“Recommendations are based on CDC’s current knowledge of COVID-19,” the CDC guidance states. “Each [community] should decide the most appropriate indicators to reference when deciding to open, close, or reopen schools.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is...
COVID-19 vaccines: What does 95% efficacy actually mean? By Anna Nowogrodzki February 11, 2021 "What the 95% actually means is that vaccinated people had a 95% lower risk of getting COVID-19 compared with the control group participants, who weren't vaccinated. In other words, vaccinated...
Flu trends have also been accelerating nationwide, the agency said, with more expected increases into December. However,datafrom emergency rooms suggest influenza has yet to eclipse COVID-19 levels overall. "Even though those are both going up and we're at the peak of RSV, COVID is still t...
Seasonal allergies are here, with people complaining of congestion, sore throats, headaches and more as more pollen is released in the air. Paired with rising flu, RSV, COVID, and norovirus cases across the Empire State, this is causing concern for health experts. A severe infection caused b...
4. Contact your doctor if you think you have COVID-19. If you have a fever, cough, and shortness of breath, contact your doctor at once. In the meantime,stay at home so you won’t infect others. 请根据上面的防疫措施, 写-份倡议书张贴到公告栏。要点包括:1. 倡议目...
“We think that options for remote work and paid leave opportunities are an important component of this,” Cohen said. She also said she’d like to see more employers offering Covid vaccines alongside flu shots in at-work clinics. “The bottom line is that when people follow these actionable...
U.S. health officials Wednesday redefined what counts as close contact with someone with COVID-19 to include briefer but repeated encounters.
safety guidelinepublished by the agency on Wednesday, the CDC offered detailed considerations people should take if they are hosting or attending a gathering or plan to stay or host guests overnight. These guidelines suggest people modify their holiday activities to minimize the spread of COVID-19...
“The virus that causes COVID-19 is thought to spread mainly through close contact from person-to-person (within about 6 feet). Person-to-person contact is a highway. Touching infected surfaces are little paths, but they don’t carry the big viral traffic,” he told Fox News in an ema...
— Students can safely sit just 3 feet apart in the classroom as long as they wear masks but should be kept the usual 6 feet away from one another at sporting events, assemblies, lunch or chorus practice, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday in relaxing its...