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CDC advisory group considers narrowing COVID vaccine recommendations
Notes from a recent meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ COVID-19 Work Group show health ...
CDC Panel Reviews Vaccine Guidelines Under RFK Jr.: Key Changes to Know
Under direction of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC is considering changes to its recommendations on vaccines ...
CDC weighing end to universal COVID vaccine recommendations
Less than a quarter of adults and around 13% of children have gotten a COVID-19 vaccination this past season, CDC data shows, ...
Anti-vaccine sentiment may derail vaccines already awaiting FDA approval, experts fear
Concern is growing among public health experts that anti-vaccine sentiments within federal and state governments may derail ...
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Winter respiratory illnesses winding down in Georgia, but some Covid and flu still circulating
As spring temperatures rise along with pollen counts in Georgia, the state is seeing a decline in winter respiratory ...
As bird flu hits cattle herds in U.S., scientists say these H5N1 factors worry them most
Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...
WA flu season is deadliest in a decade
This year's flu season has become the state's deadliest in nearly a decade, with at least 388 deaths so far. Meanwhile, flu ...
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Scientists hope far-UVC light could help stop the next airborne pandemic before it starts
The CDC says far-UVC is promising ... where the hope is to share music — not COVID or flu — with the help of 17 small fixtures attached to the ceiling. It's also in a dental clinic at Columbia.
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CDC weighing end to universal COVID vaccine recommendations
“COVID is still a fairly dangerous disease ... The work group looked at data from 2010, when the CDC went in the reverse direction with flu shots: broadening recommendations for influenza ...