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News Articles: CDC

People line up outside of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on June 23, as the city makes vaccines available to residents possibly exposed to monkeypox.

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  • Health

Monkeypox outbreak in U.S. is bigger than the CDC reports. Testing is 'abysmal'

The testing system set up by the CDC actually deters doctors from ordering a monkeypox test, and many physicians aren't familiar with the disease, resulting in too few tests and little tracking.

June 25, 2022
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By:
  • Michaeleen Doucleff
A child receives the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine at the Fairfax County Government Center in Annandale, Va., last November. Vaccines will soon be available for children as young as 6 months old.

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  • Health

CDC clears the way for vaccinations for children 6 months to 5 years old

CDC advisers are recommending the use of two separate COVID-19 vaccines for the youngest children made by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, paving the way for vaccine rollout as early as next week.

June 19, 2022
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
This is a digital representation of symptoms of the monkeypox virus.

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  • Health

Case of monkeypox confirmed in Georgia

Georgia health officials say the first case of monkeypox has been confirmed in the state. The patient lives in the metro Atlanta area.

June 07, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Mark Rosenberg, the former director of the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, poses for a photo outside his Atlanta home on June 28, 2016.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: When will it end? Dr. Mark Rosenberg discusses gun safety as a public health issue

Friday on Political Rewind: public health leader Mark Rosenberg frames gun safety as a public health issue. 

May 27, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes ,
  • and 2 more
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  • Health

Here's why you might still want to wear masks on public transport

Sure, you don't have to wear a mask on airplanes, buses and ride shares anymore, but you still might want to depending on the circumstances. Here's what experts say about the risks.

April 22, 2022
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By:
  • Will Stone and
  • Maria Godoy
A discarded mask is seen on the floor inside New York's John F. Kennedy Airport on Tuesday, a day after a federal judge in Florida struck down the CDC's mask mandate for public transportation.

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  • Health

Battle over CDC's powers goes far beyond travel mask mandate

A federal judge's decision to strike down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's mask mandate for travelers is only the latest in a series of challenges that seek to rein in the agency.

April 21, 2022
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By:
  • Pien Huang
A sign advises people to wear a mask and stand six feet apart as travelers make their way through Miami International Airport in December 2021 in Miami. A federal judge in Florida has ruled that the federal mask mandate on planes, trains, buses and other modes of public transportation is unlawful.

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  • Politics

TSA will no longer enforce travel mask mandate after a federal judge strikes it down

The mask-wearing requirement had been initially imposed in early 2021, shortly after President Joe Biden took office.

April 18, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Oxycodone pills

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  • Health

CDC weighs new opioid prescribing guidelines amid controversy over old ones

Many blame the agency's earlier guidance for suffering and even suicide risk among chronic pain patients. Critics say the updated advice may not fix the problem.

April 09, 2022
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By:
  • Will Stone
Customs and Border Protection agents apprehend a group of Brazilian migrants in Otay Mesa, Calif., in August 2021.

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  • National

The U.S. is ending its pandemic border rules. It could mean a surge in migration

The Biden administration is moving to end sweeping pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42 on May 23. The controversial public health order was used to quickly expel migrants at the border.

April 01, 2022
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
A family wearing face masks walks through Union Station in Los Angeles, California, January 5, 2022. With the Omicron variant driving a surge of Covid-19 cases, California announced January 5, 2022 that a statewide indoor mask mandate, due to expire on January 15, 2022, will be extended until at least February 15, 2022.

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  • Health

It's safe to unmask in many places, says the CDC. These experts aren't quite ready

Doctors and health researchers are looking to testing rates, case rates – and intuition – to determine when they'll feel comfortable mingling maskless indoors.

February 28, 2022
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By:
  • Pien Huang and
  • Will Stone

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  • Health

CDC says Americans can now go unmasked in many parts of the country

The federal health agency released new guidance for when Americans need to mask up indoors, saying about 70% of the population lives in a place where it's safe to go mask free.

February 25, 2022
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By:
  • Pien Huang and
  • Carmel Wroth
A doctor loads a dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe, on Dec. 2, 2021, at a mobile vaccination clinic in Worcester, Mass.

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  • Children's Health

CDC recommends Pfizer COVID booster for kids as young as 12

The new recommendation for adolescents age 12-17 came hours after a panel of CDC advisers voted in favor of it. The boosters should be given five months after initial immunization.

January 05, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
People wait in line for a coronavirus test in Los Angeles on Tuesday. California is starting to feel the full wrath of the omicron variant. Hospitalizations have jumped nearly 50% since Christmas and models show that in a month, the state could have 22,000 people in hospitals, which was the peak during last winter's epic surge.

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  • Health

The CDC says a test to get out of COVID isolation is not needed, resisting pushback

Those who contracted COVID-19 can end their isolation after five days while continuing to wear a well-fitting mask for an additional five days, according to the agency.

January 05, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin,
  • Jane Greenhalgh,
  • and 1 more
Travelers wait in the ticketing line at Salt Lake City International Airport on Monday. There have been thousands of flight delays and cancellations as the omicron variant spreads across the country. Unionized flight attendants are wary of new CDC guidelines that shorten the isolation period.

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  • Health

Delta's CEO asked the CDC for a 5-day isolation. Some flight attendants feel at risk

Some workers are concerned about new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that shortens the isolation period for COVID-19 cases.

December 29, 2021
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
Safeway pharmacist Shahrzad Khoobyari administers a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster shot into the arm of Norman Solomon in San Rafael, Calif., in October.

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  • Health

CDC backs expansion of COVID boosters for all adults

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky gave the green light to boosters just hours after a panel of vaccine advisors voted unanimously to recommend boosters for anyone 18 and older.

November 19, 2021
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  • Scott Hensley
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