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Dr. Erica Schwartz confirmed as new CDC director by US Senate

Schwartz is a board-certified preventive medicine physician who served as the US Coast Guard's chief medical officer from 2015 to 2019 and holds both medical and law degrees.

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Erica Schwartz attends her confirmation hearing to become director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill July 15, 2026 in Washington, DC.
Lettuce is displayed for sale, amid reports of slumping consumer confidence in lettuce and other fresh produce during the current cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands across the US, at a grocery store in Washington, DC, US, July 24, 2026.

CDC expands largest known cyclosporiasis outbreak to 15 states - report

US cyclosporiasis cases have reached record levels this year, with the current epidemic among the largest foodborne illness outbreaks in recent US history.

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Anthony Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and medical advisor to several U.S. presidents, attends a U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 29, 2026.

Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment at Rand Paul-led US Senate COVID hearing

Fauci, who is 85 and retired in 2022, was subpoenaed by Paul of Kentucky, the chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and a longtime adversary.

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A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) logo, a syringe and a vial are seen in this illustration taken May 13, 2025.

US FDA says it is investigating another cyclosporiasis outbreak

The agency's announcement on Wednesday adds to the growing number of cyclosporiasis cases reported across the US Midwest, including Michigan and four other states.

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US CDC: Travel 'low risk' for vaccinated people; not recommending trips

Air travel still remains down 43% from pre-COVID levels and business and international travel remain even harder hit.

APRIL 3, 2021ByREUTERS
ISRAIR FLIGHT attendants wear full protective gear as they help a passenger disembark in Belgrade earlier this month.

Fully vaccinated people in US can gather without masks indoors

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told reporters it was important to protect those who have not been vaccinated and remain vulnerable while some 60,000 new coronavirus cases occur every day.

MARCH 9, 2021ByREUTERS
Gazing out at the altered skyline from a perch in Brooklyn, August 14

Teachers may play role in in-school COVID-19 transmission - US CDC

Transmission from teachers resulted in about half of 31 school-related cases, according to the investigation.

FEBRUARY 24, 2021ByREUTERS
An illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), depicts the 2019 Novel Coronavirus

50% of mild, moderate COVID patients still have symptoms after 6 months - study

Participants were interviewed up to four times over the course of the study.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
COVID-19 face mask

Life expectancy in US falls by one year amid coronavirus, most since WWII

The numbers represent the largest drop in life expectancy for Americans since World War II, when life expectancy fell 2.9 years between 1942 and 1943.

FEBRUARY 18, 2021ByZACHARY KEYSER
American flags sit on graves during Memorial Day following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Staten Island borough of New York US, May 25, 2020

US CDC recommends schools reopen with masks and rigid health protocols

"We believe with the strategies we have put forward that there will be limited to no transmission in schools if followed," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told reporters.

FEBRUARY 13, 2021ByREUTERS
A slogan is seen on a car in "a motor march” protest of teachers who took it to their vehicles to demand a delay in in-person learning in the fall, due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., July 15, 2020. Picture taken July 15, 2020.

Face masks not 100% effective at preventing spread of COVID-19 - CDC

It is impossible to evaluate exactly where someone contracted the virus.

FEBRUARY 8, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A protective face mask is seen as curbs to fight the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been reimposed after a rise in new cases, at Zikim beach in southern Israel July 21, 2020. Picture taken July 21, 2020.

COVID-19: 0.54% of hospital staff caught virus 1-10 days after vaccination

Study calls on medical personnel not to dismiss post-vaccination symptoms

FEBRUARY 4, 2021ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
A HEALTHCARE worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Rehovot on Monday.

Claims of new US coronavirus variant unfounded - CDC

Dr. Deborah Birx of the White House Coronavirus Task Force allegedly suggested that a US variant may explain the surge in coronavirus cases in the country.

JANUARY 9, 2021ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
A woman holds a sign to thank medical workers outside the Phyllis And William Mack Pavilion during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 10, 2020

After receiving vaccine, 62-year-old woman suffers allergic reaction

Few reports have come in over the last few weeks of allergic reactions to the vaccine, both in Israel and abroad.

JANUARY 4, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Vials of vaccinations against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and syringes are seen as Israel continues its national vaccination drive, during a third national COVID lockdown, at a Maccabi Health Fund branch in Ashdod, Israel December 29, 2020