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US to drop childhood vaccine recommendations as it looks to Denmark, Washington Post reports
Federal health officials are weighing vaccine guidance and moving away from the CDC's current model of universal recommendations for childhood vaccination.
While scientists race to study spread of measles in US, Kennedy unravels hard-won gains
US CDC adopts Kennedy's anti-vaccine views on recast website
US CDC adopts Kennedy's anti-vaccine views on recast website
US life expectancy fell year and a half in 2020 due to COVID-19 - CDC
In the wake of COVID-19, American life expectancy had one of the biggest one-year declines since World War Two, when life expectancy fell 2.9 years between 1942 and 1943.
You can't catch COVID in a pool, new research finds
The research suggests that chlorinated swimming pools can neutralize virus particles in as fast as 30 seconds, at least under lab conditions.
US movie theaters remove mask mandate for vaccinated people
The changes for movie theaters come two weeks after the CDC said that fully vaccinated people need not wear masks in any setting
US CDC: Travel 'low risk' for vaccinated people; not recommending trips
Air travel still remains down 43% from pre-COVID levels and business and international travel remain even harder hit.
Fully vaccinated people in US can gather without masks indoors
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told reporters it was important to protect those who have not been vaccinated and remain vulnerable while some 60,000 new coronavirus cases occur every day.
Teachers may play role in in-school COVID-19 transmission - US CDC
Transmission from teachers resulted in about half of 31 school-related cases, according to the investigation.
50% of mild, moderate COVID patients still have symptoms after 6 months - study
Participants were interviewed up to four times over the course of the study.
Life expectancy in US falls by one year amid coronavirus, most since WWII
The numbers represent the largest drop in life expectancy for Americans since World War II, when life expectancy fell 2.9 years between 1942 and 1943.
US CDC recommends schools reopen with masks and rigid health protocols
"We believe with the strategies we have put forward that there will be limited to no transmission in schools if followed," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told reporters.
Face masks not 100% effective at preventing spread of COVID-19 - CDC
It is impossible to evaluate exactly where someone contracted the virus.
