CDC Updates COVID-19, Influenza Vaccine Recommendations for 2024-2025 Respiratory Virus SeasonJennings, SydneyPatient Care (Online)
The changes include new guidance for when to stay home when sick, when people should test for COVID-19 and when to put on masks. Here's the latest about the CDC's new recommendations. Are COVID-19 tests still recommended? Similar to influenza, where antiviral treatments are available for...
U.S. CDC Eases Travel Recommendations on Some 110 Countries, Territories Including Japan More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Travelers wearing protective face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reclaim their luggage at the airport in Denver, Colorado, U.S.,...
The agency's work group has been wrestling since last year with the prospect of narrowing federal recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines.In recent months, additional data was presented to the work group on prevalence of infection-induced immunity to the virus, long COVID, multisystem inflammatory s...
"I think all of that needs to be weighed. And so that's why I hesitate to make it just a universal recommendation, even though I do support vaccination with the COVID vaccine," Sanchez said. Trying to come up with tailored recommendations could also be impractical to implement, CDC offici...
CDC updates PPE recommendations for COVID-19 By: Judy Mathias Tags: Attire, CDC, COVID-19, Gloves & Gloving, Infection Prevention, Occupational Hazards, Patient Safety, Patient Safety, Safety Share Editor's Note The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) on February 12 updated it...
The updated language does not change CDC recommendations on social distancing, mask wearing, avoiding large gatherings, and conducting any event or gathering outside as much as possible. The new guidance came a month after the agency was criticized for posting guidance on airborne transmission on it...
"Even children and adults with no underlying conditions can still experience severe illness due to COVID," said Dr. Sandra Fryhofer, an adjunct associate professor of medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine. Most infectious disease experts agree wi...
"CDC is now recommending updated COVID-19 vaccination for everyone 6 months and older to better protect you and your loved ones," CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen said in areleaseafter signing off on the panel's recommendations. The CDC committee voted in favor of "universal" recommendations for...
On Tuesday, a panel of independent experts that advises the CDC on its vaccine recommendations, called the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, weighed the pros and cons of moving the US away from a blanket recommendation that most people get an updated Covid-19 shot every year and tow...