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  1. covid-19
    CDC Advises Against Thanksgiving TravelWith more than 160,000 new COVID-19 cases being reported daily, the agency now recommends that Americans cancel their holiday travel plans.
    By Chas Danner
  2. centers for disease control
    CDC Reverses on COVID-19 Airborne Transmission GuidelinesThe about-face comes days after the CDC revoked a guideline stating that asymptomatic people with known COVID-19 contact do not need to get tested.
    By Matt Stieb
  3. misinformation
    Trump Aide Michael Caputo Takes Leave of Absence After Facebook RantThe former Trump campaign official baselessly accused CDC scientists of “sedition.”
    By Chas Danner
  4. covid-19
    What If They Make a Coronavirus Vaccine and Nobody Takes It?There are already clear signs that the public is suspicious about corners being cut.
    By Stephen S. Hall
  5. misinformation
    HHS Officials Altered CDC COVID-19 Reports to Help TrumpTrump-appointed officials have been interfering to protect the president’s deliberately misleading COVID-19 spin.
    By Chas Danner
  6. coronavirus
    CDC Issues Eviction Moratorium Until Year’s EndIn a surprise move of sweeping scope, upwards of 40 million renters will be temporarily protected from evictions, though not from liability for rent.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. coronavirus
    CDC Reports COVID-19 Is Eroding Many Americans’ Mental HealthOne in four young adults has contemplated suicide during the pandemic, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    By Matt Stieb
  8. the national interest
    American Death CultWhy has the Republican response to the pandemic been so mind-bogglingly disastrous?
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. coronavirus
    80 Percent of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in Georgia Are African-AmericanAmid CDC evidence that black Georgians are disproportionately affected by COVID-19, Kemp’s business reopenings could make things much worse.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. interesting times
    Andrew Sullivan: We Can’t Go on Like This Much LongerThe psychological damage from the deeply unnatural way of life under coronavirus lockdown is only going to intensify.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  11. coronavirus
    CDC Director Warns Second Coronavirus Wave Could Be Worse Than Current OutbreakRobert Redfield said that the anticipated winter return of COVID-19 would occur just as flu season is ramping up, inundating hospital systems.
    By Matt Stieb
  12. coronavirus
    CDC’s Worst-Case Coronavirus Model: 214 Million Infected, 1.7 Million DeadNewly revealed projections warn of a massive potential toll in the U.S., but the worst-case estimate doesn’t factor in recent efforts to respond.
    By Chas Danner
  13. coronavirus
    Trump Admin Reportedly Overruled CDC’s Coronavirus Advice for Seniors Not to FlyThe White House’s mismanagement of the coronavirus outbreak continues, as infighting and misinformation muddle the government’s response.
    By Matt Stieb
  14. coronavirus
    Trump Says Coronavirus Testing Is As ‘Perfect’ As His Ukraine CallAfter a tour of the CDC, the president wanted Americans to know he’s definitely done nothing wrong.
    By Chas Danner
  15. coronavirus
    CDC Coronavirus Test Lab May Have Been Contaminated: ReportA CDC lab assembling coronavirus test kits is reportedly the subject of an investigation after an FDA scientist warned the lab may be contaminated.
    By Matt Stieb
  16. coronavirus
    CDC Reports First U.S. Coronavirus Case of ‘Unknown’ OriginThe UC Davis Medical Center said it took a week for the CDC to test and confirm what could be the first instance of community spread of coronavirus.
    By Matt Stieb
  17. coronavirus
    Why Hasn’t the U.S. Done More Coronavirus Tests?As coronavirus cases surge abroad, there has been an alarming lack of testing for the virus in the U.S. and too little transparency from the CDC.
    By Chas Danner
  18. south carolina debate
    What Candidates Said About the Coronavirus at the Democratic DebateSanders mocked Trump, Biden said he’d pressure China, Klobuchar promoted the CDC website, and Bloomberg called out the president’s budget cuts.
    By Chas Danner
  19. Official Leading Anti-Smoking Push Resigns After Buying Tobacco StockCDC head Brenda Fitzgerald bought stock in a cigarette company after starting a job in which she’s supposed to fight smoking.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  20. CDC Delays Nuclear-Preparedness Training to Focus on Flu InsteadBefore you consider how to negotiate a post-apocalyptic landscape, make sure to get plenty of fluids.
    By Benjamin Hart
  21. CDC Pushes Back on Report That It Told Staffers to Stop Using Seven WordsThe initial report was reminiscent of both Big Brother and George Carlin.
    By Benjamin Hart
  22. Trump’s CDC Pick Peddled ‘Anti-Aging’ Medicine to Her Gynecologic PatientsBrenda Fitzgerald is still among the most defensible appointments Trump has made.
    By Eric Levitz
  23. The CDC Is Worried About a ‘Superbug’ Fungus Appearing Primarily in the NYC AreaNinety percent of clinical cases have been found in New York and New Jersey.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  24. Americans Are Smoking a Lot More Weed, But It’s Totally ChillThe number of Americans who use marijuana is going up — but the number who abuse the drug is going down.
    By Eric Levitz
  25. CDC Guard Who Rode Elevator With Obama Says Firing Was ‘Unjust’He says the Secret Service overreacted.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  26. CDC Told Nurse With Ebola She Could Fly, Despite Slight FeverPresident Obama has promised “a much more aggressive response.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  27. scary stuff
    The CDC’s Ebola Live-Chat Answers Are the Stuff of NightmaresBut they don’t want you to panic!
    By Katie Zavadski
  28. scary things
    CDC Misplaced Anthrax, Moved Dangerous Materials in Ziploc BagsA second investigation found more safety violations.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  29. early and often
    Tax the Fat!At a conference this week, former city health commissioner Thomas Frieden floated a radical proposal. (Sort of.)
    By Jessica Pressler
  30. panic-demics
    Confirmation of Swine Flu As Pandemic Makes Scientists Go ‘Meh’It is truly the only time ever that leading scientists and we here at Daily Intel have ever shared the same thought.
    By Chris Rovzar