Those who have been fully vaccinated and around someone who has COVID-19 are recommended to get tested between five and seven days after their exposure, according to the most recent guidance from the CDC, though previous guidance had been between three and five days. Those who de...
The CDC is warning of an overall "high level" of respiratory illness in the U.S., with COVID, the flu, RSV and norovirus all going around. Pediatrician Dr. Dylan Hes joined CBS News to talk about it. Jan 27 03:12 Where does RFK Jr.'s nomination stand? Health and Human Servic...
Dec 8, 2023 Here's what to know about the deadly cantaloupe salmonella outbreak Cantaloupes contaminated with the bacteria have been linked to more than 100 illnesses and two deaths, health officials said. Dec 1, 2023 CDC recommends new COVID boosters ...
The new quarantine guidelines will allow people who have come in contact with someone infected with the virus to resume normal activity after 10 days, or seven days if they test negative for COVID-19. Until now, a 14-day quarantine period had been recommended in all cases of exposure. nati...
Compared to an entirely maskless arrangement, fitting a dummy head with a three-ply cotton mask over a three-ply medical mask reduced aerosol exposure 83% when a similar dummy with no mask was the source; the reduction was nearly the same when the source dummy was double-masked and the "...
A new CDC report says nearly 300,000 more deaths than expected have occurred in the US so far in 2020. Only two-thirds of these “excess deaths” are attributed to COVID-19, suggesting the toll of the pandemic is higher than the confirmed mortality numbe
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US has backed booster doses of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty in line with its recent FDA approval, overruling the advice of its own expert advisors. The CDC's Advisory Committ
Updated CDC COVID-19 guidance streamlines isolation rules eliminating separate recommendations for unvaccinated individuals.In a statement, lead author
The CDC added an exception to its guidance, saying, "vaccinated inpatients and residents in healthcare settings should continue to quarantine following an exposure to someone with suspected or confirmed COVID-19." "This exception is due to the unknown vaccine effectiveness in th...
According to a CDC MMWR, the first cases of drug-resistant ringworm in the US were discovered in New York City between December 2021 and March 2023.