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![As the U.S. accelerates its rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday released new guidance for individuals who have been fully inoculated.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gettyimages-1231560467-5091ccb7a28672cdb0154626cfe0d864b7d5bb46-scaled-e1615229231191-900x422.jpg)
CDC Says It’s Safe For Vaccinated People To Do These Activities
By: Allison Aubrey | Rachel Treisman | NPR
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New guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can gather indoors in some circumstances but should keep wearing masks in public.
![Sheila Ambert says she did everything she was supposed to do to be protected from eviction by an order from the CDC. But her landlord is pushing ahead trying to evict her anyway. Housing advocates say the protections need to be strengthened.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/sheila-ambert-1-bfc65ac782531c7ee5049ad34f6052d2c1829745-e1613506137357-900x422.jpg)
Renters Are Getting Evicted Despite CDC Order
By: Chris Arnold | NPR
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Some landlords are evicting tenants despite an order from the CDC aimed at stemming the spread of COVID-19 by preventing evictions. That has led to calls to strengthen protections.
![Illustration of face protective masks hanging on a coat rack.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/gettyimages-1273362425-48c9a2195ae1569109e976fc722cd78f780a77c6-scaled-e1613169055685-900x422.jpg)
CDC Offers Clearest Guidance Yet For Reopening Schools
By: Cory Turner | Anya Kamenetz | Tamara Keith | NPR
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The updated guidelines make key changes to earlier language, including a new color-coded chart that divides school reopening options into four zones, based on the level of community transmission.
![The CDC says that when it comes to cloth masks, multiple layers made of higher thread counts do a better job of protecting the wearer.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/mask-1fad26bccd0059173ec1a01ffffdf974b5fcea5d-e1605197935435-900x422.jpg)
Wear Masks To Protect Yourself From The Coronavirus, Not Only Others, CDC Stresses
By: Maria Godoy | NPR
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The public health agency had previously emphasized that masks protect other people from viruses you might expel. The new advice gives a less altruistic reason to wear face coverings.
![CDC Director Robert Redfield says wearing a mask may provide better protection against COVID-19 than a vaccine.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ap_20260572519701-4e3da6f93a23feee1ecf52bccf5bbde6d6478735-scaled-e1600285372198-900x422.jpg)
CDC Director Says COVID-19 Vaccine Likely Won’t Be Widely Available Until Next Year
By: Brian Naylor | NPR
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Emphasizing the continued importance of masks, Robert Redfield said that while first responders may have early access to a vaccine, broader access is not likely for six to nine months after approval.
![The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has asked states to prepare for distribution of a coronavirus vaccine.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/gettyimages-1207345894-6a2edd482c5614eea96421f67c3591937aed6b8f-scaled-e1599254651656-900x422.jpg)
States Prepare For Potential Fall Vaccine Distribution, Under Pressure From CDC
By: Selena Simmons-Duffin | NPR
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“We’ve got to take a deep breath,” says one health official about the rapid timeline pushed for by the CDC. “It is very clear that we need to lean forward to prepare to deliver the vaccine.”
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White House Strips CDC of Data Collection Role For COVID-19 Hospitalizations
By: Pien Huang | Selena Simmons-Duffin | NPR
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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.
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WATCH: All 50 States Partially Reopen as CDC Quietly Releases its Guidelines
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — All 50 states have now taken some steps to reopen after COVID-19 shutdowns. Their approaches vary, with only minor restrictions remaining in states like Texas, while New… Read More
![The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released flowchart-like tools on Thursday designed to guide businesses, schools, mass transit and other organizations through reopening.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/docs-e061bceb410beda2173dfdf2acc2a5b35106481d-scaled-e1589554482199-900x422.jpg)
CDC Issues Tools To Guide Reopening Of Schools, Businesses, Transit
By: Hannah Hagemann | NPR
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The flowchart-like documents released by the CDC ask businesses, schools and workplaces to first and foremost consider whether reopening is consistent with state and local stay-at-home orders.
