CDC guide helps pediatricians prepare for COVID vaccination of children under 5Vasconcellos, DavidNeonatology Today
Currently, COVID-19 vaccines have received emergency approval for children ages 12 and older. In the updated guidance, the CDC is not advising schools to require shots for teachers and vaccine-eligible kids. Guidance also does not state how school districts can verify if a student has been vac...
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. "Because some traveler ...
President Joe Biden, who was criticized last month for not removing his mask after the CDC said fully vaccinated Americans could go outdoors without them, has followed the new guidance. Biden shared a picture Sunday afternoon of him meeting maskless with six people in the Oval Office sometime l...
Is 5 days enough time for COVID isolation? Former Surgeon General Jerome Adams criticized the CDC for reducing the isolation period for people who test positive for COVID-19. CBS News' Debra Alfarone has more on the new guidance, then Johns Hopkins virologist Andrew Pekosz joins CBSN to ...
Nancy Messonier, Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at CDC, also said most jurisdictions anticipate being able to vaccinate all health care workers within three weeks. The recommendations also include guidance for hospitals and local health departments working on pl...
The CDC, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Academy of Pediatrics, have issued guidance saying Covid-19 vaccines should not be withheld from pregnant women. They also say all pregnant women should maintain masking and social distancing, even if they've be...
Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape'sCoronavirus Resource Center. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that everyone get a COVID-19 vaccine, even if they've had the virus before. Yet many skeptics have held off getting the sho...
New holidayCOVID-19guidance from theCenters for Disease Control and Preventionurges eligible people to getvaccinated against the virusand wear masks — in some cases — when gathering. "Because many generations tend to gather to celebrate holidays, the best way to minimize COVID-19 risk and keep...
“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 people back on track and they’ll want guidance.” ...