Genomic Surveillance Receiving $200 Million In Tracking Variants and Complementing Testing Efforts

C.D.C Announces $200 Million 'Down Payment' To Track Virus Variants by Carl Zimmer And Noah Weiland.  The New York Times.  February 17, 2021.   

Adapting To Aerosol Transmission In Regulations, Masking, And Ventilation Systems

Scientists Call On C.D.C. To Set Air Standards For Workplaces, Now by Apoorva Mandavilli.  The New York Times.  February 17, 2021.   

Vaccination Rates Track Closely Wealth Gaps

Covid-19 Vaccination Rates Follow The Money In States With The Biggest Wealth Gaps, Analysis Shows by Olivia Goldhill.  February 11, 2021.   

Coronavirus Infections Are Plummeting

 Coronavirus Infections Are Plummeting by Sam Baker and Andrew Witherspoon.  Axios.  February 11, 2021.  

Multiple Supply Chain Difficulties Impede Development Of Domestic Mask Supply

 Can't Find An N95 Mask?  This Company Has 30 Million That It Can't Sell by Andrew Jacobs.  The New York Times.  February 10, 2021.  

CDC: Tighten Up, Or Double Up, On Masks To Reduce Spread Of Coronavirus

 Americans Must Tighten Up, Or Double Up, Their Masks, C.D.C. Says by Ron Caryn Rabin.  The New York Times.  February 10, 2021.  

CDC: For Fully Vaccinated People Quarantining Is Not Necessary Within Three Months Of Their Last Doses In The Absence of Symptoms.

 Fully Vaccinated People Don't Need To Quarantine If Exposed To Covid, CDC Says by Sara G. Miller and Akshay Syal and Erika Edwards.  Yahoo!News.  February 10, 2021.