JUST IN: After weeks of encouraging people to get tested if they think they have been exposed to COVID-19, the CDC abruptly changed course and said testing might not be necessary.
Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.After weeks of encouraging people to get tested if they may have been exposed to COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention abruptly changed course this week and is now telling the public testing might not be necessary.When asked to explain, the Department of Health and Human Services -- not the CDC -- responded.
In this file photo Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , speaks during a House Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on a national plan to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on July 31, 2020. - A rare neurological condition that mostly affects children and mysteriously returns every two years is likely to flare up in the coming weeks and months, US health authorities warned on August 4, 2020.
Also in July, the CDC updated its guidelines online to specifically urge people without symptoms to get tested if they've come in contact with someone who has COVID-19, such as working the same shift at a job.Alex Brandon/AP
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