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Key Words Published: April 21, 2020 at 7:56 p.m. ET Robert Redfield says winter could bring simultaneous flu, COVID-19 outbreaks, overwhelming hospitals CDC Director Robert Redfield speaks at a White House briefing on April 16. AFP/Getty Images The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning that the worst of the coronavirus…

By Josh FeldmanApr 21st, 2020, 5:56 pm The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning about a second wave of coronavirus hitting in the winter that could potentially be worse than what the country is currently going through. Robert Redfield spoke with the Washington Post and said, “There’s a possibility that…

A potential second wave of the novel coronavirus late in the year would likely be more deadly, as it would overlap with flu season, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) head Robert Redfield told The Washington Post on Tuesday.“There’s a possibility that the assault of the virus on our nation next winter will actually be…

WASHINGTON — Rick Bright, one of the nation’s leading vaccine development experts and the director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, is no longer leading the organization, officials told STAT. The shakeup at the agency, known as BARDA, couldn’t come at a more inopportune time for the office, which invests in drugs, devices,…

Even as states move ahead with plans to reopen their economies, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Tuesday that a second wave of the novel coronavirus will be far more dire because it is likely to coincide with the start of flu season.“There’s a possibility that the assault of the…