An Emergency ACIP meeting will be held on
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
April 12, 2021
This message includes updates on the COVID-19 response from CDC. The COVID-19 Outbreak is a rapidly evolving situation and information will be updated as it becomes available.
Which COVID-19 Vaccine?
All COVID-19 vaccines currently authorized in the United States are safe and effective. The best COVID-19 vaccine is the first one that is available to you. CDC does not recommend one vaccine brand over another.
Learn more about the three vaccines that are authorized and recommended to prevent COVID-19:
Pfizer-BioNTech
Moderna
Johnson & Johnson's Janssen
You can find answers to your questions, including information on side effects, what activities you can start doing after vaccination, and more.
Common Questions
 COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review COVID-19 cases in the United States have been steadily increasing. This increase could be driven by more contagious variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. B.1.1.7, the most common variant in the United States, has been reported in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Learn more about these variants in CDC’s COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review: http://bit.ly/CDTweeklyreview. Subscribe |
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COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review
COVID-19 cases in the United States have been steadily increasing. This increase could be driven by more contagious variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. B.1.1.7, the most common variant in the United States, has been reported in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Learn more about these variants in CDC’s COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review: http://bit.ly/CDTweeklyreview.
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Health Equity in Action
To help the United States succeed against COVID-19, CDC is working with state, territorial, local, and tribal partners, and community-serving organizations, to ensure all public health actions address health disparities for all populations.
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Post-COVID Conditions
Although most people with COVID-19 get better within weeks to months of illness, some do not. CDC and experts around the world are working to learn more about short- and long-term health effects associated with COVID-19, who gets them, and why. CDC uses the term post-COVID conditions to describe health issues that persist more than four weeks after first being infected with the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the U.S.
April 12, 2021
US states, territories, and District of Columbia have reported 31,015,033 cases of COVID-19 in the United States.
CDC provides updated U.S. case information online daily.
In addition to cases, deaths, and laboratory testing, CDC’s COVID Data Tracker now has a Vaccinations tab to track distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in your state.
U.S. Cases
