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Surprise – your kids may be nervous about ditching the mask

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new COVID-19 guidelines on Feb. 25, 2022, to help inform people’s individual decisions about wearing masks. The new guidance recommends masks be worn indoors only in areas of high community risk and allows approximately 70% of people in the U.S. – including…

The Conversation

States likely to resist CDC proposal easing opioid access

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in February proposed new guidelines that would ease restrictions on prescription opioids, but states might balk at lifting limits on painkillers that have fueled the nation’s deadly overdose epidemic.

Tribune News Service

U.S. CDC says unvaccinated travelers should avoid Hong Kong travel

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday recommended unvaccinated travelers avoid travel to Hong Kong over rising COVID-19 cases.

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Some Americans welcome new CDC mask guidance, others wary

Americans who have been clamoring for an end to mask-wearing have welcomed new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Independent UK

California reps ask US for new water study at former base

Two of California's congressional representatives are asking the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to launch a health safety and drinking water investigation at Fort Ord on the Central Coast

The Independent UK

CDC eases guidelines for mask wearing

ATLANTA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new strategy on mask wearing Friday that will allow most people to ditch masks in most indoor settings, including classrooms.

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CDC eases COVID masking guidelines, focuses on hospitalizations over case numbers

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlined the new set of measures for communities where COVID-19 is easing its grip.

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CDC rolls back mask recommendations as COVID recedes

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has scaled back its mask recommendations nationwide as the spread of COVID’s omicron variant has slowed.

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Longer Waiting Period Between mRNA COVID-19 Doses May Cut Heart Inflammation Risk, CDC Suggests

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that younger males should consider waiting longer between doses of Pfizer Inc's (NYSE: PFE) / BioNTech SE (NASDAQ: BNTX) and Moderna

Benzinga

CDC’s shift on COVID risk assessments may ease mask rules

WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to move away from counting new cases as its primary measure of how severe COVID-19 outbreaks are around the U.S., and instead focus on how many people are hospitalized, according to people familiar with the matter.

Tribune News Service

Have hybrid coronaviruses already been made? We simply don't know for sure, and that's a problem

At the end of 2021, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) quietly added “chimeric viruses” – viruses that contain genetic material derived from two or more distinct viruses – to its list of most dangerous pathogens.

The Conversation

Florida COVID-19 update: State, South Florida new weekly cases see sharp decline

Florida on Saturday reported 5,441 COVID-19 cases and two new deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.

Miami Herald

CDC weighs plans to lift indoor masking recommendations

WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may soon update its recommendations for indoor masking as the United States begins to transition to learning to live with COVID-19, Biden administration public health officials told reporters Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Cases down, but Mayo Clinic expert says COVID-19 pandemic isn't over

With the peak of the omicron surge in the rearview mirror, the number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is dropping. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says last week's seven-day moving average of daily new cases decreased nearly 43% compared with the previous week. But Mayo Clinic COVID-19…

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CDC study links infant protection to COVID vaccination during pregnancy

Women who are vaccinated during pregnancy may protect not only themselves from COVID-19 but also their babies, according to new research published Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

AFP

Strong protection for babies born to Covid-vaccinated moms: study

Washington (AFP) - Babies born to mothers fully vaccinated against the coronavirus during pregnancy were around 60 percent less likely to be hospitalized with severe Covid, a new study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.

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Cruises can opt in to new COVID vaccine guidance, CDC says. What it means for travelers

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has unveiled new coronavirus guidelines for the cruise industry, allowing cruise lines to operate under different tiers based on the vaccination status of passengers and crew as part of a voluntary program.

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Teenage fentanyl deaths are soaring, and Black teens are hit hardest

Overdose deaths linked to synthetic opioids like fentanyl tripled among teenagers and went up five times among Black teens in the past two years, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Los Angeles Times

COVID conflict: Democratic governors skip ahead of Biden and CDC on easing mask mandates

WASHINGTON — Several Democratic governors are moving to ease some indoor mask mandates, skipping ahead of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Biden administration, which continue to urge Americans to wear masks indoors regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status.

Benzinga

CDC Proposes New Guidelines For Treating Pain And Opioid Use Disorder, Gives Doctors More Discretion

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) proposed new guidelines for prescribing opioid painkillers that encourage doctors to use their best judgment, removing its previous recommended ceilings on doses for chronic pain patients.

The Guardian - US

Nevada lifts mask mandate as more US states ease Covid restrictions – as it happened

Governor Steve Sisolak rescinds state’s mask mandate immediately – follow all the day’s politics news

Tribune News Service

CDC studies advice for easing mask rules as states drop them

WASHINGTON — U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention experts are developing guidance to help states ease COVID-19 rules for mask-wearing, even as U.S. health officials said it’s still premature to dispense of the measures, as some governors are doing.

The Guardian - US

Democratic governors lift indoor mask mandates despite CDC guidance – as it happened

Kathy Hochul announces policy will expire as of Thursday as cases decrease but will keep masks in school for now – follow the latest politics news

McClatchy Washington Bureau

COVID has killed more Americans in 2022 than the flu has in 3 years, CDC data shows

WASHINGTON — In the first month of 2022, COVID-19 killed more Americans than the flu has in three years, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows.

Miami Herald

Florida COVID update: 7-day death average is the highest recorded since October

MIAMI — Florida on Monday reported 34,204 COVID-19 cases and 618 new deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.

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