Tag: CDC
CDC admits Covid response fell short, launches reorganization
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky is reorganizing the agency, saying it didn't react quickly enough during the Covid pandemic, according an internal revi [...]
CDC eases Covid guidance as U.S. has more tools to fight the virus and keep people out of the hospital
A sign outside of a hospital advertises COVID-19 testing on November 19, 2021 in New York City. On Friday vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disea [...]
Shares of cruise lines jump after CDC ends Covid-19 program
NEW YORK, US - JULY 10: An aerial view of the cruise ship "Norwegian Joy" sails up the Hudson River in front of the skyline of Manhattan as the sun se [...]
CDC panel recommends Novavax vaccine for adults
In this photo illustration a silhouette of a man holding a medical syringe and a vial seen displayed in front of the Novavax logo on a screen.Cezary K [...]
CDC expects outbreak to grow as vaccine demand outstrips supply
A person arrives to receive a monkeypox vaccination at the Northwell Health Immediate Care Center at Fire Island-Cherry Grove, in New York, U.S., July [...]
CDC panel recommends Moderna two-dose Covid vaccine for kids ages 6 to 17
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to clear Moderna's two-dose Covid-19 vaccine for kindergartners through high schoolers for [...]
CDC advisors recommend Covid vaccines for children as young as 6 months
A child is administered a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pediatric vaccine.Mayela Lopez | ReutersThe Centers for Disease C [...]
Some monkeypox patients also have sexually transmitted diseases, CDC says
Some people recently diagnosed with sexually transmitted diseases may also have monkeypox, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, warnin [...]
CDC raises monkeypox alert as global cases surpass 1,000
Test tubes labelled "Monkeypox virus positive and negative" are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. Dado Ruvic | ReutersThe U.S. Centers for [...]
The CDC is sending monkeypox vaccines to people at high risk in a race to prevent the spread
Test tubes labelled "Monkeypox virus positive and negative" are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. Dado Ruvic | ReutersThe Biden administra [...]
U.S. monkeypox cases have more than doubled over the last week to 20, CDC says
The U.S. has identified 20 confirmed or suspected monkeypox cases across 11 states as public health authorities increase testing in an effort to isola [...]
CDC says monkeypox doesn’t spread easily by air: ‘This is not Covid’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants to calm public anxiety over how the monkeypox virus is transmitted, emphasizing that it doesn't s [...]
CDC officials sound alarm for gay and bisexual men as monkeypox spreads in community
A section of skin tissue, harvested from a lesion on the skin of a monkey, that had been infected with monkeypox virus, is seen at 50X magnification o [...]
C.D.C Says Adults 50 and Over Should Get Second Booster Shot
She said in Massachusetts, a state with a high rate of vaccination, officials estimate that as many as 70 percent of hospital patients who test positi [...]
CDC panel recommends Pfizer booster for children ages 5 to 11
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended a Pfizer Covid booster shot for children ages 5 to 11 at least five months afte [...]