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Public health officials say robust testing for the coronavirus is essential to safely lifting stay-at-home orders and business closures, but states are creating confusion in the way they are reporting the data.

In the latest clash between houses of worship and local governments asking people to stay home to stop the spread of coronavirus, a South Jersey church opened its doors to parishioners in defiance of the governor.

The Centers for Disease Control has released new detailed guidance on how to safely reopen the country. The guidelines come after all 50 states have already reopened and begun their own strategies.

The new document comes weeks after an original draft was shelved by the White House, and after all 50 states have moved forward on their own. NBC’s Alice Barr reports.

Guidance on reopening houses of worship has been put on hold after a disagreement between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the White House, a senior administration official confirmed.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released detailed guidance for reopening schools, mass transit and non-essential businesses that had been shut down in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the United States.

Routine vaccinations for young children in the United States fell during the first half of this year as more Americans skipped routine doctor visits and stayed home due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report published Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC warned that measles outbreaks could result from fewer vaccinations. The CDC analyzed…

The U.S. created the internet, but you’d never know it given the chaotic way it collects vital pandemic data

Advice from the nation’s top disease control experts on how to safely reopen businesses and institutions in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic included detailed instructive guidance and some more restrictive measures than the plan released by the White House last month.

As states begin to lift stay-at-home orders, some of the first businesses to shut down in March to minimize the spread of coronavirus are now beginning to reopen their doors. Workers within the retail, restaurant, hospitality, service and meatpacking industries are getting calls from their employers that it’s time to get back to work.

The Trump administration has shelved a set of detailed documents created by the nation’s top disease investigators meant to give step-by-step advice to local leaders deciding when and how to reopen public places during the still-raging pandemic.

For 101 years, children in southeastern Massachusetts have enjoyed the great outdoors at Cathedral Camp in Freetown. This diocesan run, non-profit closed once during World War II, and now a second time. “A lot of these kids are underprivileged,” said Rena Lemieux, an assistant director at Cathedral Camp. “They don’t have swing sets in their back yards. They don’t...

Summer camp for kids remains in limbo as facilities around the region await official guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Trump administration is reviewing new federal plans designed to guide restaurants, schools and others as states look to gradually lift their coronavirus restrictions

Democratic lawmakers want police departments to be vigilant about any racially biased policing during the coronavirus pandemic, as people in communities of color express fears of being profiled while wearing masks or other face coverings in public

Between 10% and 20% of U.S. coronavirus cases are health care workers, and they tend to be younger and are hospitalized at lower rates than infected patients overall

In a first, small step toward reopening the country, the Trump administration has issued new guidelines to make it easier for essential workers who have been exposed to COVID-19 get back to work — if they have no symptoms.

Severe cases of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, are disproportionately affecting African American communities, according to a report published Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The analysis includes data from 1,482 coronavirus patients hospitalized in 14 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee and Utah. For more…

Should we all be wearing masks when we go to the grocery store or the pharmacy? In a major shift Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it now recommends wearing cloth face coverings in settings where it’s difficult to stay at least 6 feet apart from others.

New national guidance advises people to wear facial coverings when they leave the house to mitigate the spread of the new coronavirus. We looked at what benefits that provides.