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04 June 2020
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HHS Announces New Laboratory Data Reporting Guidance for COVID-19 Testing
04 June 2020Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new Guidance that specifies what additional data must be reported to HHS by laboratories along with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) test results.
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United States Coronavirus (COVID-19) Death Toll Surpasses 100,000
04 June 2020Today the number of people in the United States who have died from COVID-19 surpassed 100,000. Families, friends, coworkers, loved ones and community members are grieving for each person who has been lost to this disease.
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CDC updates COVID-19 transmission webpage to clarify information about types of spread
04 June 2020CDC actively reviews our website to make sure the content is accessible and clear for all types of audiences. As a result of one such review, edits were made to the organization of the COVID-19 transmission page, including adding a headline in an attempt to clarify other types of spread beyond person to person. This change was intended to make it easier to read, and was not a result of any new science.