CDC Proposes Changes in Guidance to Doctors on Opioid Prescriptions February 16, 2022 By Mike Stobbe The nation’s top public health agency has proposed changing — and in some instances, softening — guidelines for U.S. doctors...
CDC Describes Delta Variant as Highly Contagious – Report July 30, 2021 By Shubham Kalia, Aishwarya Nair and Josephine Mason The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has described the Delta variant of the coronavirus as being as...
Court Grants Florida Bid to Halt CDC Broad Shutdown of Cruise Industry June 21, 2021 By Curt Anderson A federal judge on Friday ruled for Florida in a lawsuit challenging a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Relaxed Mask Rules Make Some Retail Workers Nervous May 24, 2021 By Joseph Pisani, Alexandra Olson and Anne D'Innocenzio An abrupt relaxation of mask policies has left workers at some retail and grocery stores reeling as they try to...
CDC Promises Speedier Approvals for Restarting U.S. Cruises April 29, 2021 By Uday Sampath Royal Caribbean Group said on Thursday it was aiming to restart its U.S. cruises in July after the U.S. Centers...
U.S. Issues Mask Mandate on Public Transportation February 1, 2021 By David Shepardson The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a sweeping order late Friday requiring the use of face...
1 in 100,000 Had Severe Allergic Reaction to COVID Shot: CDC January 7, 2021 By Robert Langreth and Emma Court Roughly 1 in 100,000 people have had a severe allergic reaction to the first Covid-19 vaccine, a rate that’s higher...
Different Federal, State Rules Confuse Employers Seeking COVID Vaccine for Workers December 22, 2020 By Tina Bellon U.S. companies and industry groups trying to move their workers to the front of the line for a COVID-19 vaccine...
Momentum Is Building for Pre-Flight COVID-19 Airport Testing December 4, 2020 Even as the race to approve and distribute COVID-19 vaccines is entering its final stretch, parts of the travel industry...
Health Workers, Nursing Homes Should Get First COVID Vaccines, Says CDC December 2, 2020 By Julie Steenhuysen and Manojna Maddipatla A panel of advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday voted 13 to 1...