Summation of COVID-19 Federal Responses Archive

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…

A CDC study found that children who contracted COVID-19 were more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes than those who were previously diagnosed with other re…

Pfizer’s CEO predicts people will receive annual COVID-19 vaccines. The CDC updated its website and guidelines including Interim Guidance for Managing Healt…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their guidance to recommend N95 masks to Americans to help alleviate the spread of COVID-19. The…

The National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci predicts that “just about everybody” will be infected with COVI…

Pfizer says the two-dose COVID-19 vaccine regimen it tested on children did not consistently provide sufficient immune response in children between the ages …

New research shows that COVID-19 infection poses a greater risk of myocarditis than the vaccines. The CDC’s ACIP issued a new recommendation for the MRNA vac…