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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

Miami Herald

XpresSpa Extends Partnership With CDC For Biosurveillance At US Airports

XpresSpa Group Inc (NASDAQ:XSPA) has extended its initial $2 million airport-based biosurveillance program with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through its subsidiary XpresCheck. The extension brings the total contract to $5.6 million. The COVID-19 biosurveillance program, first launched in September 2021, provided testing for travelers arriving from India at three…

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More Than 100K Americans Died From Diabetes In 2021: 1 In 3 Will Develop Disease If Trend Continues

More than 100,000 Americans died from diabetes in 2021, according to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This marks the second consecutive year the U.S. fatality rate for diabetes passed the six-digit mark.

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Florida sees highest 7-day COVID death average since October

MIAMI — Florida on Thursday reported 27,533 additional COVID-19 cases and 628 more deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.

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What is the best mask for COVID-19? A mechanical engineer explains the science after 2 years of testing masks in his lab

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its guidelines about masks and respirators a number of times over the past two years and gave its most recent update on Jan. 14, 2022. The update states that cloth face coverings offer the least protection from the coronavirus compared with…

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Do I really need to get a COVID-19 booster? CDC real-world study confirms effectiveness

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study Friday that provided real-world U.S. numbers about the effectiveness of boosters for both the delta and omicron variants of COVID-19.

Miami Herald

Florida reaches highest seven-day average for COVID deaths since November

MIAMI — Florida on Monday reported 44,010 COVID-19 cases and 426 new deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.

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Covid live: Ireland to lift almost all curbs from 6am on Saturday; France reports 400,851 new cases — as it happened

Ireland’s premier Micheál Martin says ‘we have weathered the Omicron storm’; France reports 400,851 daily cases and 233 Covid-linked hospital deaths

Los Angeles Times

How the body's immune system tries to fight off COVID-19

Vaccines have shown themselves to be the best defense against a serious case of COVID-19: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, unvaccinated adults were about 13 times more likely to be hospitalized with the disease than vaccinated adults as of late November.

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Natural Immunity More Potent than Vaccines during US Delta Wave

During America's last surge of the coronavirus driven by the Delta variant, people who were unvaccinated but survived Covid were better protected than those who were vaccinated and not previously infected, a new study said Wednesday. The finding is the latest to weigh in on a debate on the relative…

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CDC has backlog of applications from manufacturers of N95 masks

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention oversees a backlog of 142 applications from manufacturers of air-filtering masks such as N95s, which the agency was criticized as being slow to recommend over cloth masks before updating its guidance Friday.

Miami Herald

Florida COVID update: Most deaths happened in past 2 weeks, hospitalizations go down

MIAMI — Florida on Tuesday reported 111,621 cases and 365 new deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after not reporting data during the long holiday weekend, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.

Orlando Sentinel

Amid omicron spike, CDC safety rules become voluntary for cruise lines

ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has held the cruise industry to special sailing orders to battle COVID-19 since March 2020. First it was a no-sail order, which then shifted to a conditional sail order with a long list of safety precautions.

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