick-Or-Treating Door-to-door trick-or-treating and crowded costume parties are out, and haunted forests and outdoor movie nights are in. "If screaming will likely occur, greater distancing is advised," the CDC says. Laurel Wamsley
Health Top Adviser To Operation Warp Speed Calls An October Vaccine 'Extremely Unlikely' Dr. Moncef Slaoui, chief adviser to the administration's effort to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, said having a vaccine by next month was "not impossible." But a longer timetable appears more likely. Christianna Silva
Health CDC's Changed Testing Guidelines Could Lead To Less Testing, Experts Fear The agency now says contacts of people with COVID-19 don't necessarily need to get tested. Public health experts say less testing of potential carriers could lead to more spread of the disease. Richard Harris
National CDC Director Warns This Fall Could Be The Worst Ever For Public Health In an interview with WebMD, CDC Director Robert Redfield warned of the dual threat of the coronavirus and flu season. He urged Americans to follow COVID-19 health guidance and get the flu vaccine. Rachel Treisman
Science Coronavirus Infections Far Higher Than Confirmed But Most Americans Still Not Exposed Data from the CDC estimates that roughly 10 times the amount of people have the virus than have been documented. The number is still far below what experts say would be needed for widespread immunity. Jason Slotkin
Politics White House Strips CDC Of Data Collection Role For COVID-19 Hospitalizations The Trump administration is directing hospitals to use a new platform to report COVID-19 data instead of an existing system at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Pien Huang Selena Simmons-Duffin
Health CDC Employees Call Out Agency's 'Toxic Culture Of Racial Aggressions' Pointing to the coronavirus's disproportionate impact on people of color, 1,007 workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention call on the agency to declare racism a public health crisis. Selena Simmons-Duffin Pien Huang
