"Persons who do not meet all 3 of the above criteria should continue to follow current quarantine guidance after exposure to someone with suspected or confirmed COVID-19," the CDC said. RELATED: Booster shots, second-generation vaccines: COVID-19 vaccine makers rush to adapt...
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...
“…the number of reported COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases is likely a substantial undercount of all SARS-CoV-2 infections among fully vaccinated persons,” the report states. “The national surveillance system relies on passive and voluntary reporting, and data might not be ...
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...
In a bid tomake the vaccine a global public good, China has donated or exported COVID-19 shots toover 60 countries. "For now, China has controlled the pandemic well so we can give vaccines to countries that are in urgent need of the shots," Gao said. ...
By now, nearly all Americans have had a COVID infection, gotten a COVID vaccine or both, but the updated vaccines offer a timely boost as immunity wanes and the virus continues to evolve, the CDC said. "Professionals and the public in general do not understand how much this virus has mu...
Tom Shimabukuro, a member of the CDC's COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force, said at the meeting. In fact, the cases largely flattened out in ages older than 25. "After about the mid 20s, it really flattens out. Most of these reports are occurring in individuals in their late teens and...
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 studies were among the evidence that officials used to recommend booster vaccine doses. The agency made clear that the currently authorized vaccines still have very high effectiveness against COVID-19 hospitalization, meaning that even if someone gets infected after being vaccinated, they ...
Dr Dr Barton Williams: Inexplicably died at 36, a month after receiving a COVID vaccine. But do not fear, the CDC is here, investigating the death with help from a Dr Stephen Threlkeld, an infectious disease specialist who reportedly treated Williams. Threlkeldsaid"it is believed"Williams pre...