The need for a national vaccination strategy for people with a mental illness is starting to come to fruition following the release Oct. 14 of new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to add mental health conditions to its list of underlying medical conditions ...
Updated on: March 4, 2024 / 3:17 PM CST/ CBS News The CDC is winding down COVID-19 guidelines. Here are the new recommendations.01:04 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that it would wind down much of its remaining guidance specifically targeted atCOVID-19, ...
In an effort to streamline its guidance and reflect the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issuedupdated guidancethat focuses on individual responsibility and is designed to help the public better understand how to protect themselves and...
Why getting a COVID shot now could delay your next one Guidancefrom the CDC and authorizations from the Food and Drug Administration already restrict most people from getting the current COVID-19 boosters less than two months after a person's last shot for the same virus. ...
– unless it is mandated by their destination – they should "still have a negative COVID-19 test result before they board a flight to the United States and get a COVID-19 test 3 to 5 days after returning from international travel," according to the agency. CDC's p...
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. ...
MORE: CDC slowing pace on releasing new coronavirus health guidance "Today’s update acknowledges the existence of some published reports showing limited, uncommon circumstances where people with COVID-19 infected others who were more than 6 feet away or shortly after the COVID-19-positive person ...
Currently, COVID-19 vaccines have received emergency approval for children ages 12 and older. In the updated guidance, the CDC is not advising schools to require shots for teachers and vaccine-eligible kids. Guidance also does not state how school districts can verify if a student has been vac...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated guidance on its website to say coronavirus can commonly spread “through respiratory droplets or small particles, such as those in aerosols,” which are produced even when a person breathes. ...
“Today’s announcement reflects the progress we’ve made in protecting against severe illness from COVID,” Cohen said at Friday’s briefing. “We’re in a different situation, but we must use the tools that work to protect against respiratory virus. That’s why our updated guidance emphasiz...