"Following FDA regulatory action, CDC has taken steps to simplify COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and allow more flexibility for people at higher risk who want the option of added protection from additional COVID-19 vaccine doses," the CDCsaid in a statement. The agency is following the recom...
The chance of severe illness from COVID-19 increases with age, with older adults at highest risk, but the CDC noted that the risk doesn't begin suddenly at age 65. Instead, "people in their 50s are at higher risk for severe illness than people in their 40s. Similarly, people in their...
While the Centre for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) has listed the British Virgin Islands as a very low-risk jurisdiction for travellers to contract COVID-19, a number destinations that have direct or connecting flights to the BVI have been flagged as ‘high risk’. The CDC issued a Le...
COVID community levels in Massachusetts - the orange represents "High" CDC The CDC recommends wearing a high quality mask when the COVID community level is high. "If you are at high risk of getting very sick, consider avoiding non-essential indoor activities in public where you could be ex...
SHENZHEN has detected one new COVID-19 case during a routine screening of high-risk workers, bringing the total number of infections in the city’s latest COVID wave to 18 as of 5 p.m. today, the local health ...
Increased emergency\ndepartment (ED) visits and deaths during the COVID-\n19 pandemic have magnified the need to invest in care\nfor people with substance use disorders. 1 The Centers for\nDisease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported\nmore than 81,000 drug overdose deaths in the ...
According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters (CDCH), new Covid-19 cases have decreased for five consecutive weeks since the third week of March. The risk in the Seoul metro region also fell to medium for the first time in 14 weeks since the second week of January. The greater Se...
patients should have positive results of a SARS-CoV-2 viral test and be at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, with potential for hospitalization or death.3The CDC provides a list of underlying medical conditions associated with higher risk of severe COVID-...
Nationwide, the CDC says the COVID virus level in wastewater is now "high" for the first time since last winter.
We’ve moved into “a phase in the pandemic where people need to make their own decisions based on their medical circumstances as well as their risk tolerance when it comes to contracting Covid-19,” said Wen, who is an emergency physician and professor of health policy and management at t...