CHICAGO (CBS)-- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidelines for COVID-19 – under which the virus that essentially shut down the world four years ago will be treated more like the flu. The new guidelinesend guidance for Americans tostay home for five daysafter testing...
"Barring the emergence of a markedly more virulent variant, the FDA anticipates that the composition of COVID-19 vaccines may need to be updated annually, as is done for the seasonal influenza vaccine." An FDA official said during the meeting that "there is an urgent need for alternatives ...
The new COVID-19 shots come as health authorities have been gearing up for a campaign to promote other new vaccinesnow available for RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, in addition to the annual seasonal influenza vaccine. "Today's announcement also means that we now have immunizations for al...
communication, and leadership we have seen so far," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and 44 otherDemocrats wrote."The metric that matters, and where we are clearly moving too slowly, is vaccines in arms."
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The COVID shots from Pfizer and Moderna will join the flu shot and newly approved RSV shots as part of a three-pronged public health strategy to tame the spread of all three viruses this coming winter. The updated COVID vaccines are each fully approved for those 12 and older and are auth...
COVID-19 vaccines are now included among the routine shots recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for children, adolescents and adults. The 2023 list includes shots for the flu, measles mumps and rubella, polio, and other inoculations. ...
The new shots are part of a push by public health officials to update Covid vaccines annually to target more recent strains of the virus — a similar approach to the yearly flu shot. The jab rollout comes as the virus starts to take a stronger hold in the U.S. again. ...
“Remember, the driver of this is if you’re in an area where there’s high intensity or transmission, you have to adapt to that,” Ogbuagu said. “These guidelines should appropriately have variability in relaxing some of these measures based on the incidence of Covid-19.” ...
“We think that options for remote work and paid leave opportunities are an important component of this,” Cohen said. She also said she’d like to see more employers offering Covid vaccines alongside flu shots in at-work clinics. “The bottom line is that when people follow these actionab...