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Amid plummeting COVID-19 rates, the Biden administration eased its indoor mask recommendations Friday for about 70 percent of Americans, including most schoolchildren — a shift that could hasten the end of mask mandates in the United States. Before Friday, more than 96 percent of U.S. counties were considered areas of “substantial” or “high” transmission, where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended masking in most indoor settings. Now just 37.3 percent of… Source link

Carnival Corp. CEO Arnold Donald told Yahoo Finance Live the cruise line operator has put in stringent health protocols to ensure it’s back sailing safely during the pandemic. The result is minimal incidences of COVID-19 on the company’s ships, which are now back in the waters carrying vacation goers.  “Here in the U.S., we are sailing under what the CDC would call vaccinated cruises, that’s at least 95% of the guests are vaccinated. Our crew is vaccinated. Then we test. We do require a test,… Source link

WASHINGTON — On Oct. 22, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top medical adviser to President Biden, sat for a CNN interview that touched on coronavirus booster shots. The host of the program, John Berman, asked Fauci if people should seek out booster shots of the same brand of vaccine they’d initially received. “It’s generally recommended that you get the booster that is the original regimen that you got in the first place,” Fauci said. He conceded that mixing different types of vaccines was… Source link

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has linked fresh whole onions to a growing and mysterious salmonella outbreak. In a food safety alert Wednesday, the CDC said 652 people have been infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Oranienburg from 37 states as of Oct. 18. The number of cases is expected to grow as more illnesses are reported. The outbreak was first reported in mid-September but the CDC, Food and Drug Administration and local health officials had not identified a… Source link

President Joe Biden pleaded with unvaccinated Americans to get their COVID-19 shots, as he rolled up his sleeve for his third dose Monday. “The most important thing we need to do is get more people vaccinated,” he said, adding that it is now a pandemic of the unvaccinated. Biden cited the needed recovery of the U.S. economy and overall safety and protection of fellow Americans. “About 23 percent haven’t gotten any shots. And that distinct minority is causing …an awful lot of damage to the… Source link

With the Pfizer (PFE)/BioNTech (BNTX) booster guidance in the rearview mirror, the CDC and the country’s other regulatory and public health agencies are gearing up to tackle Moderna’s (MRNA) and eventually Johnson & Johnson’s (JNJ) booster filings for recipients of those vaccines. Meanwhile, many have wondered why the U.S. is not following Europe’s and Canada’s lead in allowing mixing and matching of vaccine brands in order to be considered fully vaccinated or for booster doses. CDC Director… Source link

The month-long process leading to final interim guidance from the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), following an authorization of Pfizer (PFE)/BioNTech’s (BNTX) COVID-19 vaccine booster shot has left some experts feeling queasy. “If you were paying attention to the play-by-play, it’s somewhat nauseating. It just feels weird and terrible,” said Dr. Aaron Carroll, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Indiana. Starting in August when President Joe Biden announced all… Source link

(Adds expert comment from meeting, New Zealand case, background) Aug 30 (Reuters) – An advisory panel to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday unanimously recommended the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech Se COVID-19 vaccine for people age 16 and older, an important step after it gained full U.S. approval. The Food and Drug Administration last week granted full approval to the vaccine that was previously available under the agency’s emergency use authorization (EUA), which… Source link

A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) bolsters the argument that unvaccinated individuals are at a much higher risk of experiencing the worst outcomes of COVID-19 than vaccinated individuals. “These data indicate that authorized vaccines protect against SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19, even with increased community transmission of the newly predominant Delta variant,” the CDC report stated. Between May 1 and July 25, 2021, unvaccinated residents of… Source link

(Bloomberg) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extended a ban evictions in areas of the country with substantial and high transmission of coronavirus on Tuesday, after a firestorm of criticism from Democrats following the lapse of a previous moratorium on Saturday. “The emergence of the delta variant has led to a rapid acceleration of community transmission in the United States, putting more Americans at increased risk, especially if they are unvaccinated,” CDC Director… Source link