In a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health expertsupdatedpneumococcal vaccination recommendations for adults 19 and older. The updated guidelines recommend that adults who have only had the pn...
National Nurses United, which calls itself the largest union of registered nurses in the U.S.,condemnedthe CDC's guidelines in a statement Friday, calling on the agency to revise guidance. "This newest CDC guidance is not based on science, does not protect public health, and threatens the l...
600 pregnant women who reported their health status to the CDC between December and February following vaccination with either a Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. The analysis found side
“Before the Delta variant, Covid-19 vaccination resulted in better protection against a subsequent infection than surviving a previous infection,” CDC epidemiologist Benjamin SilktoldtheWall Street Journal. “When looking at the summer and fall of 2021, when Delta became predo...
CDC Measles Vaccination Preeta K. Kutty, MD, MPH, is a medical epidemiologist on the Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Polio Team in the Division of Viral Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Kutty received her MD in India and her MPH in ...