WHO releases new COVID vaccine details, including warning for pregnant women
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The World Health Organization posted new Moderna COVID-19 vaccine guidance Tuesday, including a recommendation for pregnant women.
While the international health organization acknowledged pregnancy puts women at a higher risk of severe COVID-19 complications, it said the vaccine is not recommended for pregnant women “unless they are at a risk of high exposure (e.g. health workers).”
The Centers for Disease Control Prevention, in conjunction with Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, recommends pregnant women who are health care workers or other essential frontline workers receive the COVID-19 vaccine. However, pregnant women were not included in either the Pfizer or Moderna clinical trials.
DAYTONA BEACH Fast cars and fine dining again will be the winning combination at this year’s Taste of the 24, an annual fund-raising event ready to roar at this weekend’s Rolex 24 At Daytona.
Like so many things in these pandemic-impacted times, this year’s trackside culinary showcase an annual fund-raiser for children’s health charities supported by the NASCAR Foundation will unfold a bit differently Saturday at Daytona International Speedway.
Yet it still offers an array of culinary treats from 16 of Volusia and Flagler counties’ most popular restaurants, served against the backdrop of the iconic 24-hour endurance race on the track below.
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Children can safely return to classrooms in most communities throughout the nation if proper safety measures are taken amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) announced, saying evidence indicates that in-person instruction can be held safely as long as social distancing and mask-wearing protocols are in place.
At the same, local officials should limit indoor dining, bars, and poorly ventilated gyms in order to keep infection rates low in the community at large, the CDC researchers wrote in a report published on Tuesday, Jan. 26 in the journal JAMA. The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected K-12 schools across the US, the report said. Accumulating data now suggest a path forward to maintain or return primarily or fully to in-person instructional delivery.
Children should return to classrooms as soon as possible throughout the nation amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) announced, saying evidence indicates that in-person instruction can be held.
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The Narragansett Bay Commission has been accepted to participate in a COVID-19 study conducted by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC).
The study is designed to rapidly monitor 100 million people across the United States through wastewater surveillance for monitoring the COVID-19 epidemic and to identify best practices for wastewater SARS-CoV-2 assessment and subsequent data analytics across the country.
In October, MIT reported that the university began piloting a wastewater testing program as a new tool to help keep the campus community safe this semester. In a project that will run through the fall semester, wastewater from seven buildings on campus will be tested each day for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The project is designed to determine if wastewater testing can be an effective early warning system for COVID-19 outbreaks on campus, and is being evaluated as a comp