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A CDC expert answers questions on monkeypox

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 Arlene Sharp 0 Comments

(By Helen Branswell for STAT) Monkeypox, a disease that rarely shows up outside a belt of countries across Central and

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Do I really need another booster? The answer depends on age, risk and timing

March 30, 2022March 30, 2022 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(By Maria Godoy, Allison Aubrey and Jane Greenhalgh for NPR) The Biden administration has given the go-ahead for another COVID

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The CDC’s New Guidelines on Covid Risk and Masking Send Confounding Signals

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(By Colleen DeGuzman for Kaiser Health News) When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month unveiled updated covid-19

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CDC says Americans can now go unmasked in many parts of the country

February 28, 2022February 28, 2022 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(By Pien Huang and Carmel Wroth for NPR) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday it is relaxing

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As mask mandates fade, experts say use of masks likely will not

February 25, 2022 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(By Helen Branswell for STAT) Late last year, Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

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CDC to update mask guidance

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review) The CDC is considering a shift to its indoor mask guidance that would rely

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Pharmacies Are Turning Away Immunocompromised Patients Seeking 4th Covid Shot

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(By Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) Patients with weakened immune systems — who are at high risk from covid-19

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CDC stands by isolation guidance, skips on testing component

January 6, 2022January 6, 2022 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review) The CDC is standing by its newly updated isolation guidelines that state people with COVID-19

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CDC narrows use of J&J vaccine due to concerns about rare blood clots

December 17, 2021December 17, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(By Vanessa Romo and Scott Hensley for NPR) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention accepted advice from a panel

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Health Experts Worry CDC’s Covid Vaccination Rates Appear Inflated

December 9, 2021December 9, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) For nearly a month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s online vaccine

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