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    Caitlin Dickson and Abby Haglage

    Caitlin Dickson and Abby Haglage

    Yahoo Staff

    Yahoo Staff

  • CDC's 'disease detectives' are on the coronavirus case 

    While the Washington State Department of Health had prepared a plan for the arrival of the virus in January, it assumed it still had weeks before the disease would reach the U.S. “In three days, the plan was trashed. We went through every step,” Marcia Goldoft, a clinical epidemiologist with the Washington State DOH, told Yahoo News. “I don’t think anyone involved has ever seen anything go this fast.” 

  • Masks, respirators and coronavirus: Keeping up with changing advice

    As state and federal officials continue to ramp up efforts to control the outbreak of coronavirus in the United States, new information about the virus is raising new questions about the official messaging on the use of face masks.