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CDC abruptly removes guidance about airborne coronavirus transmission, says update ‘was posted in error’
By Elizabeth Cohen, Jamie Gumbrecht & Naomi Thomas
CDC stumbles again, mistakenly posts 'draft' guidance about airborne Covid-19 spread
By Erika Edwards
Advice on Airborne Virus Transmission Vanishes From C.D.C. Website (Published 2020)
By Apoorva Mandavilli
CDC updates guidance to warn coronavirus can be transmitted through the air by breathing — but then removes it
By Caitlin O'Kane
CDC says it erroneously posted guidance that said coronavirus spreads through air and travels beyond 6 feet
By Berkeley Lovelace & Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
CDC reverses itself and says guidelines it posted on coronavirus airborne transmission were wrong
By Ben Guarino, Tim Elfrink & Chris Mooney
No matter what the CDC says, here's why many scientists think the coronavirus is airborne
By Ben Guarino, Chris Mooney & Tim Elfrink