With the arrival of December, it's now clear the winter surge of the pandemic is materializing in many of the ways that the country's top scientists and health care leaders feared.

Though the agency has issued all of the recommendations in earlier guidance, the new summary represents the first time the C.D.C. published a multi-pronged list of strategies for states, a sort of battle plan.

Experts emphasize the importance of transparent messaging in ensuring wide public acceptance and completion of vaccination regimens.

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health hosted a virtual press briefing with researchers and medical experts on COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts.

Dr. Bill Moss, executive director of the International Vaccine Access Center at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, says he is hopeful that there will be vaccines for children as the school year gets underway in Fall 2021.

The benefits of getting vaccinated against a virus that has killed over 1.4 million people worldwide and is still raging in many countries by far outweigh the risks.

The U.S. recorded 2,804 deaths on Wednesday, and newly reported infections topped 200,000 for the second time in less than a week.

Johns Hopkins Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. William Moss shares his expertise and answers essential questions about the COVID-19 surge.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revised its guidelines for people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus.

According to research by Johns Hopkins University, communities of color often have less access to COVID-19 testing.

CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann spoke with Jennifer Nuzzo, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, about areas where people don't have access to coronavirus tests, known as testing deserts.