Rochelle Walensky

The head of the nation’s top public health agency is shaking up the organization with the goal of making it more nimble.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is “cautiously optimistic” about the downward trend in omicron-fueled COVID cases. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said they were considering new benchmarks for masking, based on levels of severe illness and hospital capacity.

Parents are anxiously awaiting the vaccine for younger children as the omicron variant sweeps across the nation, causing an unprecedented wave of infection.

Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, explains when people should get tested for COVID-19.

The CDC last month warned against all cruise ship travel.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky says she doesn’t believe the U.S. has reached the peak of the omicron coronavirus wave impacting the country.

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has defended the agency’s new isolation guidance for people who test positive for COVID-19.

Cutting Covid isolation time may put flight attendants in a “position to be forced to come back before they feel better,” head of the largest flight attendants union says

The U.S. is heading into its second Christmas and New Year’s with Covid-19 cases on the rise again, but armed this year with available vaccines and boosters.

Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says with the available tools to help prevent and fight COVID-19, “there really is no need to panic.”

The letter comes as Covid cases spike and the omicron variant spreads rapidly, straining testing supplies ahead of the year-end holidays.

A surge of the Covid omicron variant is coming in the U.S. as cases of the delta strain spread, White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday.

The CDC on Thursday endorsed Pfizer Covid vaccine booster shots for older teenagers at least six months after they complete their first two Covid-19 doses.

The chief of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 40 people in the country have been found to be infected with the omicron variant so far and more than three-quarters of them had been vaccinated

At least 9 cases were confirmed on Thursday in Minnesota, Colorado, New York, Hawaii and California.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday that the omicron Covid variant has been detected in 20 countries so far but officials haven’t confirmed a case in the U.S. yet.

The CDC strengthened its Covid vaccine booster recommendation Monday, saying all U.S. adults “should” get the shot, amid concern about the omicron variant.

The White House estimates 2.6 million kids ages 5 to 11, or about 10%, will have gotten their first Covid vaccine shot by Wednesday night.

President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Covid vaccinations for kids and booster shots for adults will speed up the pandemic’s end date in the U.S.

Kids who had Covid should still get vaccinated, as scientists don’t know how strong or long-lasting the antibodies are, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said.