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