Airlines say a record number of Americans are canceling flights after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ‘strongly’ advised against traveling for Thanksgiving during the coronavirus pandemic. The guidance from the health agency came as the US recorded a new high for COVID-19 infections at more than 187,000 on Thursday and hospitalizations also … Read more
Schools are some of ‘the safest places places’ children can be, CDC director says as he calls shutting down in-person learning an ’emotional response’ to surging COVID-19 cases CDC director Dr Robert Redfield urged U.S. schools to stay open during a Thursday White House coronavirus task force briefing He called schools among ‘the safest places’ … Read more
Contracting the novel coronavirus in an assisted living facility may raise the risk of death, a new report finds. At least 21 percent of patients who fell ill with COVID-19 died of the virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed on Thursday. What’s more, at least 22 percent of all assisted living … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is ‘strongly’ advising Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household amid a nationwide surge of COVID-19. The recommendation from the nation’s top public health agency on Thursday is some of the firmest guidance yet from the government on … Read more
A deadly Ebola-like disease found in Bolivia can spread from person to person, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned on Monday. Known as the Chapare virus, the infection causes high fevers, abdominal pain, bleeding gums, eye pain and skin rashes. A single case was reported in the Bolivian province for which … Read more
Symptom- and temperature-based screenings at US airports are ineffective at detecting cases of coronavirus, a new report finds. Between January 17 and September 13, more than 766,000 travelers were evaluated at 15 airports across the US. Of that figure, just nine people went on to test positive for COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and … Read more
Wearing a mask DOES protect you – and those around you – from coronavirus, CDC now says in change to guidance that initially said face coverings protect others but not the wearer In new recommendations released on Tuesday, the CDC said wearing masks protects wearers from contracting COVI9-19 Previously, the agency said face coverings prevent … Read more
One in five children has a ‘vaccine hesitant’ parent whose concerns over the risks of shots could be a barrier to getting coronavirus under control About 19.5% of children- one in five – has at least one parent that expressed hesitancy about childhood vaccinations in 2019 Around 22% of parents said they were concerned about long-term … Read more
One in 11 coronavirus patients discharged from a hospital is readmitted within two months, suggesting long-lasting effects of the infection, CDC report warns Researchers looked at data for patients with COVID-19 hospitalized between March 2020 and July 2020 One in 11 patients – or 9% – were readmitted to the same hospital within two months … Read more
The first U.S. coronavirus test kit failed up to 33 percent of the time in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) final quality control tests in February, according to documents obtained by NPR. And the CDC sent the test kits out any way. What followed was widespread outcry over a short supply of … Read more