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West African health experts had confirmed case of Marburg virus disease on August 9, in the southern Gueckedou prefecture, raising concerns among health authorities that this could start a new outbreak.
The CDC’s recommendations now also align more closely with local health departments that already have reimposed mask mandates because of rising coronavirus cases, said Dr. William Schaffner, a professor and infectious disease expert at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee. “This gives more of an opportunity for local health departments to not look as though they’re doing something different than what the CDC is suggesting,” he said. “There was always an option for locals to make that determination, but now it’s much more explicit.” The CDC’s a...
View Comments The CDC's decision Tuesday to reverse course and urge even fully vaccinated Americans to wear masks indoors in areas of high coronavirus transmission isn't likely to crush community spread, experts say – but it might ratchet up pressure on the unvaccinated and encourage businesses and schools to implement mask mandates. The CDC is also now recommending universal indoor masking for all teachers, staff, students and visitors inside schools from kindergarten to 12th grade, regardless of vaccination status. That aligns closely with guidelines from the American Academy...
FDA, CDC: More Americans must get vaccinated; too soon for boosters By AP Staff and FOX 5 NY Staff Published Vaccine booster? Pfizer is seeking U.S. authorization for a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine. But the CDC and the FDA said fully vaccinated Americans don't need a booster yet. Just hours after Pfizer announced it would seek U.S. authorization for a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, saying that another shot within 12 months could dramatically boost immunity and maybe help ward off the latest worrisome coronavirus mutant, U.S. health officials issued a statement saying fully vacci...
There is a lot of panic across South East Asia about ‘black fungus’ or mucormycosis. It has caused substantial concern, morbidity, and even deaths of Covid-19 patients. This rare fungal infection has emerged at a time when many countries are reeling under the mounting cases of coronavirus. Unfortunately, as is the case with many unstudied infections, there are conversations about...