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U.S. Shortens Covid-19 Isolation Time Amidst Omicron Surge
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially shortened the amount of time those who have tested positive with Covid-19 must isolate themselves. Federal health officials announced on Monday that their new recommendation is to isolate for five days...
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CDC Recommends Moderna and Pfizer Over Johnson & Johnson
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended the Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines over Johnson & Johnson's vaccine.
The CDC's advisers pointed to the mounting evidence that the company's vaccine has the potential to set off a...
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CDC Approves Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine for Children, Rollout Begins
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved Pfizer/BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in children 5 to 11 on Tuesday, the final step needed to begin the vaccine rollout for eligible kids.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky announced that the...
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CDC Rules All Adults in Risky Work Settings Should Receive Booster Shot
In an unusual move, the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) set aside the recommendation of its independent panel of experts, ruling that coronavirus booster shots using the Pfizer/BioNTech inoculation can now be officially distributed to some adults in...
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Unvaccinated People 11 Times More Likely to Die from Covid-19
Reinforcing the need to vaccinate as the Delta variant of the coronavirus marches across the globe, several studies undertaken the the US' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that those who are unvaccinated are 11 times more likely...
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FDA Rejects Pfizer’s Booster Shot Request
A Food and Drug Administration vaccine advisory panel voted against giving Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine booster shot to the majority of the population.
The FDA decided that booster shots would only be necessary for those over the age of 65 as...
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Hospitalizations of Children with Delta Variant Soar in US
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that there are much higher Covid-19-related hospitalization rates for children now that the Delta variant of the virus is dominant throughout the world.
In a disturbing trend, coronavirus–associated hospitalization rates among...
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US Backs Booster Shot as Delta, Lambda Virus Strains Spread
While the nation and the world continue to grapple with the effects of the much more virulent Delta variation of the coronavirus -- which some believe is more than 200% more communicable than the original virus -- the Lambda...
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US CDC Recommends COVID-19 Vaccines for Pregnant Women
CDC urged on Wednesday afternoon both pregnant women and women who were recently pregnant to get one of the COVID-19 vaccines.
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New York City Will Not Mandate Masks Indoors for Vaccinated
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that those vaccinated against COVID-19 will not be required to wear masks indoors. Despite backing off from an official mask mandate, de Blasio passionately advised those who were vaccinated to...