C.D.C. Didn’t Write Testing Guidance Published on Its Website, Officials Say

C.D.C. Didn’t Write Testing Guidance Published on Its Website, Officials Say

The Coronavirus OutbreakliveLatest UpdatesMaps and CasesVaccine TrackerOne Campus OutbreakA controversial guideline saying people without Covid-19 symptoms didn't need to get tested for the virus came from H.H.S. officials and skipped the C.D.C.'s scientific review process.The C.D.C. headquarters in Atlanta. Officials said the the agency's parent organization, the Department of Health and Human Services, inserted guidance on the C.D.C. website over its scientists' strenuous objections.Credit...Audra Melton for The New York TimesBy Apoorva MandavilliA heavily criticized recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month about who should be tested for the coronavirus was not written by C.D.C. scientists and was posted to the agency's website despite their serious objections, according to several people familiar with the matter as well as internal documents obtained by The New York