Two doses of MMR vaccine offers 97% protection against measles, the CDCsays, while one dose offers 93% protection. The protection is lifelong, experts say. Most Americans got two doses of the vaccine by the time they were 6, though vaccination rates have slipped in recent years. In the ...
CDC clarifies isolation guidelines After facing backlash, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have clarified COVID-19 isolation recommendations, endorsing a five-day quarantine period and an optional test as well as shortening the time frame between the second Pfizer vaccine dose and the ...
"The virus that causes COVID-19 spreads easily between people in close quarters on board ships, and the chance of getting COVID-19 on cruise ships is very high, even if you are fully vaccinated and have received a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose." Earlier this week, federal officials ...
But with travel ticking up anyway, White House senior adviser for COVID-19 response Andy Slavitt said that it is not the role of the U.S. government to issue so-called "vaccine passports." "Americans are asking the question: 'How will I be able to demonstrate ...
Those include a cluster over the winter inPhiladelphia, linked to an unvaccinated baby. The infant had been old enough to get a shot of the measles-mumps-rubella or MMR vaccine, which isrecommendedfor travelers at least 6 months old.
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Vice President Mike Pence believes the US will have a coronavirus vaccine before the end of the year, he told CNN on Friday. Several companies are in Phase 3 of clinical trials, he said. Pence alsoacknowledged the mounting national death toll, saying, “...
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The U.S. government won't require vaccine passports for travel and businesses, the nation's top infectious diseases expert said Monday."I doubt that the federal government will be the main mover of a vaccine passport concept," Dr. Anthony Fauci said during a Politico Dispatch podcast.The ...
Travel guidance Children whose families do not have international travel plans should get the first dose of vaccine at between 12 to 15 months of age, and the second dose between 4 and 6 years of age, the CDC advised. International travel plans bring a separate list of recommendations: ...