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Vaccine Mandate for Domestic Flights Currently Not Under Consideration: CDC Director

A COVID-19 vaccine mandate for domestic flights is not currently being considered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CDC Director Rochelle Walensky confirmed on Tuesday. “Certainly, domestic flights has been a topic of conversation but that is not something we’re revisiting right now,” Walensky told NPR when pressed on the issue. Walensky…


Vaccine Mandate for Domestic Flights Not Being Considered, Says CDC Director After Fauci’s Proposal

A COVID-19 vaccine mandate for domestic flights is not currently being considered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CDC Director Rochelle Walensky confirmed on Tuesday. “Certainly, domestic flights has been a topic of conversation but that is not something we’re revisiting right now,” Walensky told NPR when pressed on the issue. Walensky…


Omicron Becomes Dominant Source of New Infections in US: CDC

The Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus is now the dominant source of new infections in the United States, accounting for roughly 73 percent of new infections nationwide, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Federal officials on Monday cited CDC figures for the week ending Dec. 18 that showed…


CDC Director: Definition of ‘Fully Vaccinated’ May Change in the Future

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday suggested that the definition of what constitutes being “fully vaccinated” may change as boosters become more commonplace, echoing a move handed down several weeks ago by Israeli officials. For now, in order to meet the CDC’s criteria for being “fully vaccinated,” one…