Microbiologist Amy Kirby and environmental engineer Mia Mattioli specialize in wastewater and how it can carry disease-causing germs. Now, they’re trying to turn samples of sewage into an early warning sign of COVID-19 in a community.… read more »
Category Archives: Coronavirus
Prioritizing non-healthcare worksite assessments for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Information to help health departments make decisions about how to allocate limited resources to respond to worksites that report COVID-19-related concerns, complaints, or clusters.… read more »
COVID-19 Employer Information for Hotels, Resorts, and Lodges
Provides employers of hotel workers with information on COVID-19 and how to protect their workforce on the job.… read more »
Implementing Filtering Facepiece Respirator (FFR) Reuse, Including Reuse after Decontamination, When There Are Known Shortages of N95 Respirators
Decontamination and Reuse of Filtering Facepiece Respirators using Contingency and Crisis Capacity Strategies… read more »
Interim Guidance for Implementing Home Care of People Not Requiring Hospitalization for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Guidance for staff at local and state health departments, infection prevention and control professionals, and healthcare personnel who are coordinating the home care and isolation1 of people with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infection, including persons under investigation.… read more »
Elastomeric Respirators: Strategies During Conventional and Surge Demand Situations
Find CDC’s guidance on reusing elastomeric particulate respirators used by healthcare practitioners (HCP).… read more »
Wildfire Smoke and COVID-19: Frequently Asked Questions and Resources for Air Resource Advisors and Other Environmental Health Professionals
The purpose of this webpage is to provide Air Resource Advisors and other environmental health professionals with key messages about wildfire smoke and COVID-19. It also provides resources that can be given to communities affected by wildfire smoke during community spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.… read more »
Why COVID-19 Will Hit “Marjorie” Harder
Step into Marjorie’s shoes. She’s a middle-aged Black woman, and despite her own diligent efforts to avoid it, she will get COVID-19. Her story, told by a sage of public health, brings to life the health inequities that lead Black and Brown people to get and die of COVID-19 at a higher rate.… read more »
COVID-19 Forecasting: Background Information
This document explains to members of the public why COVID-19 forecasting is important to the response, and how CDC brings together forecast for COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations in the United States.… read more »
Science Brief: SARS-CoV-2 and Potential Airborne Transmission
The principal mode by which people are infected with SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) is through exposure to respiratory droplets carrying infectious virus. Most infections are spread through close contact, not airborne transmission.… read more »