While COVID-19 vaccination rates in the U.S. are up this week, the number of infections are too. CBS News correspondent Mola Lenghi reports from South Dakota, where health officials are concerned about a potential superspreader event, and Dr. Lakshman Swamy, an ICU physician at Cambridge He...
In a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health expertsupdatedpneumococcal vaccination recommendations for adults 19 and older. The updated guidelines recommend that adults who have only had the ...
In February, updated adult immunization guidelines from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) included universal HBV vaccination for adults between 19 and 59 years of age, as well as vaccination for adults 60 years of age or older if they have an additional risk factor...
In some places, such as New York and California,wearing masks indoors is again mandatory. The CDC says, in its most recentupdate on the omicron variant, that vaccination is the best step the public can take to protect against severe illness and slow the emergence of new variants. But, the...
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(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director on Tuesday signed off on broad use of updated COVID-19 vaccines approved by the government - covering ages 6 months and up - as the country prepares to start a vaccination campaign within days. ...
As for people who are fully vaccinated but feel uneasy walking into a public area where they won't know the vaccination status of others, Walensky said the science shows they're "protected." "It is the people who are not fully vaccinated in those settings who might not be wearing a m...
The objective of these recommendations is to provide information about opioid prescribing for primary care clinicians treating adult patients with chronic pain. Of primary importance, nonopioid therapy is preferred for treatment of chronic pain. Opioids should be used only when benefits for pain and ...
Future guidelines will also want to look at college campuses that do regular screening. “Is it good enough to be vaccinated, and are they going to have to have decreased density in the dorms?” Rutherford asks. “I can imagine colleges are looking at vaccination as a way to start to get...