The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated its mask wearing recommendations, linking the recommendations to COVID-19 Community Levels. In low/green level communities, “wear a mask based on your personal preference, informed by your personal level of risk.” …
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Two new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports examining 2019-January 2022 pediatric emergency department (ED) visit data “suggest that the ongoing children’s mental health crisis has gotten worse during the pandemic.” One report reveals that, while pediatric ED …
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just updated its COVID-19 guidance for Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs). The guidance “supplements and does not replace any federal, state, tribal, local, or territorial health and safety laws, rules, and …
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On 12/9/2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the use of a single Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine booster dose to individuals 16 and 17 years of age at least six months after completion of primary vaccination with the Pfizer …
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The World Health Organization (WHO) designated the SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.529, named Omicron, as a Variant of Concern (VOC) on 11/26/2021. WHO has asked countries to enhance surveillance and sequencing efforts, submit complete genome sequences and associated metadata to a publicly …
