New COVID-19 cases in the United States have soared to their highest level on record, as the Omicron coronavirus variant is estimated to have taken over the virus’s Delta variant as the most prevalent strain contributing to new COVID-19 infections. The United States is seeing over 265,000 new COVID-19 infections per day on average, according…
US COVID-19 Cases Hit Record High, Hospitalizations and Deaths Remain ‘Comparatively Low’: CDC
CDC Adds Sweden, Other European Destinations, to Its Highest Travel Risk Category
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday warned Americans against travel to several more European destinations, including Sweden, adding the countries to its highest-risk category for travel. In its weekly update of COVID-19 travel advisories, Malta, Moldova, and Sweden were added to the agency’s “Level 4: Covid-19 Very High” category, which indicates…
NFL Cuts Isolation Time for Players Who Test Positive
The NFL is reducing isolation time for players who test positive for COVID-19 and are asymptomatic, including unvaccinated players, to five days from 10. The league and the NFL Players Association revised the protocols on Tuesday after the CDC changed its guidelines for those who are asymptomatic, recommending a five-day isolation period and masking over…
Walensky: PCR Tests Can Remain Positive up to 12 Weeks
December 29, 2021
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One reason for not recommending officials require COVID-19 testing at the end of the revised shortened isolation period is because polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests can stay positive for up to three months after one contracts the illness, according to the top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) official. The CDC cut its recommendations this…
Walensky: PCR Tests Can Remain Positive for up to 12 Weeks
December 29, 2021
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One reason for not recommending officials require COVID-19 testing at the end of the revised shortened isolation period is because polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests can stay positive for up to three months after one contracts the illness, according to the top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) official. The CDC cut its recommendations this…
Many Children Hospitalized With COVID-19 Are Admitted for Another Reason: CDC Director
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director (CDC) Rochelle Walensky said the number of hospitalizations for children with COVID-19 has increased in recent days, but she stipulated that many of them are not related to the virus. “Many of them are actually coming in for another reason. But they happen to be tested when they…
NTD News Today Full Broadcast (December 29)
The CDC director says the agency is not considering a vaccine mandate for domestic air travel at this time, a woman is facing federal charges for punching and spitting at an unmasked man on a Delta flight, and a report shows that Dr. Anthony Fauci could receive the biggest retirement package in U.S. federal government history.
CDC Estimates 58.6 Percent of US Cases Are Omicron, Significantly Downgrades Earlier Projection
The Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus is estimated to have taken over Delta as the most prevalent strain contributing to new COVID-19 infections, accounting for 58.6 percent of all strains actively circulating in the United States as of Dec. 25, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said, as it drastically revised an earlier…
Flu Is Making a Comeback in US After an Unusual Year Off
The U.S. flu season has arrived on schedule after taking a year off, with flu hospitalizations rising and two child deaths reported. Last year’s flu season was the lowest on record, likely because COVID-19 measures—school closures, distancing, masks, and canceled travel—prevented the spread of influenza, or because the coronavirus somehow pushed aside other viruses. “This…
Vaccine Mandate for Domestic Flights Currently Not Under Consideration: CDC Director
December 28, 2021
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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…
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