WASHINGTON (AP) — At-risk people who received a single dose of the monkeypox vaccine in U.S. efforts against the virus appeared to be significantly less likely to get sick, public health officials announced Wednesday, even as they urged a second dose for full protection. It was the firs...
After facing backlash, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have clarified COVID-19 isolation recommendations, endorsing a five-day 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 mon...
The gag order comes ahead of a key committee meeting next month, where CDC officials were scheduled to help the WHO pick out strains for next winter's influenza vaccine. Influenza vaccine manufacturers and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rely on the data and findings by that panel ...
In the announcement, the CDC urged clinicians to be on alert for measles cases in the communities near the eight military bases housing evacuees: Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia Fort Pickett, Virginia Fort Lee, Virginia Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico Fort McCoy, Wisconsin Fort Bliss, ...
regulators last week to allow boosters of its COVID-19 vaccine for anyone 18 or older, a step that comes amid concern about increased spread of the coronavirus with holiday travel and gatherings. Older Americans and other groups particularly vulnerable to the virus have had access to a thi...
Specifically, if those under 12 are not yet approved to take a COVID-19 vaccine, will they be unable to board a cruise from the U.S.? It would appear that families with young kids could still cruise, provided it’s on a vessel that conducted the aforementioned simulated voyages. In ...
- Dependency on travel and tourism industry rank: #14 - Aggressiveness against coronavirus rank: #12 Hotel occupancy rates in New Mexico have fallen significantly during the pandemic.Only 28% of hotel roomsacross the state were occupied in late March, a drop of about 60% from the same week ...
None of the 13 patients were hospitalized. Four disclosed recently traveling outside Chicago: to New York City, New Orleans and Mexico, the Chicago Department of Health reported. The CDC says it still recommends at-risk Americans get two doses of the Jynneos vaccine to guard against the virus...
Among the 13 cases, nine had received the two-dose Jynneos vaccine. Four had traveled recently to New York City, New Orleans and Mexico. Previous outbreaks were mostly related to international travel, but the virus spread rapidly across the world last spring through person-to-person contact. ...
Slowing progression gives more time for researchers to work on developing and testing a vaccine and antiviral drugs for this novel coronavirus. Currently, there is no known cure for the virus. Related article Concerns mount about coronavirus spreading in hospitals, study suggests “The containment...