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Former CDC director confirms the Trump administration muzzled the health agency for months as COVID-19 spread: 'This is one of my great disappointments'
A special House panel also released internal Trump emails in which top officials discuss how to edi…
Brent D. Griffiths
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CDC director Robert Redfield 'prayed' Trump would understand how serious COVID-19 was after contracting it, a book excerpt says
Redfield "prayed that Trump would tell Americans they should listen to public health advisers befor…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Former Trump health officials say they clashed with Alex Azar over COVID-19 testing and interference with the CDC's weekly reports
Ex-CDC Director Robert Redfield claims the then-HHS secretary pressed him to change the CDC's weekl…
Grace Panetta
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The US is likely to have more daily COVID-19 deaths than 9/11 for the next 60 to 90 days, CDC director warns
The US recorded 3,124 new COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, the largest single-day total to date and hi…
John Haltiwanger
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House panel says CDC director Robert Redfield demanded the deletion of an email showing interference in Covid-19 guidance
Rep. James Clyburn argued that the email deletion may be evidence of the Trump administration's eff…
Eliza Relman
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Controversial Trump advisor Dr. Scott Atlas resigned from the White House coronavirus task force
Atlas joined the task force in August as a special government employee, meaning his role was tempor…
Lauren Frias
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The White House planted 2 political operatives in the CDC to keep tabs on director Robert Redfield and his scientists, report says
Nina Witkofsky and Chester Moeller were sent to stem leaks that were "upsetting the apple cart," a …
Bill Bostock
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'It is a slaughter': A former CDC head privately wrote to Robert Redfield asking him to resign in protest of the White House's coronavirus response
During the pandemic, the CDC has been placed under huge political pressure from the White House, wh…
Ashley Collman
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CDC guidelines discouraging people from getting COVID-19 tests was published by Trump officials despite objections from scientists, report says
The CDC previously denied the controversial advisory was the result of political meddling, but new …
Tom Porter
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A look at Robert Redfield's history and experience, the former Army physician and researcher leading the CDC under Trump
Dr. Robert Redfield has been the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unde…
Inyoung Choi
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The White House repeatedly denied the CDC permission to brief the public on the coronavirus, report says
As the coronavirus spread across the US top officials from the CDC were largely absent from public …
Tom Porter
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CDC Director Robert Redfield is self-quarantining after coming into contact with someone at the White House who tested positive for COVID-19
The news comes after three people at the White House or close to the first family tested positive f…
Sonam Sheth
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Top White House officials shelved guidance for reopening the US despite CDC approval
The first 17 pages of the expert guidance was initially released by the AP on May 7, after the Whit…
Lauren Frias
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CDC director says a second wave of coronavirus in the winter could hit the US harder than the current outbreak
CDC Director Robert Redfield said a second wave of COVID-19 coinciding with the regular flu season …
Grace Panetta
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Trump's CDC director is perpetuating baseless claims that the coronavirus escaped from a Wuhan lab
Former CDC director Robert Redfield told CNN that he believes the coronavirus first infected a lab …
Aylin Woodward
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The CDC director issued a stark warning that this upcoming winter could be 'the most difficult time in the public health history' of the US
More than 100,000 patients are being treated for COVID-19 in US hospitals as of Wednesday, accordin…
Lauren Frias
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The CDC will let cruises sail again starting November 1, but normal trips are likely a long way away
Cruise lines will be able to restart operations November 1, but they'll have to meet conditions set…
Tim Levin
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Health secretary Alex Azar says all Americans who want a vaccine could get one by spring 2021
The US should have enough doses for seniors, healthcare workers, and first responders by the end of…
Aria Bendix
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The director of the CDC was overheard saying 'everything' Trump's new COVID-19 task force adviser says 'is false'
NBC News reporter Monica Alba overheard CDC Director Robert Redfield discussing Dr. Scott Atlas on …
Kelly McLaughlin
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The CDC reversed course yet again, removing widely condemned language about not testing asymptomatic people for the coronavirus
The CDC briefly suggested it wasn't necessary to test asymptomatic people. Experts called that "dan…