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"The CDC Doesn't Know Enough About Coronavirus In Tribal Nations" [1]

"A recent CDC report estimates Native Americans and Alaskan Natives are 3.5 times more likely to get COVID-19 than white people, and those under 18 are more likely to test positive."

Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Health [5]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NPR [9], 09/28/2020
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CDC Publishes — Then Withdraws — Guidance On Aerosol Spread Of Covid-19 [10]

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted guidance Friday evening saying that aerosol transmission might be one of the "most common" ways the coronavirus is spreading — and then took the guidance down on Monday."

Air [11]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Health [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NPR [12], 09/22/2020
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Trump Flack Tries To Spin Key CDC Weekly Report [13]

More revelations of Trump administration duplicity on the science front, per the new WatchDog opinion column, which reports on a scoop about political appointees trying to warp weekly public health data to ensure they don’t undercut Trump’s political messaging. Oh, and Bob Woodward’s new book affirming the president knew of COVID-19’s dangers early on, but deliberately played them down.

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Environmental Politics [15]
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"The Majority Of Children Who Die From COVID-19 Are Children Of Color" [19]

"The vast majority of children dying from COVID-19 are Hispanic, Black or Native American, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Health [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NPR [20], 09/17/2020
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"Farm Animals And Pandemics: Nine Diseases That Changed The World" [21]

"Covid has got experts thinking urgently about the risk of diseases passing from farmed animals to humans. We examine the major outbreaks of the past two centuries".

Agriculture [22]
Environmental Health [3]
Health [5]
Public [7]
International [23]
Source: Guardian [24], 09/16/2020
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"Trump Officials Interfered With CDC Reports On Covid-19" [25]

"The health department’s politically appointed communications aides have demanded the right to review and seek changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s weekly scientific reports charting the progress of the coronavirus pandemic, in what officials characterized as an attempt to intimidate the reports’ authors and water down their communications to health professionals."

Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [15]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [17]
Science [18]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Politico [26], 09/14/2020
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FDA Brass Pledge To Not Rush Covid-19 Vaccine Amid Political Pressure [27]

"Senior members of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have joined a growing list of government officials, drugmakers and public health experts who pledge they won’t compromise safety in the race for the coronavirus vaccine."

Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: USA TODAY [29], 09/11/2020
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"Emails Show HHS Official Trying To Muzzle Fauci" [30]

"A Trump administration appointee at the Department of Health and Human Services is trying to prevent Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, from speaking about the risks that coronavirus poses to children."

Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [15]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [17]
Science [18]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Politico [31], 09/10/2020
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"To Prevent Pandemics, Bridging the Human and Animal Health Divide" [32]

"Veterinarians, farmers, and zookeepers could help prevent the next pandemic, but their expertise has been overlooked."

Agriculture [22]
Biodiversity [33]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Health [5]
Wildlife [34]
Public [7]
International [23]
Source: Undark [35], 09/03/2020
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"EPA: Provocative Enforcement Chief Finds 'Few Friends'" [36]

"EPA's controversial coronavirus enforcement policy ends today as the pandemic continues to rage across the country. Critics blasted enforcement chief Susan Bodine when she issued the March 26 policy, which signaled laxer enforcement of pollution rules during the pandemic."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [15]
Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [38], 09/01/2020
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