A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel on Friday voted 11–0 for additional COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for individuals who are immunocompromised. The decision applies to only those who have received two doses of the mRNA vaccines made by Moderna or Pfizer, not the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Immunocompromised people–including individuals who…
CDC Panel Recommends Third COVID-19 Vaccine Dose for Immunocompromised
CDC Panel Recommends 3rd COVID-19 Vaccine Dose for Immunocompromised
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel on Friday voted 11–0 for additional COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for individuals who are immunocompromised. The decision applies to only those who have received two doses of the mRNA vaccines made by Moderna or Pfizer, not the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Immunocompromised people—including individuals who…
CDC Director Says She’s ‘Really Struggling With How to Communicate’ About COVID-19
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Rochelle Walensky, acknowledged Thursday that she is struggling to communicate with Americans about the COVID-19 pandemic. “I am really struggling with how to communicate to people who are worried about politics, and I just want them to continue to be at their family’s…
CDC: New Data Show COVID-19 Vaccines Safe for Pregnant Women
New data show no increase in miscarriages among pregnant women who received a messenger RNA-based COVID-19 vaccine, signaling the vaccines are safe for the population, a U.S. health agency said Wednesday. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researchers analyzed numbers from v-safe, a voluntary phone-based surveillance system, and found the occurrence of miscarriages was…
Colorado Secretary of State Investigates County After Election Systems Passwords Posted Online
Authorities in Colorado this week said they are investigating after election systems passwords and other data were recently posted online. Passwords that were posted online were for individual hardware stations belonging to Mesa County, according to Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s office. The secretary ordered Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters to provide surveillance video footage…
CDC Updates Florida COVID-19 Numbers After State Health Department’s Dispute
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed it will adjust Florida’s COVID-19 case numbers after the state’s Department of Health said the agency rolled several days’ worth of cases into one day. A spokesperson for the CDC told Fox News that it will correct the information and work with the Florida Department…
Police: 2 Dead, 1 Wounded in Vegas Owner-Tenant Rent Dispute
LAS VEGAS—A landlord argued with his live-in tenants over unpaid rent before opening fire with a handgun in a small house near downtown Las Vegas early Tuesday, killing two women and wounding a man who survived nine gunshots, police said. The shooting suspect, Arnoldo Lozano-Sanchez, 78, surrendered after a one-hour standoff with police who arrived…
Florida Health Department: CDC’s COVID Count for State Is Wrong, Seeks Correction
The Florida Health Department on Monday disputed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) release of COVID-19 case numbers, claiming that the agency rolled multiple days worth of data into one day to make it appear Florida is reporting a record number of cases per day. Responding to a tweet from the Florida Sun-Sentinel…
CDC Urges Avoiding Travel to Israel, France, Thailand Over COVID-19
WASHINGTON—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned on Monday against travel to Israel, France, Thailand, Iceland, and several other countries because of a rising number of COVID-19 cases in those nations. The CDC has been adding to its highest “Level 4: Very High” COVID-19 level as cases spread around the globe. The United…
Rare Bacterial Outbreak Kills One in Georgia: CDC
One person in the state of Georgia died following a multi-state outbreak of melioidosis infection likely linked to imported products, health officials said on Monday. A total of four people were infected, one each in Georgia, Kansas, Texas, and Minnesota, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Genome testing has shown that…
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