Rochelle Walensky

CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said on Thursday that new data proved the mRNA coronavirus vaccines were safe and effective in pregnant people, with no impact on the risk of miscarriage or potential harm for parent or child.

U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky will join the YMCA of Greater Boston and Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston for a Town Hall on Friday.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, signed an order stating that evicting tenants could be detrimental to public health control measures as the COVID-19 delta variant continues to spread. The moratorium on evictions applies to counties “experiencing substantial and high levels of community transmission levels of SARS-CoV-2.”

What’s the pandemic picture like in India, where the delta variant first emerged?

As the “hypertransmissable” Delta variant surges in communities across the U.S., CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky issued a stark warning to those who remain unvaccinated against the coronavirus, saying, “Our biggest concern is that we’re going to see preventable cases, hospitalizations and sadly, deaths among the unvaccinated.”

President Joe Biden’s Covid team has set its sights on those Americans who are still unvaccinated against the coronavirus, amid the delta variant’s spread.

The Biden administration has extended the nationwide ban on evictions for a month to help tenants who are unable to make rent payments during the coronavirus pandemic but says this is expected to be the last time it does so

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will throw the ceremonial first pitch at Fenway Saturday as Boston’s ballpark returns to full capacity. The Red Sox announced Friday that the CDC chief would throw the first pitch during the team’s 4:10 p.m. game against the Miami Marlins. Saturday’s game marks the lifting of all...

After the CDC and FDA announced on Friday that the pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine would be lifted, CDC director Rochelle Walensky vouched for its safety and efficacy despite extremely rare serious side effects. “The [Johnson & Johnson vaccine] is an important vaccine offering key advantages, including its single-dose option and its viability when the supply chain may...

According to CIC Health, 4,000 vaccine doses will be administered Wednesday and Thursday, 6,000 on Friday and Saturday and 7,000 by next week.

FEMA’s mass vaccination site at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston is ramping up its vaccine supply beginning Wednesday in a bid to increase vaccinations in the Bay State. The Hynes Convention Center is one of 21 federally backed vaccination sites across the nation. For the next eight weeks, the site will administer 6,000 more doses daily than the 1,000…

The Vaccination Site at the Hynes Convention Center is getting a major increase supply of COVID vaccine doses.

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, who previously worked at Massachusetts General Hospital, toured the Hynes Convention Center in Boston on Tuesday to see one of the state’s FEMA mass vaccination sites.

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky addresses COVID-19 and vaccine distribution at the Hynes Convention Center on Tuesday.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on Tuesday implored people in Massachusetts and beyond to wear masks and practice social distancing to prevent a possible new wave of the coronavirus pandemic. During a tour of the FEMA mass vaccination site at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Walensky doubled down on her remarks…

Head of the CDC Dr. Rochelle Walensky is sounding the alarm over a possible fourth surge in COVID-19 cases as health experts label Massachusetts among the “areas of greatest concern.”

Dr. Rochelle Walensky is sounding the alarm over a possible fourth surge in COVID-19 cases as health experts deem Massachusetts among the “areas of greatest concern.” The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged Americans to “just hold on a little longer,” Monday. When cases rise as they have over the last week or so,...

Dr. Rochelle Walensky made an emotional plea Monday as COVID cases across the country continue to rise.

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made an impassioned plea to Americans not to let their guard down in the fight against COVID-19, warning of a potential “fourth wave” of the virus as cases in the U.S. rose 10% over the last week.

Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Monday that new data shows that the Moderna and Pfizer coronavirus vaccines both show high levels of effectiveness after one dose and were successful in preventing both symptomatic and asymptotic infections.