Formulating vaccines to target the latest variants of the ever-evolving coronavirus has been a challenge for public health officials globally since the pandemic began in 2020, with some variants more worrisome than others. Variants circulating the most widely in the United States now are subvaria...
The CDC's new recommendations reflect that reality, Schaffner said.“This is not a way we usually give vaccines,” he said. But, “we have to move into this new way of providing vaccine protection.”More informationThe CDC has more on COVID-19....
The news comes as the CDC announced new recommendations on Tuesday that vaccinated people return to wearing masks indoors in parts of the U.S. where the coronavirus is surging. RELATED: New CDC mask guidelines: Vaccinated should mask indoors, as should K-12 schools The new data suggests that ...
quarantine period and an optional test as well as shortening the time frame between the second Pfizer vaccine dose and the booster shot from six to five months. John Moore, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Weill Cornell Medical College, joins CBSN to discuss the latest coronavirus ...
An ever-evolving virus Formulating vaccines to target the latest variants of the ever-evolving coronavirus has been a challenge for public health officials globally since the pandemic began in 2020, with some variants more worrisome than others. Variants circulating the most widely in the United Stat...
U.S. CDC Lifts COVID 'Do Not Travel' Recommendations on About 90 Countries More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Air travellers wearing protective face masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, walk at JetBlue Terminal 5 at JFK International airport in New York,...
Chin-Hong thinks some states, like California, will continue to go beyond the CDC's guidance in their own recommendations, but by and large, he thinks these reflect the prevailing attitudes toward the pandemic. He sees it as a move by the CDC to try to regain the public's trust. ...
This week, a recent survey found that US adults prefer a pharmacy over a mass event for receiving COVID-19 shots, and the CDC issued first recommendations for people fully vaccinated against the virus. Here’s a roundup of the latest coronavirus-...
Here's the latest about the CDC's new recommendations. Are COVID-19 tests still recommended? Similar to influenza, where antiviral treatments are available for those who test positive and are more likely to face severe disease, the CDC's new guidance says everyone who is athigher riskshould ...
Some Republican officials have defied the CDC’s latest recommendations and questioned the science behind them. Officials in Arizona, Arkansas and Oklahoma are among those who have barred schools from requiring that students or teachers wear masks or be vaccinated, steps the CDC has recommended. MC...