As federal health officials publicly mull over the definition of what constitutes “fully vaccinated,” the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Tuesday that her agency is still evaluating it. Currently, one is considered fully vaccinated if they have received either one Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine dose, two Moderna vaccine…
CDC Warns Americans Shouldn’t Travel to Italy, 2 Other Nations
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday said that Americans should not travel to Italy, Greenland, and Mauritius due citing COVID-19 concerns. The federal health agency now lists 84 countries as “Level 4: Very High,” including most of Europe. Generally, the CDC names a destination as Level 4 when there are more than 500…
Live Q&A: WHO Says No Deaths From Omicron; Was Jussie Smollett ‘A Hate Crime In Reverse?’
The World Health Organization and the CDC have acknowledged that there have yet to be any known deaths from the Omicron variant of COVID-19, raising questions about the necessity of tightening government regulations. And in other news, after actor Jussie Smollett was found guilty of lying to police after faking a hate crime against himself,…
CDC: Influenza Virus Detections on the Rise Across US
Influenza virus detections are rising across the United States, federal health officials said in their most recent influenza update. In its weekly flu surveillance report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that influenza activity remains low but is on the rise. “The number of influenza viruses detected by clinical and public health labs…
CDC Reveals First Known Omicron Patient in US Had Symptoms Starting Much Earlier
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday said the first known Omicron COVID-19 case in the United States was discovered in a person who traveled internationally and had symptoms starting Nov. 15. The World Health Organization (WHO) named the variant on Nov. 26 as one “of concern.” Authorities in California reported what…
‘Follow the Science’ a Potent Source of Authority for Politicians
December 10, 2021
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News Analysis To hear the way some politicians talk, when it comes to COVID-19, they’re all “Following The Science,” not to mention “The Data.” “Look at the data. Follow the science. Listen to the experts. Be smart,” tweeted now-former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in May 2020, after “Two Weeks to Flatten the Curve” had…
Pfizer CEO: ‘I Think We Will Need the Fourth Dose’ of COVID-19 Vaccine
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said during a Wednesday interview that he believes a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will likely need to be required amid concerns over the Omicron variant. “I think we will need the fourth dose. I’ve said that multiple times. With the previous, I was projecting that that will be on…
CDC Recommends All 16- and 17-year-olds Get COVID-19 Booster Shots
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday recommended every 16- and 17-year-old in the United States get a COVID-19 booster shot, provided their last vaccination was done at least six months ago. “Although we don’t have all the answers on the Omicron variant, initial data suggests that COVID-19 boosters help broaden and strengthen…
France, Portugal, 5 Other Countries at ‘Very High’ Level of COVID-19, CDC Warns in Updated Travel Advisory
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has raised the travel advisory level for France, Portugal, and five other countries to “Level 4: Very High Level of COVID-19″—its highest classification for COVID-19 risk—advising Americans to avoid travel to these destinations. Destinations the CDC has marked Level 4 are France, Portugal, Andorra, and Liechtenstein in Europe,…
NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Dec. 3)
A fugitive warrant has been issued for the parents of the accused Michigan school shooter after they were charged with involuntary manslaughter, the CDC is putting new travel rules in place for international visitors in response to the Omicron variant, and crime is rising so fast in New York one of the country’s biggest banks is encouraging workers…
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