CDC recommends older adults get 2nd updated coronavirus shot
People over 65 should get a second dose of a coronavirus vaccine because they are at higher risk for severe disease from the virus, CDC says.
CDC plans to ease COVID isolation guidelines
People with COVID will be able to return to school, work and society if they have been fever-free for 24 hours and their symptoms are mild and improving.
Tick-linked meat allergy may be far more common than previously known
Longer summers, rising temperatures and ticks’ expanding geographic ranges are leading to an increased chance of human exposure to pathogens, experts say.
CDC allows second COVID booster: Here’s who should get it and when
Health officials say the new bivalent shots more closely match the circulating virus. For unvaccinated adults, that means one shot instead of several doses of the original vaccine.
So far, this U.S. flu season is the most severe in over a decade
The flu has hospitalized a record number of people this season, underscoring the potential for a perilous winter of respiratory viruses with COVID-19 and RSV.
CDC, under fire, lays out plan to become more nimble and accountable
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told senior leaders and agency employees that she had embraced several recommendations from an internal review that called for a more nimble and better-trained workforce.
The COVID pandemic fueled a surge in superbug infections and deaths, CDC says
Sicker patients, antibiotic overuse, and staff and equipment shortages led to 15 percent increase
Coronavirus booster shots for the immunocompromised expected to be authorized soon
Extra vaccine shots for millions of Americans with weakened immune systems are expected to be authorized within days or weeks.
Federal health officials cite ‘likely association’ between coronavirus vaccines and rare heart issues in teens, young adults
Officials say the benefits of the vaccines far outweigh risks and ‘strongly encourage’ vaccination for those 12 and older.
Drop in childhood vaccinations during pandemic may raise risk of disease outbreaks when schools reopen, CDC says
A Blue Cross Blue Shield analysis in late 2020 found a 26% drop in vaccine doses among children since the pandemic began.