A group of scientists and physicians charge that the CDC’s current guidance on masking might not be enough to meet the threat of COVID-19 variants.
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New guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) outline a "test and treat" strategy for healthcare personnel (HCP) with potential occupational exposure to hepatitis C virus (HCV). The new guidance was developed in part as a result of an increase in the incidence of ...
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...
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially voted Tuesday to recommend that health care workers and long-term care facility residents should be the first Americans to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. "When a COVID-19 vaccine is authorized by FDA and recommended by ACIP, ...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for Prevention Strategies for Seasonal Influenza in Healthcare Settings. It says that the CDC addresses the need for health care workers to stay at home when they are s...
Both audiences want to feel understood by one another. They also agree that improving health care worker wellbeing requires a hospital-specific and leadership-led approach. Hospital leaders need actionable guidance on how they can address wellbeing at their own hospital. ...
Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape'sCoronavirus Resource Center. Some 30% of healthcare personnel who worked at the thousands of hospitals in the United States were still not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of mid-September, according to a new survey...
The CDC explained that its intent was to emphasize that people withsymptoms, those with a "significant exposure," and those who are in nursing homes or long-term care facilities should be tested, as well as "critical infrastructure workers, healthcare workers and first responders, or those indi...
The change would more closely align the US with guidance given in other countries. Unlike countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, the US alone recommends an annual Covid-19 vaccine for healthy younger adults and children. The World Health Organization also doesn’t routinely...