It's also important to remember that it takes about two weeks for full or maximum immunity after a person has received their vaccinations. And that is fully vaccinated, not just the first shot. And no vaccination is ever foolproof or offers total protection. Read more about the CDC's new ...
As breakthrough cases (infections after vaccination) are reported among the sporadic COVID-19 infections in China, concerns about the effect of vaccines are growing. Do these cases mean that vaccines are useless? Wu Chenggang, chief expert in the field of Immunization Program of Guangdong CDC, s...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expanding eligibility forCOVID-19vaccine booster shots to all adults ages 18 and up. The agency published its new recommendations Friday, as health officials sound the alarm overrising casesaround the country. "Booster shots have demonstrated the abi...
Some six in 10 American adults are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to theCDC. While the pace of Americans seeking out the shots remains at lows not seen since the earliest days of the vaccination rollout, the average of first doses has gradually increased over the past weeks, ...
The Centers for Disease Control says new preliminary data shows that two COVID-19 vaccines appear to be safe for pregnant women. The CDC study, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, found the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines "do not indicate any obvious safety signals with ...
City health officials cite compliance with health orders for San Francisco having the lowest COVID death rate for any major U.S. city. As of Thursday evening the city reported 35,667 COVID cases and 513 deaths from the disease. You can read the full health statement here. San Francisc...
The CDC’s advice echoes recent recommendations from top obstetrician groups. The agency had previously encouraged pregnant women to consider vaccination but had stopped short of a full recommendation. The new advice also applies to nursing mothers and women planning to get pregnant. ...
The CDC is expanding Covid vaccination guidelines to everyone 65 and older The Trump administration on Tuesday issued new guidelines that expand coronavirus vaccine eligibility to everyone age 65 and older as well as to those with comorbid conditions, like diabetes. ...
Another recent real-world CDC study looked atmRNA COVID-19 vaccines in those aged over 65. It found vaccination reduced the risk of hospitalization from COVID-19 in that age group by 94 percent. Influenced by these recent findings the CDC has now moved to primarily monitoring...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moved Thursday to formally loosen its COVID-19 vaccination requirement on foreign visitors, which will now allow some to board flights into the U.S. with only a single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer or Moderna. ...