Under the new framework, counties are guided to determine the need for restrictions after assessing three factors -- new COVID-19-related hospital admissions over the previous week and the percentage of hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 patients, as well as new cases per 100,000 people over ...
Connecticut Governor Lamont will also be lifting the majority of the remaining COVID-19-related restrictions, including capacity limits and social distancing rules for businesses such as bars, nightclubs, and large venues. Governor Lamont also ended the indoor mask mandate for...
COVID-19 vaccines: What does 95% efficacy actually mean? By Anna Nowogrodzki February 11, 2021 "What the 95% actually means is that vaccinated people had a 95% lower risk of getting COVID-19 compared with the control group participants, who weren't vaccinated. In other words, vaccinated...
i mean really hard -- over the past few weeks. it started before omicron, and then omicron pulled everyone into it, and now we'll be able to finish it." several states have already announced changes to their covid restrictions and some governors have asked the cdc for clearer guidance ...
Despite the lifting of restrictions, many medical experts are calling the move premature as the country faces a surge in COVID-19 cases. "Because of the current situation in the United Kingdom, even fully vaccinated travelers may be at risk for getting and spreading COVID-19 variants," the...
Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools and upended child care, the CDC says parents can start treating the virus like other respiratory illnesses.
Updated criteria to guide COVID-19 restrictions will be announced by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention later this week or early next week, according to a CDC scientist involved in the process.
“While the United States makes progress toward our shared goal of beating this pandemic, COVID-19 remains a grave public health risk that requires ongoing vigilance,” the lawmakers continued. “Prematurely lifting restrictions on cruising – with thousands of people in close proximity and c...
CDC worried Americans aren't following its advice as Covid-19 cases continue to rise It's unclear what would be considered a "dramatic" rise. Texas is not alone in seeing an increase in cases after lifting stay-at-home orders. At least 23 states are seeing a rise in cases when ...
The new guidance also says nothing about going to restaurants or other places, even though governors are lifting restrictions on businesses, said Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and public health professor at George Washington University who formerly was Baltimore’s health commissioner. We...