Category: CDC – U.S. Centers for Disease Control

Hospitalizations of Children Dropped During COVID-19 Pandemic: CDC

Hospitalizations among children during the COVID-19 pandemic declined, according to a study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but those who were hospitalized were mostly due to the coronavirus. The study diagnosed children up to the age of 17 years, splitting them into three groups of 0–4, 5–11, and 12–17 years….


Hospitalizations of Children Dropped During COVID-19 Pandemic: Study

Hospitalizations among children during the COVID-19 pandemic declined, according to a study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but those who were hospitalized were mostly due to the coronavirus. The study diagnosed children up to the age of 17 years, splitting them into three groups of 0–4, 5–11, and 12–17…


CalOptima Launches Mobile Mammography Clinics as Breast Cancer Screenings Sharply Decline

BUENA PARK, Calif.—A healthcare organization launched a mobile mammography program in Orange County on Feb. 2 as breast cancer screenings have declined amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a study in June 2021, citing breast cancer screening declines by 87 percent in April…


CDC Cuts COVID-19 Quarantine, Isolation Time for Health Care Workers to Ease Staffing Shortages

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday released updated guidance for isolation and quarantine, cutting the length of time health care workers need to do so amid an increase in cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant. As of Monday, Omicron makes up at least 73 percent of new cases in the United…


FDA, CDC Investigating Outbreak of Listeria Monocytogenes Infections Connected to Recalled Fresh Express Salads

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are investigating a multistate outbreak of listeria monocytogenes infections connected to Fresh Express salads, the agency announced on Dec. 21. Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne illness that can cause short-term symptoms like high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, as per the CDC. While…


CDC Moves More European Countries to Highest Level of COVID-19 Risk for Travel

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week added two European countries to its list of “very high” risk travel destinations, as the United States on Monday moved to reopen its borders to vaccinated international travelers. The Netherlands and Luxembourg were among the northwestern European countries to be added to the list, while…


How China Fuels America’s Drug Problem

Commentary The vast majority of pharmaceuticals used in the United States come from China. That’s bad news for Americans, as both countries are now engaged in a new cold war. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved 53 novel drugs in 2020, which averages out at about one new drug every seven days. The United…


CDC Issued Last-Minute Changes to School Reopening Guidance After Being Asked by Teachers Unions, Emails Show

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued last-minute changes to its school-reopening guidance after two prominent teachers unions asked the agency to do so, according to newly obtained emails by watchdog group Americans for Public Trust. The emails, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by the watchdog and published online show a string of communications between…


Biden Calls on Parents to Get Children Vaccinated ‘When Eligible’

President Joe Biden on Oct. 14 called for children as young as 5 to get the COVID vaccine, pending approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA may soon authorize vaccinations for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, which causes the illness known as COVID-19, for children between the ages 5 and 11….


CDC Tightened School Mask Guidance After Pressure From Teachers Union, Newly-Obtained Emails Show

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued tighter mask guidance after a prominent teachers union pressured the agency to include more rigorous mask recommendations in school buildings, according to newly-obtained emails by watchdog group Americans for Public Trust. The emails, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by the watchdog and published by Fox News, show…