by Jordana Choucair | May 9, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The Biden administration is issuing a new warning that the U.S. could potentially see 100 million COVID-19 infections this fall and winter. The White House is sharing these estimates as officials are publicly stressing the need for more funding from Congress to combat...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 28, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
Dr. Anthony Fauci said that the U.S.is in a “transition phase” of the COVID-19 pandemic. He noted that while COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are trending up again, it’s not anywhere near the rise we saw over the winter with the Omicron wave and that fewer...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 27, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data indicating that nearly 60 percent of U.S. adults and 75 percent of children under the age of 18 have antibodies that indicate prior COVID-19 coronavirus infection. According to the study, as of...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 27, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released new guidance stating that people over the age of 60 should not start taking daily, low-dose aspirin to prevent cardiovascular events like heart attacks or strokes. Low-dose aspirin had been a popular prevention measure,...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 25, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data on Friday showing that COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States in 2021. According to the data there were 415,000 COVID-19 deaths last year. COVID-19 was also the...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 22, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said fewer U.S. children received vaccinations required to enter kindergarten during the 2020-21 school year, with rates around 94 percent for measles, whooping cough, and chickenpox. That figure was down 1 percent...
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