(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that individuals aged six months and older should be given an updated COVID-19 vaccine for the 2024-25 immunization campaign, irrespective of whether they have previously been vaccinated for the...
A panel of U.S. advisers will meet Tuesday to vote on how scarce, initial supplies of a COVID-19 vaccine will be given out once one is approved. Experts have proposed giving the vaccine to health workers first. High priority also may be given to workers in essential indu...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has told public health departments in all 50 US states and five large cities to get ready to distribute a covid-19 vaccine by 1 November, two days before the US presidential election on 3 November. President Donald Trump said ...
The CDC is expanding Covid vaccination guidelines to everyone 65 and older The Trump administration on Tuesday issued new guidelines that expand coronavirus vaccine eligibility to everyone age 65 and older as well as to those with comorbid conditions, like diabetes. The states’ focu...
The unvaccinated population is the main risk group. Delta variant may reduce the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccine. However, all COVID-19 vaccines are protective, and can reduce the risk of severe diseases and death. Those with chronic diseases are at high risk for severe diseases and death from...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday endorsed recommendation from its vaccine advisers for use of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for people ages 18 years and older. The recommendation came after the U.S. Food and Drug Administr...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its guidance on COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, expanding the recommended time between the initial two vaccine doses to eight weeks for certain people. ...
Director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Gao Fu said he had been injected with an experimental COVID-19 vaccine candidate, media reported Tuesday. Gao, 59, revealed the news at a forum jointly held by Alibaba Health and Cell Press on Sunday. He said the move...
“Covid in children leads to missed school for themselves and their communities,” Oliver said. “And wide use of an effective vaccine would reduce the public health burden of Covid in children 5 through 11 years of age.” — Robert Towey ...
“pilot sites for joint planning missions” for the eventual distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. North Dakota, Florida, California, Minnesota, and Philadelphia are working to “plan and prepare for the COVID-19 vaccination response” helping to create a “planning tool with model appr...