by Jordana Choucair | Aug 23, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that life expectancy in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. declined from 2019 to 2020. The CDC primarily attributes the decline to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and “unintentional...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 18, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky called for the agency to be overhauled after an external review found it had failed to respond quickly and clearly to COVID-19. Walensky said that the agency acted too much like an academic...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 17, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
Many state and local health authorities have yet to adopt a new strategy to extend the current supply of monkeypox vaccines. The FDA authorized dividing Jynneos vaccine doses into fifths to expand the available supply. However, local authorities say there are several...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 15, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The World Health Organization (WHO) renamed the two branches of the monkeypox virus. The Central African or Congo Basin clade will now be known as Clade I and the West African clade will be called Clade II. The WHO is also in the process of renaming the disease by...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 12, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its COVID-19 guidance, easing recommendations for people who are unvaccinated and have been exposed to COVID-19. The new guidance recommends that unvaccinated people wear mask for 10 days and get tested five...
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