Tag: CDC
CDC relaxes Covid guidance allowing most people to ditch masks if hospitalizations remain low
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxed its mask guidance on Friday, allowing most people to ditch their face coverings so long as Covi [...]
CDC wants to give people a break from wearing masks as pandemic improves, director says
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committ [...]
CDC tells health officials to expect first shipments of young kids’ Covid shots by Feb. 21
A healthcare worker prepares to administer Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines at an elementary school vaccination site for children ages 5 to 11-year-o [...]
Pfizer vaccine effective, protects against MIS-C, CDC says
Safeway pharmacist Ashley McGee fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccination at a vaccination booster shot clinic on October 01, 20 [...]
CDC panel recommends Pfizer boosters for 12- to 15-year-olds amid omicron surge
A nurse gives Sherri Trimble, 15, a shot of the vaccine at a vaccination clinic at Health First Medical Centre in Melbourne, Florida.Paul Hennessy [...]
C.D.C. Sticks With ‘Fully Vaccinated’ Definition But Asks People to Stay ‘Up to Date’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday said it was not changing its definition of full vaccination against the coronavirus. Bu [...]
CDC declines to add Covid testing recommendation to updated isolation guidance despite criticism
People wait in line for COVID-19 testing at Kedren Community Health Center on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA.Gary Coronado | Los Angel [...]
CDC shortens waiting period for Pfizer Covid boosters to 5 months
OptimuMedicine registered nurse Crystal Okano (L) gives GoBEST Vice President Adia Foster a Moderna booster shot at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination c [...]
U.S. CDC says people should ‘avoid cruise travel, regardless of vaccination status’
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday advised people against going on cruises regardless of their vaccination status aft [...]
Airline industry pushing CDC to cut breakthrough Covid quarantine time
Flight attendants hand out refreshments to a packed Delta Airlines flight traveling from Ronald Regan National Airport to MinneapolisSaint Paul Int [...]
Omicron accounts for 90% of Covid cases in some parts of the U.S., CDC director says
A test tube labelled "COVID-19 Test Positive" is seen in front of displayed words "OMICRON SARS-COV-2" in this illustration taken December 11, 2021 [...]
Delta asks CDC to cut quarantine guidelines for breakthrough Covid, citing workforce impact
Delta Air Lines airplanes at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021.Elijah [...]
C.D.C. Says Unvaccinated Students Exposed to Virus Can ‘Test and Stay’
WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday that unvaccinated students exposed to the coronavirus can remain in scho [...]