Summation of COVID-19 Federal Responses Archive

Two variants of Omicron’s BA.2 sub lineage—BA.2.12 and BA.2.12.1—appear to spread about 25% faster than BA.2. The new variants are contagious enough that the…

The FDA granted emergency use authorization of a breath test that can detect COVID-19 infections within as little as three minutes and has a 0.7% rate of fal…

A statistical analysis of reported cases, hospital admissions, reported deaths, and seroprevalence estimates that 43.9% of the global population had been inf…

New research highlights the importance of air ventilation as a COVID-19 mitigation measure. Public health experts are tracking a new COVID-19 sub variant, l…

Increasing rates of norovirus infection are responsible for a wave of stomach flu. Cases are easily confused with COVID-19 as both can cause gastrointestinal…

The CDC created a calculator tool to help people diagnosed with COVID-19 understand for how long they should quarantine or isolate. The White House launched…

A study suggests that children have stronger antibody responses to COVID-19 than adults. This contributes to developing understanding of why kids tend to hav…

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci said that rising COVID-19 cases in Europe driven by the BA.2 var…

The BA.2 sub-lineage of the Omicron variant is estimated to compose about a quarter of new COVID cases in the U.S., and that share is expected to increase. B…

According to the Centers for Disease and Prevention’s (CDC’s) new mask guidance, 98% of Americans live in counties where universal masking is no longer neces…

A new study found that school districts that required students and staff to wear masks reported, on average, 23% fewer COVID-19 cases than those districts th…

The healthcare sector added 64,000 jobs in February. There are still 306,000 (1.9%) fewer jobs in the sector than in February 2020, where the sector lost man…

Despite the BA.2 subvariant of Omicron seeming to be more contagious, some infectious disease experts believe that it is unlikely to cause any major shift to…

A study found that COVID-19 patients from more socially vulnerable neighborhoods—measured by an index that incorporates factors like socioeconomic status, le…

The Department of Defense (DOD) is developing an algorithm to predict whether someone has COVID-19 days before showing symptoms using data collected from “bi…

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering a broad recommendation of second booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines. However, this recommendation is un…

A study found that the effectiveness of booster shots wanes over time. Effectiveness against hospitalization fell from 91% two months post-booster to 78% at …

A study into the infection dynamics of the original strain of COVID-19 conducted on unvaccinated adults found that the incubation period averaged only 46 hou…

Virologists suggest that individuals who receive positive test results from rapid antigen tests are likely still contagious, even if that test is taken after…