Topline A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory board voted Thursday to recommend letting children ages 5 to 11 receive a third dose of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine shots, two days after...
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CDC panel recommends Pfizer booster for children ages 5 to 11
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent vaccine experts recommended a Pfizer Covid booster shot for children ages 5 to 11 on Thursday, as infections rise across the country ...
CDC probing 180 cases of kids with acute hepatitis of unknown cause
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Tami Chappell | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now investigating 180 cases of children...
U.S. gun homicides reached highest level in 25 years during Covid pandemic, CDC says
Gun homicides in the U.S. reached their highest level in more than 25 years during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Homicides from guns rose 35% duri...
CDC investigating severe hepatitis in children
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating 109 cases of severe hepatitis in children, including five deaths, to determine a cause, with adenovirus infection as a primary line of i...
CDC says adenovirus may contribute to liver injury in healthy children
Adenovirus structure, computer illustration showing the surface structure of the virus’ outer protein coat (capsid). Kateryna Kon | Science Photo Library | Science Photo Library | Getty Images N...
Judge Temporarily Blocks Biden From Phasing Out Title 42 Border Restrictions
Topline A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked President Joe Biden’s plan to wind down Title 42, a pandemic-era rule through which U.S. Customs and Border Protection can quickly turn away or...
Most Americans Have Had Covid, Antibody Tests Show
Topline More than half of all Americans—including around 75% of children—had evidence of a prior coronavirus infection in their bloodstream after the omicron variant raged nationwide, the Centers for ...
Mysterious Child Hepatitis Outbreak Could Be Linked To Common Cold Virus
Topline At least 169 children in 12 countries have developed severe hepatitis in an unexplained outbreak that researchers believe may be linked to a virus that usually causes mild cold symptoms. A boy...
At least 58% of U.S. population has natural antibodies from previous Covid infection, CDC says
Blood drawn by a registered nurse for an antibody test for the coronavirus, June 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images Three out of every five people in the U.S. now have antibodies f...
Kindergarten Vaccination Rates For Measles, Mumps, Tetanus Fell Due To Pandemic Disruptions, CDC Says
Topline The proportion of U.S. kindergarteners vaccinated against diseases like measles, mumps and tetanus decreased by about one percentage point during the 2020-2021 school year, as the Covid-19 pan...
CDC panel skeptical of fourth Covid shots for broader population, says U.S. needs clear vaccine strategy
Registered Nurse Orlyn Grace (R) administers a COVID-19 booster vaccination to Diane Cowdrey (L) at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on April 06, 2022 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty I...
DOJ Will Appeal Ruling Against Airline Mask Mandate Following CDC’s Request
Topline The Department of Justice said Wednesday it will appeal a judge’s Monday decision to throw out the federal mask mandate for airplanes and public transportation, immediately after the Cen...
CDC asks Justice Department to appeal ruling that lifted travel mask mandate
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS | DigitalVision | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that it requested the Justice Department to proceed with an appea...
Philadelphia keeps mask mandate in place despite Florida judge ruling against CDC
A shopper wearing a protective mask as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus selects fruit at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia. Matt Rourke | AP Philadelphia health officials a...
DOJ Says It Might Appeal Ruling Against Airline Mask Mandate—If CDC Thinks Mask-Wearing Is Still Needed
Topline The federal government will appeal a judge’s Monday decision to throw out the nationwide mask mandate for airplanes and public transportation, but only if the Centers for Disease Control and P...
Delta Calls Covid-19 An ‘Ordinary Seasonal Virus’ As Airlines Drop Face Mask Use In Mid-Flight
Packed flights, like this Delta Airlines one, will no longer require everyone wearing face masks … [+] even though Covid-19 cases have been on the upswing in the U.S. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angel...
87% Of Kids Hospitalized With Covid During Omicron Wave Were Unvaccinated, CDC Says
Topline About 87% of children hospitalized with Covid-19 when the omicron variant was dominant were unvaccinated, according to a study released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventio...
Florida judge overturns CDC mask mandate for public transit, planes
Travelers make their way through the Miami International Airport before starting the Labor Day weekend on September 03, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images A federal judge in Florida on ...
CDC director says high immunity in U.S. population provides some protection against omicron BA.2
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on Tuesday said there is enough immunity in the U.S. population to provide some protection against the more contagious omicron BA.2 subvariant, which could help stave of...
CDC Ends Trump-Era Pandemic Asylum Restrictions At Border As White House Says ‘Influx’ Of Migrants Expected
Topline The Biden administration on Friday repealed a public health order imposed by former President Donald Trump allowing Border Patrol to limit the number of asylum seekers due to health risks — an...
Myocarditis risk higher after Covid infection than vaccination, CDC finds
A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 test in San Francisco, California, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images People infected with Covid-19 face a higher risk of...
CDC will end Title 42 used to expel migrants during Covid
Pedestrians wait to cross into the U.S. at the San Ysidro Port of Entry border crossing bridge in Tijuana, Mexico, on Sunday, March 20, 2022. Cesar Rodriguez | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Centers for...
More High Schoolers Felt Hopeless Or Suicidal During Pandemic As Mental Health Crisis Intensified, CDC Finds
Topline A greater proportion of U.S. high schoolers reported feeling persistently hopeless or contemplating suicide during the Covid-19 pandemic, which has exacerbated an already growing mental health...
CDC Advises To Mix J&J Covid Vaccine With Pfizer Or Moderna Booster
Topline The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday recommended that people who have received two shots of a Covid-19 vaccine produced by Johnson & Johnson and Janssen follow up with...
BA.2 Omicron Variant Becomes Dominant In U.S., CDC Says
Topline The highly transmissible BA.2 Omicron variant comprised more than half of COVID-19 infections last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday, as experts say they bel...
More contagious omicron BA.2 Covid subvariant dominant in the U.S., CDC says
A woman takes a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a pop-up testing site in New York City, January 12, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The more contagious omicron subvariant, BA.2, is now the dom...
At-Home Covid Test Use Has Surged, But Racial Disparities Persist, CDC Finds
Topline While use of at-home rapid Covid tests nearly quadrupled from the delta wave of the pandemic to the omicron wave, demographic data shows racial and socioeconomic disparities in test usage mirr...
Mask Mandate On Airplanes, Public Transportation Extended Until April 18
Topline The Transportation Security Administration will extend its mask mandate on public transportation for another month, multiple outlets report, even as other mask mandates have been lifted nation...
More than 90% of U.S. population can ditch facemasks under CDC Covid guidance
US President Joe Biden holds up a KN95 mask as he delivers an update on his Administrations whole-of-government COVID-19 surge response at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2022. Jim W...
Covid Vaccination Disparity Between Urban And Rural America Has Doubled Since April, CDC Says
Topline The disparity in Covid-19 vaccination rates between urban and rural Americans has more than doubled since April, with 75% of residents of urban counties having received at least one dose as of...