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CDC advisers endorse booster shots that target omicron for Americans 12 and up

The United States should replace most of its COVID-19 booster shots with updated versions that target the dominant omicron strains, an influential group of vaccine experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.

Los Angeles Times

Will omicron-specific booster shots be more effective at combating COVID-19? 5 questions answered

On Sept. 1, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the use of updated COVID-19 booster shots that are specifically tailored to combat the two most prevalent omicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5. The decision comes just a day after the Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorization of…

The Conversation

FDA greenlights new COVID-19 booster despite limited data - Roll Call

The Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization to Pfizer and Moderna for updated COVID-19 booster shots.

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Life expectancy in US dropped by nearly 2 years in 2020, CDC says

Life expectancy dropped in 2020 by nearly two years across the United States — mostly due to COVID-19 and drug overdoses, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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For CDC, monkeypox prevention focus remains on vaccines

WASHINGTON — As the Biden administration scrambles to get a handle on the rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak, its latest focus is getting vaccines to high-risk events, such as pride parades.

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For CDC, monkeypox prevention focus remains on vaccines - Roll Call

The Biden administration has focused on vaccination, but some worry that there's insufficient focus on prevention.

Roll Call

E. coli outbreak linked to Wendy’s lettuce sickens dozens across 4 states

Wendy’s lettuce is believed to be the source of a multi-state E. coli outbreak that’s left dozens sick across four states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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As global health threats evolved, the CDC didn't

Vanquishing disease is in the DNA of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the federal agency that in its first decade of existence oversaw the eradication of smallpox, the elimination of malaria and the stamping out of polio as threats to Americans' health.

Los Angeles Times

CDC investigates an E. coli outbreak in 4 states after some Wendy's customers fell ill

The CDC said the source has not been determined but said many of the sickened people had reported eating sandwiches with romaine lettuce at Wendy's restaurants in four Midwestern states.

WEKU

Polio has been silently spreading in New York since April, CDC study suggests

New York resident infected in June may have caught virus through local transmission, study says

The Independent UK

How to keep your pets safe from monkeypox — and what to do if they get it

Animal carriers of the virus include various rodents, dogs, primates, hedgehogs and shrews, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

WEKU

CDC eases COVID-19 guidance

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention streamlined its guidance Thursday for keeping COVID-19 in check, de-emphasizing social distancing, nixing screening tests for those without symptoms and not recommending people who aren’t current on vaccines quarantine for after being exposed to the virus.

Tribune News Service

With new guidance, CDC ends test-to-stay for schools and relaxes COVID rules

Revised guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looks to minimize COVID-19's disruption of daily life while conceding that the pandemic isn't over.

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What parents should know about parechovirus in children, babies

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a health advisory, asking clinicians and public health departments to be on the lookout for infants with parechovirus infections. This follows reports of infections in newborns and young infants in multiple states.

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Why polio is making a comeback

Unlike COVID-19, vaccinations for polio are nearly ubiquitous. Could an outbreak actually happen again?

WEKU

How colleges are preparing for a new public health threat: monkeypox

The risk of contracting monkeypox is still low in the U.S., but colleges are already seeing cases.

Daily Mirror

New York polio patient left paralysed has same strain found in UK and Jerusalem

A New York man who has been left paralysed has suffered the same polio strain as found in London and Jerusalem it has been confirmed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Independent UK

Biden names FEMA, CDC officials to head monkeypox response

President Joe Biden is set to name top officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to serve as the White House coordinators to combat the growing monkeypox outbreak

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Debunked stories of police ‘overdosing’ from fentanyl are everywhere. They’re causing real harm

Police are not ‘overdosing’ from synthetic opioids by touching them, but the stories are driving more propaganda, fear and the stigma targeting people who use drugs, medical experts tell Alex Woodward

Los Angeles Times

COVID outbreaks hit TSA, American and Southwest airlines at LAX

COVID-19 outbreaks have hit Los Angeles International Airport with at least 400 confirmed cases among Transportation Security Administration staff and workers at American and Southwest airlines, according to county health officials.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Health Agency Chief Declares Monkeypox a Global Emergency

The expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that qualifies as a global emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Saturday, a declaration that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines. A global emergency is WHO’s…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Two Children Diagnosed with Monkeypox in US, Officials Say

Two children have been diagnosed with monkeypox in the US, health officials said Friday. One is a toddler in California and the other an infant who is not a US resident but was tested while in Washington, DC, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The children were…

WEKU

The first U.S. polio case was discovered in nearly a decade. Should you worry?

The CDC confirmed that a patient in New York has contracted polio, the first U.S. case since 2013. But most people shouldn't be concerned about contracting the virus because of high vaccination rates.

Al Jazeera

US reports first polio case in nearly a decade

Person who tested positive in New York state no longer contagious, but investigators are checking if others exposed.

Chicago Sun-Times

As monkeypox cases near 200 in Chicago, Pritzker pushes feds for more vaccines to slow the spread

In Chicago, where 86% of the state’s cases are being reported, a second dose of the two-part vaccine is being delayed for some as the city awaits more doses.

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