CDC Updates COVID-19, Influenza Vaccine Recommendations for 2024-2025 Respiratory Virus SeasonJennings, SydneyPatient Care (Online)
The decision follows a months-long effort started last year to draw up a new"pan-respiratory" approachblending together federal recommendations forCOVID-19, flu and RSV. Cohen blamed the emergence of the highly mutated variantBA.2.86last summer and fall, and the fast-spreading descendant it spaw...
President Joe Bidden addressed the arrival of the omicron variant in the United States and what that means for safety protocols. As the COVID-19 omicron variant surges across the United States, top federal health officials are looking to add a negative test along with its five-day isolation re...
recommendations and lack of evidence," said Dr. Eric Topol, a cardiologist at Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, said in an email to CNN. Topol has been critical of the CDC for months, saying it wasn't strict enough with its isolation policies for people with Covid. ...
As the COVID-19 omicron variant surges across the United States, top federal health officials are looking to add a negative test along with its five-day isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who catch the coronavirus, the White House's top me
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its COVID-19 recommendations to state that testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection is now optional for asymptomatic people, regardless of potential personal exposure. "You do not necessarily need a test unless you are vulnerable individual or your...
CDC updates PPE recommendations for COVID-19 By: Judy Mathias Tags: Attire, CDC, COVID-19, Gloves & Gloving, Infection Prevention, Occupational Hazards, Patient Safety, Patient Safety, Safety Share Editor's Note The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) on February 12 updated it...
The public education system has long held varying policies on COVID. During the 2021-2022 school year, only 18 states followed CDC recommendations for mask-wearing in class. When the CDC lifted its masking guidelines in February of 2022, states like Massachusetts followed suit, but California kep...
U.S. CDC Eases Travel Recommendations on Some 110 Countries, Territories Including Japan More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Travelers wearing protective face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reclaim their luggage at the airport in Denver, Colorado, U.S.,...
On Tuesday, a panel of independent experts that advises the CDC on its vaccine recommendations, called the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, weighed the pros and cons of moving the US away from a blanket recommendation that most people get an updated Covid-19 shot every year and tow...