Historically, states and localities have assured the public’s health, with the CDC providing funding, technical guidance, and coordination. National coordination is achieved as states adopt evidence-based recommendations from the CDC. This model, however, breaks down if the federal government does no...
The public education system has long held varying policies on COVID. During the 2021-2022 school year, only 18 states followed CDC recommendations for mask-wearing in class. When the CDC lifted its masking guidelines in February of 2022, states like Massachuse...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are easing masking recommendations for most Americans as cases drop in many states, reporting nearly 70% of the U.S. population is living in a low-risk area. Masks should still be worn in high-risk areas, where COVID patients are still packing...
In a statement announcing the updates, the CDC said that the updates “reflect the science on masking, including what we have learned in the past two years, and will provide people the information they need to improve how well their masks or respirators protect them. We will continue to sha...
The agency cited improvements in the rates of hospitalizations and deaths inflicted by the virus this past season for the change inits recommendations. "COVID-19 remains an important public health threat, but it is no longer the emergency that it once was, and its health impacts increasingly re...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is following Cochrane’s lead by publicly pressuring its advisers to revise their recommendations on masking in healthcare settings, which are based on its own systematic review that now undermines CDC preferences. Read More Policy, National, NewsBMJ...
"Therefore, those who received fewer than 3 doses (>45% of individuals in the study) were not those ineligible to receive the vaccine, but those who chose not to follow the CDC’s recommendations on remaining updated with COVID-19 vaccination, and one could reasonably expect these individuals...
Under theplan announced Wednesday, boosters will start being administered Sept. 20, pending authorization of a third dose from the Food and Drug Administration and a CDC advisory committee meeting to make recommendations based on the evidence. ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is encouraging schools to open for in-person learning this fall, and said that fully vaccinated students and teachers do not need to wear masks indoors. Updated CDC guidance eases recommendations for k
The agency also says the new guidance applies only to community settings. There’s no change in recommendations to prevent the spread of Covid in clinics, hospitals and other health care settings. The guidance applies to common respiratory infections, the CDC said, and it shouldn’t take the ...