![President Trump has said he wants to see the country begin to reopen. The pandemic crashed the economy by keeping people at home, leading to millions of job losses.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/gettyimages-1218815390-c6366e5664cc7a9d192636b00e1a8688698a8c3a-scaled-e1588882135858-900x422.jpg)
White House Rejected ‘Overly Prescriptive’ CDC Guidance or Reopening Communities
By: Franco Ordoñez | Alana Wise | NPR
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The CDC developed detailed rules for child care centers, schools, camps, restaurants, churches and mass transit. The White House coronavirus task force said the draft guidance went too far.
![Dr. Amy Acton](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/amy_acton_033120_-_dewine_office-e1585752258335-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Counting Coronavirus Cases Differently, Waiting For New Tests
By: Matt Richmond | WCPN
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCPN) — Ohio officials have started using a coronavirus tracking system that includes probable cases and uses results from a new blood test that looks for the body’s immune… Read More
![Ambulances are parked outside of Wyckoff Hospital in the Brooklyn, N.Y., on April 4. A study published by the CDC finds that people in the United States under the age of 18 are far less likely to fall ill with COVID-19 or require intensive care, compared with older Americans.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/gettyimages-1209144290-edit-27b6f7e55fb2d7bf8c9e6ce76ce598320bcbd7ae-scaled-e1586204514783-900x422.jpg)
U.S. Children With COVID-19 Less Likely To Be Hospitalized Than Adults
By: Richard Harris | NPR
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A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that between 5.7% and 20% of children with COVID-19 end up in the hospital, with 2% or fewer needing intensive care.
![Even without symptoms, you might have the virus and be able to spread it when out in public, say researchers who now are reconsidering the use of surgical masks.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/newmasks-f4c66dcec71c76f5baf89037eddbf12dd88fa8e2-scaled-e1585689764324-900x422.jpg)
Should We All Be Wearing Masks In Public? Health Experts Revisit The Question
By: Huo Jingnan | Allison Aubrey | Carmel Wroth | NPR
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There are rumblings that U.S. health officials may start encouraging Americans to wear face masks to cut down on asymptomatic spread. But with continued shortages, it’s not clear how we’d do that.
![A graphic shows the benefits of social distancing on preventing the spread of disease](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ai2html-graphic-wide-e1584285994846-900x422.jpg)
Flattening A Pandemic’s Curve: Why Staying Home Now Can Save Lives
By: Maria Godoy | NPR
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From school closures to event cancellations, the disruptions are real — and vital. It’s all to slow the spread of coronavirus so hospitals don’t get so overwhelmed that they can’t treat the sickest.
![Stocking up on medical supplies and food could be helpful if the new coronavirus spreads in your community and you want to avoid store lines where you could be at risk of infection from others.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/coronapreparedness-1-2-9cc20114d4477efc03c553cd1ad44477eae2a86e-e1582821856645-900x422.jpg)
A Guide: How To Prepare Your Home For Coronavirus
By: Maria Godoy | NPR
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week urged the American public “to prepare in the expectation that this could be bad.” Here are some of the steps you might consider.
![President Donald Trump takes questions from the media before boarding Maine One at the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, en route to Camp David in Maryland.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/AP_19242834496195-e1567266966157-900x422.jpg)
WATCH: Trump to Hold News Conference on Coronavirus U.S. Threat
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he’ll discuss the coronavirus threat at a White House news conference Wednesday, a day after he sought to minimize fears of the virus… Read More
![Butler County Health Commissioner Jennifer Bailer discusses the county's response to possible coronavirus cases at Miami University as Dr. Amy Acton, Ohio Department of Health, and Miami President Gregory Crawford look on.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/miami_no_virus-e1580742882592-900x422.jpg)
Miami University Students Test Negative For Coronavirus, CDC Confirms
By: Tana Weingartner | WVXU
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Two Miami University students do not have the novel coronavirus, the Ohio Health Department confirmed Sunday night. The two students spent the week isolated in their off-campus residence while awaiting… Read More
![A bottle of OxyContin with pills scattered around](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/AP_17261825665428-e1505996294753-900x422.jpg)
New Data Show Opioid Deaths May Have Peaked, And Reveal Scale Of Past Pain Pill Sales
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Two newly released sets of government data show that the death toll from the nation’s opioid crisis may finally be dropping and also reveal the scale of the pain pill… Read More