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The Aragonez family feels that they’re just like other families navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. They strictly followed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention precautions, but after eight months, they ignored one rule and gathered in someone’s house. Now, they’re sharing their story in the hopes that others won’t make the same mistake.

With coronavirus cases still surging across the U.S., health officials implored Americans ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday to forgo travel, cancel large get-togethers and spend the holiday at home with members of their own households. Here’s what you should know about celebrating Thanksgiving in 2020.

Millions of Americans bought tickets to fly somewhere for Thanksgiving before the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with them not to travel for the holiday.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention upgraded cruise ship travel to the highest possible risk level for spreading COVID-19 – weeks after the agency gave cruises the green light to set sail.

With infection rates soaring, the nationwide death toll from COVID-19 passing 250,000 and many hospitals reaching capacity, the Centers for Disease Control and other professional health organizations are urging Americans not to travel during the Thanksgiving holiday.

U.S. health officials are taking a new tack in the coronavirus fight by emphasizing recent research that finds a mask protects the person who wears it

The CDC has warned that women who contract COVID-19 during pregnancy are at a higher risk of severe illness. Dr. Jennifer Haythe from Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center, explains what pregnant women need to know about their health and the health of their baby during the pandemic.

If one person in a household has COVID-19, there’s a good chance it’ll spread to others — and quickly. A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published Friday, took a close look at how the virus spread throughout people’s homes. Full NBC News coverage of the coronavirus outbreak The study included 101 households in Nashville, Tennessee, and Marshfield,...

A federal judge in Atlanta declined Thursday to put on hold a Trump administration directive that halts the eviction of certain renters through the end of the year in an effort to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus.

With the development of a coronavirus vaccine nearing its final stages, public health departments across the U.S. are hastily preparing to distribute it — even though they don’t know when it will be approved or which ones will ultimately get cleared by the FDA. But there’s an even more pressing and less certain issue for state leaders: How they’re...

Months of mixed messages, political pressure and public gaffes about COVID-19 have caused morale at the Centers for Disease Control to turn “toxic,” say four current and two former CDC staffers, with one saying the election could be a “tipping point” for a mass exodus if President Donald Trump wins.

U.S. health officials Wednesday redefined what counts as close contact with someone with COVID-19 to include briefer but repeated encounters.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is updating what it defines as “close contact” with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.

The CDC is strongly recommending that passengers on planes, trains and buses wear masks, but it’s still stopping short of requiring face coverings to prevent spreading COVID-19

The Trump White House has installed two political operatives at the nation’s top public health agency to try to control the information it releases about the coronavirus pandemic as the administration seeks to paint a positive outlook, sometimes at odds with the scientific evidence.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie released a statement following his recovery from COVID-19 Thursday. “I was wrong to not wear a mask at the Amy Coney Barrett announcement and I was wrong not to wear a mask at my multiple debate prep sessions with the President and the rest of the team,” Christie said.

The Centers for Disease Control revised its COVID-19 guidelines on Monday to include that the novel coronavirus can be spread through aerosols, which “can linger in the air for minutes to hours” and travel farther than six feet.

After the CDC released an update stating that the coronavirus can spread by airborne transmission, many Americans are wondering what else they can do to keep safe. Jose-Luis Jimenez, a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, explains what this new guidance means and how it should change your behavior this winter.

For the third time in less than a month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has altered its guidance on how COVID-19 spreads, NBC News reports. The agency said Monday that airborne transmission is possible, but that it’s not the most common way the virus travels from person to person — a position that was published and then removed...

The race is on not just to develop a coronavirus vaccine, but also determine how to distribute it ethically and efficiently. All Americans likely will have access to a developed vaccine within a year to a year and half of approval, but a CDC advisory group is recommending initial doses go to healthcare workers and high risk groups first.