by Jordana Choucair | Dec 7, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
The seven-day average for vaccinations in the U.S. reached about 1.8 million on Monday, up from an average of about 1.3 million a month ago. Much of the growth is attributed to people getting boosters, rather than unvaccinated people seeking their first shots. About...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 6, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
U.S. health officials said Sunday that early indications suggest the omicron COVID-19 variant may be less dangerous than the delta variant. However, Dr. Anthony Fauci said that scientists need more information before drawing conclusions. “Thus far, it does not look...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 3, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
World Health Organization (WHO) officials said that measures used to combat the COVID-19 delta variant should be kept in place to counter omicron. The group previously cautioned against border closures, but Dr. Takeshi Kasai, the WHO regional director for the Western...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 30, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
The CDC strengthened its COVID-19 booster recommendation Monday, saying that all American adults “should” get booster doses of the available COVID-19 vaccines. The agency had previously said that Americans over age 50, as well as those ages 18 and older living in...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 29, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the global risk of the omicron variant is “very high.” WHO urged member states to ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations “as rapidly as possible” and to shore up their virus surveillance and sequencing work. The...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 22, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN that fully vaccinated families don’t need to wear masks during holiday celebrations, noting that children ages 5 to 11 can be “fully vaccinated by the time we get to the Christmas holidays.” He also warned that getting a...
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