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At least 8 states lift mask mandates; teachers unions call for reopening all schools this fall: Live COVID-19 updates Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT At least eight states began to lift mask mandates following the CDC's updated guidance that fully vaccinated Americans could discard masks outdoors and in some situations indoors. The new guidelines announced by Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, represent a major step toward a return to normalcy for a nation battered and at times divided by a pandemic that has las...
Poll: Public supports substantial increase in spending on U.S. public health, but has concerns about how the system functions now Public trust in healthcare workers is higher during this time than trust in public health institutions, including the CDC, FDA, and NIH For immediate release: May 13, 2021 Boston, MA – According to a new Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health poll, in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, a large majority of the public (71%) favors substantially increasing federal spending on improving the nation’s public health programs (see Fi...
View Comments The new guidelines announced by Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, represent a major step toward a return to normalcy for a nation battered and at times divided by a pandemic that has lasted more than a year. "Anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities, large or small, without wearing a mask or physical distancing,'' Walensky said. "If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic.'' Soon after, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Minne...
Poll Shows Low Trust in U.S. Public Health Systems By Ralph Ellis May 14, 2021 -- A new survey shows only 54% of respondents have a great deal of trust in the CDC, the agency that led the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, and even fewer have that level of trust in the FDA or the National Institutes of Health. Survey findings come from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. They surveyed about 1,300 people in February and March of 2021 regarding how much they trust different parts of the American healthcare system. “How the public see...