Topline The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer recommend masking indoors, schools included—except in areas with high levels of severe Covid cases—in order to “give people a brea...
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CDC relaxes Covid guidance allowing most people to ditch masks if hospitalizations remain low
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxed its mask guidance on Friday, allowing most people to ditch their face coverings so long as Covid-19 hospitalizations in their communities remain ...
CDC Will Reportedly Stop Recommending Masking Indoors In Most Instances
Topline recommend that most people no longer need to wear face masks in indoor public spaces, marking a shift in how the agency weighs case counts against other metrics like hospitalizations, the Asso...
CDC says waiting longer between Pfizer, Moderna doses may reduce myocarditis risk
A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Vanessa Ler...
CDC wants to give people a break from wearing masks as pandemic improves, director says
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the federal response to the ...
CDC Reportedly Plans To Ease Masking Guidelines As States Lift Mandates
Topline The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning to update its indoor mask-wearing guidelines as early as next week, NBC reported Tuesday, possibly easing its recommendations as many...
CDC tells health officials to expect first shipments of young kids’ Covid shots by Feb. 21
A healthcare worker prepares to administer Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines at an elementary school vaccination site for children ages 5 to 11-year-old in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 22, 20...
CDC says ‘milder doesn’t mean mild’ amid Covid hospitalization spike
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention attends a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the federal response to the coronavir...
CDC Not Changing ‘Fully Vaccinated’ Definition To Include Booster — But People Won’t Be ‘Up To Date’ On Shots Without One
Topline The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will not update its definition of “fully vaccinated” to include booster shots, but will instead only consider Americans “up to date” with their C...
25% Of U.S. Adults Are Physically Inactive Outside Of Work, CDC Says
Topline Roughly 25% of U.S. adults are physically inactive, according to a study released Thursday from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – SEPTEMBER 14: Runners ...
Prior Covid Infection Offered More Protection Against Delta Than Vaccines — But Both Together Did Best
Topline When the coronavirus’ delta variant surged last year, vaccinated people with prior infections were less likely to catch the virus than those who only had immunity from either an earlier case o...
CDC Warns Of Salmonella Outbreak Linked To Exotic Lizard
Topline At least 44 people in 25 states have been infected with salmonella linked to pet bearded dragons, which can carry the dangerous bacteria in their droppings, the U.S. Centers for Disease Contr...
Children With Covid Face Increased Risk Of Diabetes, CDC Finds
Topline Children who contract Covid-19 are significantly more likely to later be diagnosed with type 1 or 2 diabetes than children without Covid, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found i...
Amazon Shortens Paid Leave For U.S. Workers With Covid After CDC Changes Guidance
Topline Amazon is reducing paid leave for all U.S. employees who contract Covid-19 or need to quarantine from 10 days to 40 hours, the latest major private employer to cut its paid leave after the Cen...
Pfizer vaccine effective, protects against MIS-C, CDC says
Safeway pharmacist Ashley McGee fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccination at a vaccination booster shot clinic on October 01, 2021 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty...
CDC panel recommends Pfizer boosters for 12- to 15-year-olds amid omicron surge
A nurse gives Sherri Trimble, 15, a shot of the vaccine at a vaccination clinic at Health First Medical Centre in Melbourne, Florida. Paul Hennessy | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images The Cente...
Walmart cuts paid leave in half, as CDC guidance changes
An employee scans grocery items for pickup order at a Walmart Inc. store in Burbank, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Walmart is cutting pandem...
CDC adds testing guidance to shortened Covid isolation recommendation after facing criticism
People wait in line for COVID-19 testing at Kedren Community Health Center on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. Gary Coronado | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The U.S. Centers for Disease...
Pfizer Stock Topples Despite New CDC Guidance For Covid Boosters
Pfizer stock continued a two-day dive Tuesday even after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shortened the window for its Covid booster to five months. X The CDC decision impacts all recipi...
CDC shortens waiting period for Pfizer Covid boosters to 5 months
UNITED STATES – OCTOBER 4: Hattie Pierce, 75, receives a Pfizer covid-19 vaccine booster shot from Dr. Tiffany Taliaferro at the Safeway on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Monday, October 4...