/tags/robert-redfield robert redfield en-US Copyright Fri, 06 Nov 2020 10:06:00 GMT /2020-11-06/cdc-report-officials-knew-coronavirus-test-was-flawed-but-released-it-anyway An unreleased CDC review obtained by NPR shows that lab officials knew an early coronavirus test kit had a high failure rate. They decided not to recall it and sent it to the nation's labs anyway. Fri, 06 Nov 2020 10:06:00 GMT /2020-11-06/cdc-report-officials-knew-coronavirus-test-was-flawed-but-released-it-anyway Dina Temple-Raston /news-partners/2020-10-31/u-s-adds-almost-100-000-new-coronavirus-cases-in-1-day-as-colder-weather-sets-in The surge is particularly acute in the Midwest and Great Plains. Health experts say the increase is being driven in large part by people who don't exhibit any symptoms. Sat, 31 Oct 2020 18:49:44 GMT /news-partners/2020-10-31/u-s-adds-almost-100-000-new-coronavirus-cases-in-1-day-as-colder-weather-sets-in Matthew S. Schwartz /news-partners/2020-09-16/contradicting-the-cdc-trump-says-covid-19-vaccine-could-be-ready-by-end-of-year President Trump says there could be widespread distribution of a vaccine against the coronavirus in a much shorter timeline than described by the CDC. Wed, 16 Sep 2020 17:52:00 GMT /news-partners/2020-09-16/contradicting-the-cdc-trump-says-covid-19-vaccine-could-be-ready-by-end-of-year Brian Naylor, Alana Wise /news-partners/2020-07-13/cdc-employees-call-out-agencys-toxic-culture-of-racial-aggressions Pointing to the pandemic's disproportionate toll on people of color, over 1,200 workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention call on the agency to declare racism a public health crisis. Mon, 13 Jul 2020 09:08:00 GMT /news-partners/2020-07-13/cdc-employees-call-out-agencys-toxic-culture-of-racial-aggressions Selena Simmons-Duffin, Pien Huang