COVID-19 Science Update released: July 7, 2020 Edition 28

https://www.cdc.gov/library/covid19/070720_covidupdate.html Updated February 22, 2021 From the Office of the Chief Medical Officer, CDC COVID-19 Response, and the CDC Library, Atlanta GA. Intended for use by public health professionals responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. *** Available on-line at http://www.cdc.gov/library/covid19 ***   Sign up for COVID-19 Science Updates PDF version for this update pdf icon[PDF – 2 MB] COVID-19 Science … Read more

H.R.6666 – COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act

Shown Here: Introduced in House (05/01/2020) COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act This bill authorizes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to award grants for testing, contact tracing, monitoring, and other activities to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Entities such as federally qualified health centers, nonprofit organizations, and certain hospitals … Read more

H.R.666 – Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2021

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/666/text Introduced in House (02/01/2021) Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2021 This bill establishes within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a National Center on Antiracism and Health and a law enforcement violence prevention program. Among other activities, the new center must declare racism a public health crisis, collect and analyze data, … Read more