Topline People vaccinated against monkeypox were 14 times less likely than those who were not vaccinated to contract the disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky ...
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CDC’s Walensky Signs Off On Omicron Booster–Here’s When You Can Get One
Topline Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, signed off on Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech’s updated Covid-19 booster shots targeting the virulent omicron var...
CDC ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About Falling Rates Of Infections—But Racial Disparities Spark Concern
Topline Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said she felt “cautiously optimistic” about the monkeypox outbreak in the U.S., with new infection rates declining as the ...
CDC Director Walensky Announces Major Agency Changes After Covid Missteps
Topline Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced Wednesday she will make major modifications to the agency’s structure, including staffing changes a...
U.S. Covid-19 Cases Top 7-Day Average Of 100,000 For First Time Since February
Topline The seven-day average of new Covid-19 cases rose above 100,000 Saturday for the first time since February 18, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with multiple subvari...
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...
Covid cases on cruise ships surged 30-fold in two weeks
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 ...